Posted by Sean Forman on October 28, 2009
Analysis: Phillies Have the Edge on Defense - Bats Blog - NYTimes.com
Watch Sean get killed for presenting the UZR's of the Yanks and Phillies first basemen.
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Posted by Andy on October 28, 2009
Charlie Manual has already announced that Pedro Martinez is going to start Game 2 of the World Series against the Yankees. That's pretty fascinating to me as Pedro was a big part of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry from 1998-2004, including 5 ALCS starts against the Bombers during that span.
Below, I talk a little about what we might expect from Pedro in this start. First, however, I want to get a poll out of the way. Is Pedro's start the most compelling storyline in this World Series? Let's hear what you think, then please read on below.
Firstly, let's look at Pedro's career post-season appearances against the Yankees:
Cnt Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 1999-10-16 ALCS 3 BOS NYY W 13-1 GS-7 ,W 7 2 0 0 2 12 0 83 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 2003-10-11 ALCS 3 BOS NYY L 3-4 GS-7 ,L 7 6 4 4 1 6 1 98 63 54 28 26 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.14 3 2003-10-16 ALCS 7 BOS @NYY L 5-6 GS-8 7.1 10 5 5 1 8 2 123 77 45 33 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.14 4 2004-10-13 ALCS 2 BOS @NYY L 1-3 GS-6 ,L 6 4 3 3 4 7 1 113 64 55 27 22 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 5 2004-10-18 ALCS 5 BOS NYY W 5-4 GS-6 6 7 4 4 5 6 1 111 62 43 31 24 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 6 2004-10-20 ALCS 7 BOS @NYY W 10-3 7-7 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 20 15 0 0 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.00
His first ever game against them in the playoffs was a gem, a start in the 1999 ALCS. This was the only game the Red Sox won in that series. Pedro was the Game 3 starter--can you name the starters in Games 1 and 2? I bet not. The answers are Kent Mercker in Game 1 and Pedro's brother Ramon in Game 2.
Anyway, after that first game in 1999, Pedro's performances against the Yankees in the playoffs have been pretty dismal, totaling 30 hits and 18 earned runs in 27.1 IP. The gopher ball has been his biggest problem, having given up 5 homers (although 4 were solo shots) over those 27.1 innings. Only 3 pitchers have given up more playoff homers to the Yankees. If you can guess those 3, you are amazing. (Click here for the answers.)
Pedro's career regular season numbers against the Yankees are as follows:
11-11 record, 3.20 ERA over 216.2 IP (32 games and starts, more than against any other team.) His K/BB ratio is 4.14 and OPS against is .603.
Compare those to his overall career numbers:
219-100, 2.93 ERA, K/BB ratio of 4.15 and OPS against .613.
Other than a slight edge in OPS, his numbers are all below his own averages against the Yankees. HOWEVER, keep in mind that he's played against the Yankees primarily when they have been a powerhouse team. They have hit very well against most of the league and Pedro's numbers against them are much better than nearly all other pitchers over the same span.
The real question, of course, is: does any of this history actually matter? We're talking about a player who turned 38 a few days ago and who was already on the down side of his career when he faced the Yankees in the playoffs 5 years ago. Pedro usually tops out at 91-92 MPH now and is not the same type of pitcher he was before.
However, in the regular season with the Phillies this year, Pedro struck out 37 and walked just 8 in 44.2 innings. Those numbers sure sound like the old Pedro even if he's not throwing nearly as hard as he used to. (But, just to remember how good Pedro was in 1999 and 2000---his K/BB ratio this season is an excellent 4.63 which is just over half of what it was those seasons--8.46 and 8.88!!!)
A better question might be: how have guys this old fared in the post-season before? When Pedro takes the mound in Game 2, it will rank 128th on the list of oldest starters in a post-season game, right ahead of himself against the Dodgers last week and behind Orel Hershiser's start in the 1996 ALDS for the Indians. He'll be the 42nd-oldest World Series starter. By my count, the 41 starts ahead of him have seen the starters go 14-16 with 11 no-decisions. Teams were 17-24 overall in these 41 games.
