Posted by Andy on October 4, 2007
Chase Utley did it yesterday. Here are all the other times it's been done since 1903:
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 Brian McCann 2005-10-09 NLDS 4 ATL @HOU L 6-7 8 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th C
2 Tony Clark 2004-10-18 ALCS 5 NYY @BOS L 4-5 7 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th 1B
3 Mark Bellhorn 2004-10-16 ALCS 3 BOS NYY L 8-19 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 2B
4 Johnny Damon 2004-10-12 ALCS 1 BOS @NYY L 7-10 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st CF
5 Derek Jeter 2004-10-09 ALDS 4 NYY @MIN W 6-5 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st SS
6 Alfonso Soriano 2003-10-16 ALCS 7 NYY BOS W 6-5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st 2B
7 Corey Koskie 2002-10-11 ALCS 3 MIN @ANA L 1-2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 3B
8 Bret Boone 2001-10-13 ALDS 3 SEA @CLE L 2-17 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 2B
9 Ben Grieve 2000-10-08 ALDS 5 OAK NYY L 5-7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th LF
10 Marvin Benard 2000-10-07 NLDS 3 SFG @NYM L 2-3 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st CF RF
11 Gerald Williams 1998-10-10 NLCS 3 ATL @SDP L 1-4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd RF
12 Devon White 1997-10-22 WS 4 FLA @CLE L 3-10 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st CF
13 Marquis Grissom 1997-10-15 ALCS 6 CLE @BAL W 1-0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th CF
14 Rafael Palmeiro 1997-10-11 ALCS 3 BAL @CLE L 1-2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B
15 Marquis Grissom 1997-10-11 ALCS 3 CLE BAL W 2-1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9th CF
16 Brady Anderson 1997-10-05 ALDS 4 BAL SEA W 3-1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st CF
17 Dan Wilson 1997-10-02 ALDS 2 SEA BAL L 3-9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th C
18 Bobby Bonilla 1996-10-10 ALCS 2 BAL @NYY W 5-3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th RF
19 Pete Incaviglia 1996-10-05 ALDS 4 BAL @CLE W 4-3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th LF
20 Bobby Bonilla 1996-10-05 ALDS 4 BAL @CLE W 4-3 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th RF
21 Rafael Palmeiro 1996-10-05 ALDS 4 BAL @CLE W 4-3 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1B
22 Reggie Sanders 1995-10-11 NLCS 2 CIN ATL L 2-6 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4th RF
23 Reggie Sanders 1995-10-06 NLDS 3 CIN LAD W 10-1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th RF
24 John Kruk 1993-10-10 NLCS 4 PHI @ATL W 2-1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd 1B
25 Jerry Reuss 1981-10-11 NLDS 5 LAD HOU W 4-0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
+----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
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
+----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---------+
26 Jerry Reuss 1981-10-07 NLDS 2 LAD @HOU L 0-1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
27 Wayne Garrett 1973-10-14 WS 2 NYM @OAK W 10-7 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1st 3B
28 Dave Boswell 1969-10-05 ALCS 2 MIN @BAL L 0-1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
29 Mel Stottlemyre 1964-10-08 WS 2 NYY @STL W 8-3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
30 Mickey Mantle 1953-10-02 WS 3 NYY @BRO L 2-3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th CF
31 Joe Collins 1953-10-02 WS 3 NYY @BRO L 2-3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd 1B
32 Tiny Bonham 1941-10-06 WS 5 NYY @BRO W 3-1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
33 Schoolboy Rowe 1934-10-04 WS 2 DET STL W 3-2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
34 George Pipgras 1932-10-01 WS 3 NYY @CHC W 7-5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
35 George Mogridge 1924-10-07 WS 4 WSH @NYG W 7-4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
36 Bill James 1914-10-10 WS 2 BSN @PHA W 1-0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th P
37 Josh Devore 1911-10-16 WS 2 NYG @PHA L 1-3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st LF
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Posted by Andy on October 4, 2007
We've already voted on the NL MVP, and I think the AL MVP (A-rod) and NL Cy Young (Peavy) are locked up already.
