Games ending by ROE
Posted by Andy on September 23, 2007
Using the PI Team Batting Event Finder we can find games that ended when a batter reached on error (ROE.)
Check here for how it's done.
Here are the 5 times it's happened so far in 2007:
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 2007-04-03 Chris Iannetta COL ARI Jose Valverde tied 3-3 b11 -2- 2 0-1 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Tulowitzki Scores/unER/No RBI
2 1 2007-07-26 Josh Fields CHW DET Zach Miner tied 3-3 b 9 1-- 0 1-1 3 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (throw) (Bunt); Podsednik Scores/unER/No RBI; Fields to 2B
3 1 2007-08-10 Cory Sullivan COL CHC Ryan Dempster down 2-6 b 9 --- 2 2-2 5 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball); Sullivan out at 2B/2B-SS
4 1 2007-08-24 Kazuo Matsui COL WSN Jon Rauch tied 5-5 b 9 -23 2 1-1 3 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Hawpe Scores/unER/No RBI; Torrealba to 3B
5 1 2007-09-17 Jason Bartlett MIN TEX Joaquin Benoit tied 4-4 b 9 -2- 2 1-0 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E4 (Pop Fly); Ford Scores/No RBI/unER
You have to think for just half a second to realize that all these games are won by the home team, since the visiting team can never win in walk-off (game-ending event) fashion.
I'm surprised that only one of these plays was on a bunt. As was discussed in a post by Steve, three World Series games have ended on an error on a play involving a bunt. And what the heck happened a few days ago...a failed pop up to the second baseman? Here's the story.
I'll also list the times a game has ended on an ROE from recent years:
Here's 2006:
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 2006-05-01 Paul Lo Duca NYM WSN Gary Majewski tied 1-1 b 9 12- 1 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); Chavez Scores/No RBI/unER; Reyes to 3B
2 1 2006-05-06 Jason Kendall OAK TBD Tyler Walker tied 2-2 b 9 -2- 2 1-2 4 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Payton Scores/unER/No RBI
3 1 2006-05-09 Bobby Abreu PHI NYM Aaron Heilman tied 4-4 b 9 123 2 2-1 4 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); Dellucci Scores/unER/No RBI; Rollins to 3B; Utley to 2B
4 1 2006-05-16 Damian Miller MIL PHI Ryan Franklin tied 2-2 b 9 12- 0 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); Hall Scores/No RBI/unER; Koskie to 2B
5 1 2006-05-20 Craig Monroe DET CIN Dave Weathers tied 6-6 b10 1-3 2 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Guillen Scores/unER/No RBI; Young to 2B
6 1 2006-06-14 Jeremy Hermida FLA ATL Mike Remlinger tied 5-5 b10 12- 0 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (Ground Ball); Abercrombie Scores/No RBI/unER; Aguila to 2B
7 1 2006-06-28 David Eckstein STL CLE Bob Wickman tied 4-4 b 9 --3 2 1-0 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Miles Scores/unER/No RBI
No bunts at all there. All ground balls to the pitcher, SS, or 3B.
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 2005-04-16 Marco Scutaro OAK LAA Scot Shields tied 0-0 b10 1-- 0 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (throw)/Sacrifice Bunt; Swisher Scores/unER/No RBI; Scutaro to 2B
2 1 2005-05-22 Luis Rodriguez MIN MIL Matt Wise tied 5-5 b11 123 1 0-1 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E4/attempted forceout (Ground Ball); Ford Scores/No RBI/unER; Cuddyer to 3B; Stewart to 2B
3 1 2005-08-06 Nick Punto MIN BOS Mike Timlin tied 3-3 b 9 -2- 0 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (throw)/Sacrifice Bunt; Cuddyer Scores/unER/No RBI
4 1 2005-09-18 Dave Roberts SDP WSN Joey Eischen tied 1-1 b 9 12- 0 3-1 5 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (throw)/Sacrifice Bunt; Olivo Scores/unER/No RBI; Fick to 2B
More errors by the pitcher, but this time three bunts as well.