I did a little math and in the 41 games, the total stats are a 3.84 ERA over 248.1 IP with 92 BB, 170 K, and 20 HR allowed. These numbers are drawn over such a long period of time that off the top of my head I don't know how they compare to younger (average) pitchers over the same span, but my gut instinct is that they are not likely to be all that different. In summary, while it's fairly rare for such an old pitcher to start a World Series game, the ones who do it are usually among the few older pitchers who are still pitching effectively.
Anyway, what do I expect in the game started by Pedro? If I had to guess, we won't see a dominant performance but we also won't see him get hammered. He's already pitched pretty well in many important games this year and there's no reason o think he won't do so again in Game 2. Also, since he's facing the inconsistent A. J. Burnett, anything can happen. I wouldn't be surprised to see Pedro come away with the win.
Incidentally, I'm picking the Yankees in 7 games.
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Posted by Raphy on October 27, 2009
Here are a few lists and links to get you prepared for Game 1 of the World Series:
Starting with a Blast
Multiple Home Runs
In World Series history, 8 players have hit 2 home runs in a game 1. Their teams have combined for a 5-3 record. In all other WS games, there have been 38 multiple home run games. Those teams went 35-3. (34-3 if you don't double count the game in which Ruth and Gehrig both did it.) Here are the players who went yard twice in a game 1:
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOr Positions +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+ 1 Troy Glaus 2002-10-19 WS 1 ANA SFG L 3-4 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 3B 2 Greg Vaughn 1998-10-17 WS 1 SDP @NYY L 6-9 4 4 3 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3rd LF 3 Andruw Jones 1996-10-20 WS 1 ATL @NYY W 12-1 4 4 3 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th LF 4 Willie Aikens 1980-10-14 WS 1 KCR @PHI L 6-7 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B 5 Davey Lopes 1978-10-10 WS 1 LAD NYY W 11-5 5 5 2 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B 6 Gene Tenace 1972-10-14 WS 1 OAK @CIN W 3-2 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th C 7 Ted Kluszewski 1959-10-01 WS 1 CHW LAD W 11-0 4 4 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B 8 Joe Collins 1955-09-28 WS 1 NYY BRO W 6-5 4 3 3 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th 1B
1-0 in Game 1:
The first game of the World Series has been won 1-0 of five occasions. Three of them occurred in consecutive years (1948-1950).:
Cnt Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS LOB Batrs +----+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+-----+ 1 1986-10-18 WS 1 BOS @NYM W 1-0 36 31 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 2 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 12 2 1950-10-04 WS 1 NYY @PHI W 1-0 37 31 1 5 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 11 3 1949-10-05 WS 1 NYY BRO W 1-0 29 29 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 4 1948-10-06 WS 1 BSN CLE W 1-0 29 24 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 5 1918-09-05 WS 1 BOS @CHC W 1-0 33 28 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 9
Trivia: Winning Game 1 More Than Once
12 pitchers have won game 1 of the World Series more than once. If you would like to test yourself, I have created this Sporcle quiz. Otherwise, you can click here for the information.
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Posted by Sean Forman on October 27, 2009
I just love Baseball Reference’s new SHARE feature | The Baseball Zealot
A nice rundown of our stats sharing tool.
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Posted by Andy on October 27, 2009
Here are a few random World Series thoughts as well as two polls at the bottom for you to vote in.
Anyway, here are two polls. First is what you think will happen and second is what you'd like to happen.
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Posted by Neil Paine on October 26, 2009
Congratulations are in order to FanGraphs' David Appelman, who was named to the Huffington Post's list of the 100 biggest "Game Changers" in new media. Way to go, David!
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Posted by Andy on October 26, 2009
I noticed that in 2009, Elijah Dukes managed to steal just 3 bases to go along with 10 times caught stealing. I thought for sure that would be way up on the leaderboard, but I was wrong.