So let's have a vote on AL Cy Young.
Here's a blank ballot:
1st place (5 points):
2nd place (3 points):
3rd place (1 point):
To vote, you must pick all three positions, and simply paste your ballot into a comment on this post. I believe a total of 28 journalists will vote on the real award, so I'll keep this open until we have 28 total ballots.
Here are the statistical leaderboards for 2007, just to give you some names to consider, but obiously you can vote for any eligible pitcher.
ERA
Wins
Won-Loss %
BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Bases on Balls/9IP
Strikeouts/9IP
Saves
Strikeouts
Adjusted ERA+
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Posted by Sky on October 4, 2007
Brandon Webb pitched well yesterday, tossing 7 innings of one-run ball while striking out 9 and walking 3. What caught my eye, however, was the number of pitches he threw -- only 89. For a start that included 9 strikeouts and 3 walks, that seems really low. In fact, it was the fewest pitches thrown in a game with those minimums this season:
Cnt Player Date 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 Scott Kazmir 2007-09-21 TBD BOS L 1-8 GS-5 ,L 5 4 3 2 4 9 0 91 54 54 25 18 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.60
2 Brett Tomko 2007-04-10 LAD COL W 2-1 GS-6 6 1 0 0 3 9 0 92 58 76 22 18 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
3 Jon Lester 2007-09-26 BOS OAK W 11-6 GS-5 4.1 7 5 4 3 9 2 94 58 37 23 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.31
4 Erik Bedard 2007-05-09 BAL TBD W 1-0 GS-7 7 3 0 0 3 10 0 97 62 78 27 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
5 Johan Santana 2007-04-08 MIN @CHW W 3-1 GS-7 ,W 7 1 0 0 3 9 0 97 63 81 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
6 Erik Bedard 2007-05-20 BAL @WSN L 3-4 GS-7 7 3 1 1 3 12 0 98 66 76 28 24 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.29
7 Oliver Perez 2007-05-02 NYM FLA W 6-3 GS-6 ,W 5.2 3 3 1 3 10 0 98 58 62 25 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.59
Going back to 1999 (when pitch totals become available), only four games tie or break the 89-pitch mark. Scott Kazmir's name pops up twice more in addition to his 2007 game 91-pitch game:
Cnt Player Date 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 Jake Peavy 2003-04-25 SDP @CIN W 7-3 GS-7 ,W 6.1 3 2 2 3 9 1 82 50 65 23 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.84
2 Kerry Wood 2003-07-30 CHC SFG L 3-6 GS-6 ,L 6 3 4 4 4 9 1 88 57 55 24 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00
3 Scott Kazmir 2006-08-17 TBD TOR L 2-6 GS-5 5 2 0 0 3 10 0 89 56 70 20 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
4 Scott Kazmir 2004-09-14 TBD @BOS W 5-2 GS-6 ,W 6 3 0 0 3 9 0 89 52 72 21 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
When you consider that Webb faced 30 batters and the other starters to make the list faced between 20 and 24, well, that's just crazy. Think about it this way -- if Webb threw zero balls to the hitters he struck out and zero strikes to hitters he walked, that only leaves 50 pitches for the other 18 batters -- about 2.78 each. It's impressive that the Cubs were so hacktastic and still managed to walk three times. Well done, Mr. Webb.
And if anyone has some insight into Scott Kazmir's crazy pitching profile, let me know.
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Posted by Andy on October 4, 2007
Here are the top 49 post-season pitching game scores (after the jump) since 1903.
Beckett performance last night, not on this list yet, got an 87, good for a tie at 37th with 8 other games. Notice that Beckett already has the 6th best game score since 1903. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Andy on October 3, 2007
During the TV broadcast of the Rockies-Phillies game, one of the announcers mentioned that the Rockies have 4 hits so far--a single, a double, a triple, and a homer. This game might not finish that way (it's the 8th inning at the moment) but here are the 56 regular-season games since 1957 that did finish that way, with a team having 4 total hits, one of each variety.
Plus, it happened once in the post-season, when the Indians beat the Red Sox 4-0 in Game 2 of the 1995 ALDS.
