11 Responses to “Perfect in Extra-Inning Games”

1. Geoff Young Says:
   August 17th, 2011 at 11:35 am

   Fun stuff. You might enjoy an article I wrote a couple of years ago about the 1995 Indians' extra innings dominance. (Also, the flip side of this is the 1969 Expos, who lost all 12 of their extra innings affairs. There's a link to a piece on that team in the previously linked article.)

2. Raphy Says:
   August 17th, 2011 at 12:05 pm

   Thanks Geoff! Your article is an interesting read, as usual.

3. w.k.kortas Says:
   August 17th, 2011 at 12:40 pm

   I think it's interesting to note the difference in game times between the A's of '28 and this years Dodgers. I'm guessing guys didn't step out of the box to ask for time when Grove was on the mound.

4. Morten Jonsson Says:
   August 17th, 2011 at 1:08 pm

   It's interesting to see the 1959 Pirates there, with an amazing 19 wins in extra innings. And Roy Face was right there in the middle of things--he pitched in 15 of those wins, and was the winning pitcher in 11 of them. Eleven! That was the year, of course, when he went 18-1 in relief. He also blew the save in 1 of the 2 losses, the bum. But he didn't pitch in the other loss, which happens to be one of the most famous games ever played--Harvey Haddix's twelve-inning perfect game, which he lost in the thirteenth.

5. Raphy Says:
   August 17th, 2011 at 1:13 pm

   @4 That is interesting. It didn't occur to me that one their two losses was the Haddix game. Here are their extra-inning games from that season. (The numbering is off, but they're all there.

   Rk	Gm# ▴	Date		Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	Attendance	Streak
   2	18	Sunday, May 3	boxscore	PIT		STL	W	4	3	10	8-9	6	3.0	Face	Brosnan		2:48	0	++
   3	23	Thursday, May 7	boxscore	PIT		PHI	W	5	4	10	10-12	6	3.5	Face	Owens		2:24	10,358	+
   4	29	Tuesday, May 12	boxscore	PIT	@	SFG	W	6	5	12	13-15	6	4.0	Daniels	Jones		3:51	8,084	+
   5	41	Sunday, May 24	boxscore	PIT		CIN	W	5	4	10	21-19	3	4.0	Blackburn	Purkey		3:00	32,273	+++++
   6	42	Tuesday, May 26	boxscore	PIT	@	MLN	L	0	1	13	21-20	3	4.5	Burdette	Haddix		2:54	19,194	-
   7	56	Monday, Jun 8	boxscore	PIT		SFG	W	12	9	11	29-26	3	4.5	Face	McCormick		4:13	19,080	+
   8	66	Thursday, Jun 18	boxscore	PIT	@	CHC	W	4	2	13	35-30	3	2.0	Face	Henry		3:04	7,562	+
   9	74	Thursday, Jun 25	boxscore	PIT	@	SFG	W	3	1	12	39-34	4	3.0	Face	Fisher		2:55	11,487	+
   10	80	Thursday, Jul 2	boxscore	PIT		MLN	W	4	3	10	41-38	4	3.5	Law	McMahon		2:22	28,282	+
   11	84	Sunday, Jul 5	boxscore	PIT		CIN	W	3	2	11	44-39	4	3.0	Kline	Pena		2:14	22,622	+++
   12	85	Thursday, Jul 9	boxscore	PIT		CHC	W	4	3	10	45-39	4	3.0	Face	Henry		2:41	22,080	++++
   13	86	Friday, Jul 10	boxscore	PIT		CHC	W	7	6	11	46-39	4	3.0	Daniels	Elston		3:15	25,360	+++++
   Rk	Gm#	Date		Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	Attendance	Streak
   14	88	Sunday, Jul 12	boxscore	PIT		STL	W	6	5	10	47-40	4	3.5	Face	McDaniel		2:57	0	+
   15	89	Sunday, Jul 12	boxscore	PIT		STL	L	6	8	10	47-41	4	3.5	McDaniel	Porterfield		2:35	25,530	-
   16	104	Thursday, Jul 30	boxscore	PIT	@	LAD	W	5	4	12	50-53	5	7.0	Daniels	Williams	Gross	3:21	24,221	+
   17	112	Saturday, Aug 8	boxscore	PIT	@	CHC	W	4	3	14	53-58	6	10.0	Gross	Donnelly		4:19	5,693	+
   18	113	Sunday, Aug 9	boxscore	PIT	@	CHC	W	5	3	10	54-58	4	10.0	Face	Elston		2:38	19,138	++
   19	126	Sunday, Aug 23	boxscore	PIT		LAD	W	4	3	10	64-61	4	8.0	Face	Drysdale		3:08	25,173	+++
   20	129	Wednesday, Aug 26	boxscore	PIT		SFG	W	5	4	10	66-62	4	7.0	Kline	Miller		3:11	20,244	+
   21	133	Sunday, Aug 30	boxscore	PIT		PHI	W	7	6	10	70-62	4	4.0	Face	Farrell		2:42	20,015	+++++
   22	149	Saturday, Sep 19	boxscore	PIT		CIN	W	4	3	12	76-72	4	6.0	Face	Lawrence		2:30	8,406	++
   Rk	Gm#	Date		Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	Attendance	Streak
   Rk	Gm#	Date		Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	Attendance	Streak
   Rk	Gm#	Date		Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	Attendance	Streak

   Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
   Generated 8/17/2011.
6. Gonzo Says:
   August 17th, 2011 at 1:22 pm

   @3 WK - I was going nuts last week when the Phils played in LA. Kemp and Ethier especially were guilty of stepping out of the box and fiddling around. It drove me bonkers. No way that all 3 games should have lasted 3.5 hours.

7. Lawrence Azrin Says:
   August 17th, 2011 at 1:33 pm

   @3/ W.K.Kortas - and if you need further evidence that games of yesteryear were played at a quicker pace, look at the time in #5 for Harvey Haddix's twelve-inning perfect game for the 1959 Pirates - 2:54, about the the average time for a _nine inning_ game today. Twelve of their 22 extra-inning games took less than three hours, including 2:14 and 2:24.

8. Gary W Says:
   August 17th, 2011 at 1:47 pm

   Now if the Dodgers would win some nine-inning games I will be a happy fan.

9. Doug Says:
   August 17th, 2011 at 6:53 pm

   The Dodgers and '48 Reds are the only sub-.500 teams.

   But, the '95 Indians were the only team to parlay their skill/good fortune into a pennant.

10. Thom-13 Says:
    August 17th, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    I would have thought there would be several 1-0 or 2-0 teams on a list like this. Apparently, everyone plays a decent number of extra-inning games.

11. Kahuna Tuna Says:
    August 19th, 2011 at 12:32 am

    Apparently, everyone plays a decent number of extra-inning games.

    That is a very true statement. The fewest extra-inning games played by a team over a full season is three, by the 1936 St. Louis Browns. Every other team currently in the B-R PBP database (1911 NL, 1919-present all teams) played at least five extra-inning games every season. The average number of extra-inning games per team per season is 14.6, which (with ties) translates to about 9.3% of all games played.

    The team that played the most extra-inning games in a season is the 1943 Red Sox, with 31 (15 wins, 14 losses, two ties).