Chien-Ming Wang’s Bad Day Ties Yanks October Mark
Game Score is a measure of pitching performance for starting pitchers - developed by Bill James. An average start would score 50. One start in 300 reaches a score of 90 or better, and an all-time great performance would reach 100.
I decided to use Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Post-Season Pitching Game Finder to isolate the worst “Game Scores” for Yankees starters, again, in the post-season. Click here to see the list.
As you can see, the start by Worm Killer Wang in Game One of the 2007 ALDS ties David Wells’ start in Game Four of the 2002 ALDS as the worst in Yankees post-season history - in terms of a “Game Score.”
If I knew how to say “Ouch!” in Taiwanese, I would say it here.
It’s pretty sad to see this…. but I have to recognize this game is not only the worst Yankees postseason history, but also the worst postseason game for starts in MLB postseason history. His 8 ER tied the record for starters in postseason as well.
http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/mpSs
The word “Ouch” in Taiwanese is “噢”…..I said this word many times last night…..
Comment by cchien — October 5, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
Man, that Bump Hadley sure had a rough outing! I am even more surprised to see Randy Johnson on this list, mainly because he was so dominant with Arizona and the few times he was in the playoffs with Seattle.
Comment by Matt2169 — October 5, 2007 @ 10:30 pm
I wonder — is there a way to determine what the average Game Score actually is? There’s more offense since James designed it to average at 50. I think I found a couple weeks ago that the median Game Score is still pretty close to 50. I guess the additional strikeouts counteract shorter outings and more runs. But can you determine the mean?
Comment by Johnny Twisto — October 6, 2007 @ 12:59 am
Sabathia posted a 15 in Game 1 of the ALCS…not too nice either.
Comment by Andy — October 14, 2007 @ 7:45 am