I have a feeling that the post-season portion of the Play Index is going to get used a ton in the next few weeks. Let's all give Sean a big cheer!
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Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 3, 2007
This season, the Colorado Rockies and the New York Yankees became just the 18th and 19th teams in big league history to have FIVE players on their team with 90+ RBI in the same season. Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder, here's the complete list of all teams to have five batters on their team with 90+ RBI in the same season:
Year Lg Team Number Players Matching
+----+--+---------------------------------+------+-----------------------------------------+
2007 NL Colorado Rockies 5 Matt Holliday / Garrett Atkins / Troy Tulowitzki / Todd Helton / Brad Hawpe
2007 AL New York Yankees 5 Robinson Cano / Alex Rodriguez / Bobby Abreu / Jorge Posada / Hideki Matsui
2002 AL New York Yankees 5 Alfonso Soriano / Jason Giambi / Bernie Williams / Jorge Posada / Robin Ventura
2000 AL Anaheim Angels 5 Mo Vaughn / Troy Glaus / Garret Anderson / Tim Salmon / Darin Erstad
2000 AL Chicago White Sox 5 Frank Thomas / Magglio Ordonez / Carlos Lee / Jose Valentin / Paul Konerko
1999 AL Texas Rangers 5 Rafael Palmeiro / Todd Zeile / Rusty Greer / Juan Gonzalez / Ivan Rodriguez
1996 AL Baltimore Orioles 5 Cal Ripken / Rafael Palmeiro / Bobby Bonilla / Roberto Alomar / Brady Anderson
1996 AL Seattle Mariners 5 Jay Buhner / Alex Rodriguez / Paul Sorrento / Ken Griffey / Edgar Martinez
1982 AL Milwaukee Brewers 5 Ben Oglivie / Gorman Thomas / Robin Yount / Cecil Cooper / Ted Simmons
1977 AL Boston Red Sox 5 Jim Rice / Butch Hobson / George Scott / Carlton Fisk / Carl Yastrzemski
1953 NL Brooklyn Dodgers 5 Duke Snider / Roy Campanella / Gil Hodges / Jackie Robinson / Carl Furillo
1941 AL Boston Red Sox 5 Ted Williams / Joe Cronin / Jimmie Foxx / Bobby Doerr / Jim Tabor
1938 AL New York Yankees 5 Lou Gehrig / Joe DiMaggio / Bill Dickey / Tommy Henrich / Joe Gordon
1936 AL Detroit Tigers 5 Marv Owen / Charlie Gehringer / Goose Goslin / Al Simmons / Gee Walker
1936 AL New York Yankees 5 Lou Gehrig / Tony Lazzeri / Joe DiMaggio / George Selkirk / Bill Dickey
1934 AL Detroit Tigers 5 Marv Owen / Billy Rogell / Charlie Gehringer / Hank Greenberg / Goose Goslin
1933 AL New York Yankees 5 Lou Gehrig / Ben Chapman / Tony Lazzeri / Babe Ruth / Bill Dickey
1932 AL Philadelphia Athletics 5 Al Simmons / Jimmie Foxx / Jimmie Dykes / Mickey Cochrane / Eric McNair
1929 NL Chicago Cubs 5 Rogers Hornsby / Hack Wilson / Kiki Cuyler / Riggs Stephenson / Charlie Grimm
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Posted by Andy on October 3, 2007
A couple of quick notes on BOS and LAA as the playoffs kick off tonight:
Split G GS GF W L S CG SHO IP ERA H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP
+-+------------+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+------+----+----+----+---+----+---+----+---+
BOS 11 11 0 1 6 0 0 0 60.1 6.27 90 49 42 10 26 3 48 3
And his career numbers at Fenway Park:
Split G GS GF W L S CG SHO IP ERA H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP
+-+------------+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+------+----+----+----+---+----+---+----+---+
BOS-Fenway Pk 7 7 0 1 4 0 0 0 35 7.46 59 36 29 7 12 1 27 2
We'll see what it all means in about 7 hours.