Cnt Player **SB** CS Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+-------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Pete Runnels 0 10 1952 24 WSH AL 152 632 555 70 158 18 3 1 64 72 0 55 1 4 0 14 .285 .368 .333 .701 *6/4 2 Jose Vizcaino 1 11 1994 26 NYM NL 103 456 410 47 105 13 3 3 33 33 3 62 2 5 6 5 .256 .310 .324 .634 *6 3 Eddie Yost 1 11 1957 30 WSH AL 110 492 414 47 104 13 5 9 38 73 2 49 5 0 0 6 .251 .370 .372 .742 *5 4 Bobby Doerr 1 10 1939 21 BOS AL 127 574 525 75 167 28 2 12 73 38 0 32 1 10 0 17 .318 .365 .448 .813 *4 5 Zeb Terry 1 13 1921 30 CHC NL 123 553 488 59 134 18 1 2 45 27 0 19 4 34 0 0 .275 .318 .328 .646 *4 6 Todd Cruz 2 10 1982 26 SEA AL 136 519 492 44 113 20 2 16 57 12 1 95 0 11 4 18 .230 .246 .376 .622 *6 7 Charlie Moore 2 10 1982 29 MIL AL 133 492 456 53 116 22 4 6 45 29 2 49 1 4 2 11 .254 .299 .360 .659 *92/4 8 Luis Gomez 2 10 1978 26 TOR AL 153 469 413 39 92 7 3 0 32 34 1 41 0 19 3 10 .223 .280 .254 .534 *6 9 Elliott Maddox 2 11 1978 30 NYM NL 119 469 389 43 100 18 2 2 39 71 1 38 2 2 5 8 .257 .370 .329 .699 *958/3 10 Jerry Morales 2 12 1974 25 CHC NL 151 590 534 70 146 21 7 15 82 46 3 63 2 3 5 15 .273 .330 .423 .753 *798 11 Curt Flood 2 12 1958 20 STL NL 121 461 422 50 110 17 2 10 41 31 1 56 4 4 0 17 .261 .317 .382 .699 *8/5 12 Johnny Groth 2 10 1952 25 DET AL 141 580 524 56 149 22 2 4 51 51 0 39 0 5 0 11 .284 .348 .357 .705 *8/7 13 Bill Knickerbocke 2 12 1935 23 CLE AL 132 577 540 77 161 34 5 0 55 27 0 31 0 10 0 0 .298 .332 .380 .712 *6 14 Charlie Jamieson 2 13 1929 36 CLE AL 102 422 364 56 106 22 1 0 26 50 0 12 1 7 0 0 .291 .378 .357 .735 *7 15 Zeb Terry 2 11 1922 31 CHC NL 131 571 496 56 142 24 2 0 67 34 0 16 2 39 0 0 .286 .335 .343 .678 *4/65 16 Hod Ford 2 11 1921 23 BSN NL 152 614 555 50 155 29 5 2 61 36 0 49 4 19 0 0 .279 .328 .360 .688 *46 17 Elijah Dukes 3 10 2009 25 WSN NL 107 416 364 38 91 20 4 8 58 46 2 74 3 0 3 8 .250 .337 .393 .730 *98/7 18 Mike Marshall 3 10 1985 25 LAD NL 135 564 518 72 152 27 2 28 95 37 6 137 3 2 4 8 .293 .342 .515 .857 *9/37 19 Tony Johnson 3 13 1982 26 TOR AL 70 111 98 17 23 2 1 3 14 11 1 26 0 1 1 1 .235 .309 .367 .676 7D/89 20 Rick Miller 3 13 1978 30 CAL AL 132 547 475 66 125 25 4 1 37 54 1 70 4 10 4 14 .263 .341 .339 .680 *89 21 Max Alvis 3 10 1967 29 CLE AL 161 697 637 66 163 23 4 21 70 38 1 107 4 16 2 13 .256 .301 .403 .704 *5 22 Irv Hall 3 10 1945 26 PHA AL 151 668 616 62 161 17 5 0 50 35 0 42 6 11 0 8 .261 .307 .305 .612 *4 23 Mike Tresh 3 10 1940 26 CHW AL 135 538 480 62 135 15 5 1 64 49 0 40 1 8 0 12 .281 .349 .340 .689 *2 24 Red Kress 3 16 1931 24 SLB AL 150 655 605 87 188 46 8 16 114 46 0 48 1 3 0 0 .311 .360 .493 .853 *5963 25 Red Kress 3 12 1930 23 SLB AL 154 679 614 94 192 43 8 16 112 50 0 56 2 13 0 0 .313 .366 .487 .853 *65 +----+-----------------+-------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ Cnt Player **SB** CS Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+-------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 26 Charlie Jamieson 3 12 1928 35 CLE AL 112 501 433 63 133 18 4 1 37 56 0 20 1 11 0 0 .307 .388 .374 .762 *7 27 Joe Sewell 3 16 1927 28 CLE AL 153 652 569 83 180 48 5 1 92 51 0 7 9 23 0 0 .316 .382 .424 .806 *6 28 Ray Morehart 3 11 1926 26 CHW AL 73 208 192 27 61 10 3 0 21 11 0 15 1 4 0 0 .318 .358 .401 .759 *4 29 Andy High 3 12 1922 24 BRO NL 153 659 579 82 164 27 10 6 65 59 0 26 4 17 0 0 .283 .354 .396 .750 *56/4 30 Ray Powell 3 12 1922 33 BSN NL 142 619 550 82 163 22 11 6 37 59 0 66 4 6 0 0 .296 .369 .409 .778 *8 31 Larry Kopf 3 14 1921 30 CIN NL 107 427 367 36 80 8 3 1 25 43 0 20 6 11 0 0 .218 .310 .264 .574 *6/457 32 Larry Gardner 3 20 1920 34 CLE AL 154 683 597 72 185 31 11 3 118 53 0 25 1 32 0 0 .310 .367 .414 .781 *5 33 Zinn Beck 3 10 1915 29 STL NL 70 245 223 21 52 9 4 0 15 12 0 31 3 7 0 0 .233 .282 .309 .591 *5/64 34 Butch Schmidt 3 10 1915 28 BSN NL 127 524 458 46 115 26 7 2 60 36 0 59 9 21 0 0 .251 .318 .352 .670 *3
Since caught stealing has been kept as a statistic, there have been 17 guys to steal even fewer bases than Dukes with at least 10 caught stealings.
I'm flabbergasted at such high CS totals for guys with so few stolen bases.
Check out all the players with at least 10 CS in 2009:
Cnt Player **SB** CS Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+-------+--+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Jacoby Ellsbury 70 12 2009 25 BOS AL 153 691 624 94 188 27 10 8 60 49 3 74 6 6 6 13 .301 .355 .415 .770 *8 2 Michael Bourn 61 12 2009 26 HOU NL 157 678 606 97 173 27 12 3 35 63 1 140 2 5 2 1 .285 .354 .384 .738 *8 3 Carl Crawford 60 16 2009 27 TBR AL 156 672 606 96 185 28 8 15 68 51 1 99 8 2 5 7 .305 .364 .452 .816 *7/D 4 B.J. Upton 42 14 2009 24 TBR AL 144 626 560 79 135 33 4 11 55 57 0 152 3 3 3 7 .241 .313 .373 .686 *8 5 Chone Figgins 42 17 2009 31 LAA AL 158 729 615 114 183 30 7 5 54 101 0 114 1 8 4 