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 2004-05-26 Keith Ginter MIL LAD Duaner Sanchez tied 1-1 b12 12- 0 1-1 3 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E5 (throw)/Sacrifice Bunt; Jenkins Scores/No RBI/unER; Overbay to 3B
2 1 2004-06-22 Mark Loretta SDP ARI Mike Koplove tied 1-1 b10 12- 1 0-1 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E4/attempted forceout (Ground Ball); Greene Scores/unER/No RBI; Burroughs to 2B
3 1 2004-09-24 Mark Loretta SDP ARI Greg Aquino tied 5-5 b 9 123 1 2-2 6 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Greene Scores/unER/No RBI; Vazquez to 3B; Payton to 2B
So Mark Loretta was the batter in two such games in 2004, both against Arizona, and Khalil Green scored the winning run both times. That's surprising given that Greene entered both the games a few batters before Loretta (once he was HBP and once he pinch ran. Loretta was the batter one other time when he reached on error to end the game: see here.
September 23rd, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Lucky for the fielders - their names aren't included in the report - E5 is much kinder and gentler than E-Beltre.
September 23rd, 2007 at 8:45 pm
When is the last time a game ended :Reached on E2? How about E3? And how about E78or9?
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:00 pm
I figured out the answers, but I can't get the data through the spam filter. I'll work on that tomorrow.
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:20 pm
With the assistance of rain an error can be the last play of the game without being a walk off win.
For example earlier this month Josh Phelps was hit by a pitch on the last play of the game. His team lost 16-4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN200709060.shtml I don't know if its happened with errors, but its possible.
September 24th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Two games ended on an E3 in 2003:
2003-04-20 Joe Randa KCR DET Mike Maroth tied 3-3 b 9 -2- 0 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E3 (throw)/Sacrifice Bunt; Relaford Scores/unER/No RBI
2003-04-30 Jason Varitek BOS KCR D.J. Carrasco tied 4-4 b 9 123 1 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Ramirez Scores/unER/No RBI; Hillenbrand to 3B; Damon to 2B
Here's on from 2002 that ended on an E8:
2002-04-24 Jose Vidro MON MIL Jose Cabrera tied 4-4 b15 -23 2 2-1 4 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E8 (Fly Ball); Mordecai Scores/No RBI/unER
Here is a recap of the above game and how it happened:
http://www.wrn.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=38E28E14-D90A-4F45-A0EEB7F51B085F15
September 24th, 2007 at 8:28 am
I'm having a lot of trouble with the spam filter for some reason..sorry I can get nicely formatted responses.
Two games in 2000 ended on E9's:
2000-05-16 Henry Blanco MIL HOU Chris Holt tied 5-5 b16 -23 1 3-2 7 1 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E9/Sacrifice Fly; Grissom Scores
2000-08-09 Juan Pierre COL PIT Mike Williams down 2-3 b 9 12- 2 1-0 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E9 (Fly Ball); Walker Scores/unER; Petrick Scores/unER; Pierre to 2B
Here's a game from1999 ending on an E2:
1999-04-21 Kenny Lofton CLE OAK Billy Taylor tied 4-4 b 9 1-- 0 0-1 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E2/Sacrifice Bunt; Cabrera Scores/No RBI/unER; Lofton to 2B
And finally a game from 1998 ending on an E7:
1998-09-23 Geoff Jenkins MIL CHC Rod Beck down 5-7 b 9 123 2 2-2 5 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E7 (Fly Ball); Loretta Scores/No RBI/unER; Cirillo Scores/No RBI/unER; Burnitz Scores/No RBI/unER; Jenkins to 2B
That looks to be a pretty messy error, and that man Mark Loretta was involved again...that's at least 4 different games ending in an ROE he was directly involved in. Weird.
Just looking at the box score of that game, I instantly remembered it. That was when Brant Brown dove for the ball and it went past him into the corner. A play like that (all 3 runs scoring) could only happen with 2 outs, unless some very fast runners are on base.
September 24th, 2007 at 8:51 am
I know of one instance in 2005 that the PI didn't pick up. On August 11, the Angels were in Oakland, and K-Rod was pitching in a tie game in the ninth. There were men on second and third with two outs. K-Rod apparently lost his concentration, and dropped a throw back from the catcher, allowing the winning run to score.
September 24th, 2007 at 9:24 am
That's an interesting point, Sam--since it wasn't a batting event, it doesn't show up in the PI.
Oscar makes a good point too, although since we can read the situation of each game-ending error, in theory it would be easy to weed out game-ending plays that didn't involve the winning run scoring.
September 24th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
I wanted to use the Pitching game finder to find games that ended with a balk, but thats not an option. 🙁
September 24th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
awesome research! THANKS for figuring all that out.
September 25th, 2007 at 8:05 am
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