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Posted by Sean Forman on October 3, 2007
Frank Baker Batting Against Christy Mathewson - Baseball-Reference PI
Did you know that Frank Baker owned Big 6 in the World Series?
I've just added all of the postseason pitcher vs. batter matchups to the Play Index, so you can search for old matchups or look at newer ones again, now with their postseason appearances included. The career totals will be updated later today to include these appearances.
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Posted by Andy on October 3, 2007
Well folks, the votes are in.
First, I want to thank all 25 people who voted. This was a very interesting process for me, and the results are really amazing.
The player with the most first-place votes was Jimmy Rollins; however, Matt Holliday is your NL MVP.
Here are the full voting results:
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Total
1. Matt Holliday 7 7 6 2 1 1 232
2. Jimmy Rollins 9 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 211
3. David Wright 5 5 3 5 2 3 1 204
4. Prince Fielder 1 4 3 2 5 2 2 3 1 146
5. Chase Utley 1 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 2 108
6. Chipper Jones 1 3 3 2 2 5 4 1 101
7. Hanley Ramirez 1 3 5 3 5 1 96
8. Jake Peavy 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 74
9. Albert Pujols 1 2 2 1 3 1 3 3 73
10. Ryan Howard 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 4 56
11. Miguel Cabrera 1 3 4 3 2 50
12. Jose Reyes 1 2 2 3 1 2 42
13. Ryan Braun 1 2 1 11
14. Eric Byrnes 1 1 8
15t Troy Tulowitzki 1 1 1 6
15t Aaron Rowand 3 6
17. Todd Helton 1 5
18. Barry Bonds 1 2 4
19t Takashi Saito 1 2
19t Russell Martin 1 2
19t Adam Dunn 1 2
19t Jose Valverde 1 2
19t Carlos Lee 2 2
Tidbits about the voting:
- Of the 24 ballots cast with at least the top 8 named, Holliday was on all 24 while Rollins appeared on only 22. Rollins would've needed a 1st and a 2nd on those 2 extra ballots to overtake Holliday for first place.
- Jave Peavy was named on only 13 ballots but finished 8th in the voting. However, many of those votes were cast before he got bombed by the Rockies in the tie-breaker game.
- One other player was named on all 24 of the ballots with the top 8 named: David Wright.
- The Phillies lead the way with 4 players getting votes, and with 3 players in the top 10. Interestingly, the only other top-10 player who is on a playoff team is Holliday.
This was a lot of fun - thanks. Now we all get to sit back and compare these results to the real voting when it comes out.
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Posted by Andy on October 2, 2007
I have to say--last night's Padres / Rockies game was one for the ages. I give both teams a huge amount of credit, and Padres fans, you have nothing to feel bad about. Your team did you proud; no closer is perfect and unfortunately it was a bad spot for Hoffman to have an off night.
Some observations about the game:
- This was the only tie-breaker game to ever go into extra innings. (See here for links to previous games' box scores.)
- It was Peavy's second worst start of the year, with 10 hits and 6 ER for a game score of 31. He had one recent game with more earned runs (8) and a lower game score (17) and two previous games with as many hits (10.)
- Amazing, the 10 pitchers used by the Rockies was not an outright team record; it just tied the previous high of 10, which had been "accomplished" three times. Amazingly, one of those games was a 9-inning job, and they gave up only 4 runs. Why the heck did they use 10 pitchers?
- The NL MVP race got even more interesting. Both Holliday and Rollins performed well late in the season, and both played huge roles in their team's final (and clinching) game.
I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to this post-season a lot more than in recent years. The American League looks to be much stronger than the National League, but the gutty performances by all four NL teams (Cubs overcoming season-long leading Brewers, Arizona holding off both Colorado and San Diego, Phillies ousting the Mets largely on 7 consecutive wins head-to-head, and Colorado's 11-game win streak followed by the epic victory last night) have impressed me.
What's also cool is that for the first time in a while it seems, all 8 teams have a legitimate shot of reaching the World Series. Imagine some of the neat possibilities: Cubs vs Red Sox, or a rematch of Diamondbacks vs Yankees.
Grab on to your seat--I think it's going to be pretty wild the rest of October.
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