8 .298 .395 .393 .788 *5/4D7 6 Nyjer Morgan 42 17 2009 28 TOT NL 120 533 469 74 144 15 7 3 39 40 2 74 9 10 5 9 .307 .369 .388 .757 *78 7 Rajai Davis 41 12 2009 28 OAK AL 125 432 390 65 119 27 5 3 48 29 0 70 7 2 4 12 .305 .360 .423 .783 *8/9D 8 Scott Podsednik 30 13 2009 33 CHW AL 132 587 537 75 163 25 6 7 48 39 1 74 3 6 2 8 .304 .353 .412 .765 *78D/9 9 Juan Pierre 30 12 2009 31 LAD NL 145 425 380 57 117 16 8 0 31 27 3 27 8 9 1 7 .308 .365 .392 .757 *78 10 Dexter Fowler 27 10 2009 23 COL NL 135 518 433 73 115 29 10 4 34 67 1 116 1 14 3 4 .266 .363 .406 .769 *8 11 Denard Span 23 10 2009 25 MIN AL 145 676 578 97 180 16 10 8 68 70 3 89 10 12 6 7 .311 .392 .415 .807 *8*79 12 Ryan Theriot 21 10 2009 29 CHC NL 154 677 602 81 171 20 5 7 54 51 1 93 6 13 5 13 .284 .343 .369 .712 *6 13 Troy Tulowitzki 20 11 2009 24 COL NL 151 628 543 101 161 25 9 32 92 73 4 112 3 0 9 20 .297 .377 .552 .929 *6 14 Hunter Pence 14 11 2009 26 HOU NL 159 647 585 76 165 26 5 25 72 58 1 109 1 0 3 25 .282 .346 .472 .818 *9 15 Clint Barmes 12 10 2009 30 COL NL 154 604 550 69 135 32 3 23 76 31 2 121 10 6 7 6 .245 .294 .440 .734 *46 16 Kosuke Fukudome 6 10 2009 32 CHC NL 146 603 499 79 129 38 5 11 54 93 3 112 3 3 5 15 .259 .375 .421 .796 *89 17 Elijah Dukes 3 10 2009 25 WSN NL 107 416 364 38 91 20 4 8 58 46 2 74 3 0 3 8 .250 .337 .393 .730 *98/7
Now, all the guys on this list below B.J. Upton shouldn't have been trying to steal bases this season. A guy's success rate should be at least 75% or the outcomes aren't worth it for the team. But at least guys like Podsednik and Span managed to be successful more times than not. I don't understand how someone can get thrown out 10 times while stealing so few times. I mean--a few pickoffs I can understand. But ten? Geez...
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Posted by Raphy on October 26, 2009
Throughout the history of baseball, there have been post season stars. Usually these players grabbed hold of the spotlight with a single huge play, a historically big game, or a series of really good games. However, it occurred to me that there could be another type of star, a player who consistently produces when his team wins. How many World Series winning players have scored a run, had a hit or drove in a run in all of their team's postseason wins? Obviously, the more postseason wins needed, the more difficult this becomes, so we will have to look at this data in stages.
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Posted by Raphy on October 25, 2009
Mike Scioscia's decision to intentionally walk Alex Rodriguez with the bases empty has worked out well so far. However, it is interesting to note that historically this has been a pretty risky proposition. Prior to this year, a post-season bases-empty intentional-walk was successful in preventing a run in only four of the seven times it was tried. Including Arod's walks, there have now been 9 bases empty post-season IBB. Here they are with their results:
Mangers Who Looked Like Geniuses Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc. +-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 1 1 1978-10-07 NLCS 4 Greg Luzinski PHI @LAD Rick Rhoden tied 3-3 t 8 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk Luzinski was singled to second, but stranded there. The Dodgers won in 10. 4 1 2003-10-03 NLDS 3 Barry Bonds SFG @FLA Ugueth Urbina tied 2-2 t 9 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk Bonds was singled to third, but stranded there. The Marlins won in 11. 5 1 2003-10-04 NLDS 4 Barry Bonds SFG @FLA Carl Pavano tied 5-5 t 8 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk Bonds was forced at second to end the inning. The Marlins scored 2 runs in their half of the 8th and won the game 7-6. 7 1 2006-10-19 NLCS 7 Albert Pujols STL @NYM Aaron Heilman tied 1-1 t 8 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk Pujols was stranded at first. However,the Cardinals scored 2 in the 9th and won 3-1. 8 1 2009-10-19 ALCS 3 Alex Rodriguez NYY @LAA Brian Fuentes tied 4-4 t 9 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk A-rod was stranded at first. The Angels won in 11. 9 1 2009-10-22 ALCS 5 Alex Rodriguez NYY @LAA Brian Fuentes down 6-7 t 9 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk A-rod's IBB was followed by a BB and HBP. However, Nick Swisher popped up and the Angels won. Managers Who Looked Foolish Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc. +-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 2 1 2002-10-13 NLCS 4 Barry Bonds SFG STL Rick White tied 2-2 b 8 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk Benito Santiago drove in Bonds with a 2 run homer. The Giants won 4-3. 3 1 2003-09-30 NLDS 1 Barry Bonds SFG FLA Chad Fox ahead 1-0 b 8 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk Bonds stole second and scored on an Edgardo Alfonzo double. The Giants won 2-0 6 1 2006-10-06 ALDS 3 Frank Thomas OAK MIN Dennys Reyes ahead 4-2 b 7 --- 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk Thomas's IBB was followed by a BB,E3,BB,2B. The A's scored 4 runs in the inning and won 8-3.
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Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 23, 2009
Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post-Season Batting Event Finder - All the "final" Plate Appearances in "Sudden Death" post-season games where the score was tied and the batter won the game...
Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc. +-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 1 1 1912-10-16 WS 8 Larry Gardner BOS NYG Christy Mathewso tied 2-2 Out b10 123 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Yerkes Scores/unER 2 1 1924-10-10 WS 7 Earl McNeely WSH NYG Jack Bentley tied 3-3 2B b12 12- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Double to LF (Ground Ball); Ruel Scores/unER; 3 1 1960-10-13 WS 7 Bill Mazeroski PIT NYY Ralph Terry tied 9-9 HR b 9 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Deep LF) 4 1 1976-10-14 ALCS 5 Chris Chambliss NYY KCR Mark Littell tied 6-6 HR b 9 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (CF-RF) 5 1 1991-10-27 WS 7 Gene Larkin MIN ATL Alejandro Pena tied 0-0 1B b10 123 1 0-0 1 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Gladden Scores; 6 1 1997-10-26 WS 7 Edgar Renteria FLA CLE Charles Nagy tied 2-2 1B b11 123 2 0-1 2 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Counsell Scores/unER; 7 1 2001-10-14 NLDS 5 Tony Womack ARI STL Steve Kline tied 1-1 1B b 9 -2- 2 2-2 7 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF; Bautista Scores 8 1 2001-11-04 WS 7 Luis Gonzalez ARI NYY Mariano Rivera tied 2-2 1B b 9 123 1 0-1 2 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF (Fly Ball to Deep SS-2B); Bell Scores; 9 1 2003-10-16 ALCS 7 Aaron Boone NYY BOS Tim Wakefield tied 5-5 HR b11 --- 0 0-0 1 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball)
Just nine times...but, oh, what a feeling it must have been for these nine men!
Edit/Add-On, 10/25/09, 11:37 am ET: alkeiper has a good point. Here are some more heroes to end a post-season "Sudden Death" game where their team was losing and the batter won the game...
Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc. +-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 1 1 1992-10-14 NLCS 7 Francisco Cabrera ATL PIT Stan Belinda down 1-2 1B b 9 123 2 2-1 4 2 *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF (LD to Short LF); Justice & Bream Score 2 1 1995-10-08 ALDS 5 Edgar Martinez SEA NYY Jack McDowell down 4-5 2B b11 1-3 0 0-1 2 2 *ENDED GAME*:Double to LF (Line Drive); Cora Scores; Griffey Scores
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