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PI basics

Posted by Andy on June 15, 2009

If case you're new around here, let's take a quick look at some of the things the PI can quickly find out, using yesterday's 15-0 drubbing the Yankees gave the Mets.

Using this team pitching game finder search, we can see that this is the Yankees' 3rd shutout so far this year.

Looking deeper in that list, 305 shutouts ago was the last time the Yankees scored as many as 15 runs in such a game:

+----+-------------+---+----+-------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+------+------+
  Cnt Date          Tm   Opp GmReslt  IP   H  R ER BB SO HR Pit Str IR IS  BF  AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk Ptchrs   ERA
+----+-------------+---+----+-------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+------+------+
  305 1977-09-25(1) NYY  TOR W 15-0   9    7  0  0  1 10  0                34  33  1  0   0   0  0  0   1  0  0  0      1   0.00

(Incidentally, they also shutout Toronto in the second game of that doubleheader.)

  549 1960-04-30    NYY  BAL W 16-0   9    8  0  0  3  4  0                37  34  0  0   0   0  0  0   1  0  0  0      1   0.00 

That's the last time they threw a shutout while scoring more than 15 runs.

You can do an individual pitching game finder for Johann Santana to see that yesterday's performance was his worst, in terms of most earned runs allowed:

  Cnt 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 2009-06-14    NYM @NYY L  0-15 GS-4  ,L   3    9  9    9    2  3  1  82  48    6       19 17  2  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  27.00 

    2 2002-07-23    MIN @CHW L  7-8  GS-4  ,L   3.2  7  8    8    2  4  3  88  58   17       20 18  1  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  19.64 

    3 2005-05-17    MIN  TOR L  3-10 GS-6  ,L   5.1  9  7    7    1  5  2  92  64   26       25 24  4  0   0   0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0  0  11.81 
    4 2004-05-23    MIN  CHW L  7-17 GS-3  ,L   3   10  7    7    2  2  2  73  47   11       21 19  1  1   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  21.00 
    5 2003-09-05    MIN  TEX W 10-7  GS-4       4    8  7    7    2  6  2  80  55   22       22 20  1  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  1  15.75 
    6 2000-09-21    MIN  CHW L  4-9  GS-5  ,L   4.2  7  7    7    3  4  0 101  65   23       23 19  1  0   0   0  0  1   0  0  0  0  0  0  13.50 
    7 2000-04-12    MIN @BOS L  3-7  GS-4  ,L   3.2 10  7    7    1  2  0  87  48   14       21 19  3  0   0   0  0  1   0  0  0  1  0  0  17.18 

as well as Game Score:

   78 2009-06-14    NYM @NYY L  0-15 GS-4  ,L   3    9  9  9  2  3  1  82  48      6         19 17  2  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  27.00 

   79 2004-05-23    MIN  CHW L  7-17 GS-3  ,L   3   10  7  7  2  2  2  73  47     11         21 19  1  1   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  21.00 

   80 2000-04-12    MIN @BOS L  3-7  GS-4  ,L   3.2 10  7  7  1  2  0  87  48     14         21 19  3  0   0   0  0  1   0  0  0  1  0  0  17.18 

   81 2002-07-23    MIN @CHW L  7-8  GS-4  ,L   3.2  7  8  8  2  4  3  88  58     17         20 18  1  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  19.64 

and tied for the fewest innings pitched:

  Cnt 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 2009-06-14    NYM @NYY L  0-15 GS-4  ,L     3      9  9  9  2  3  1  82  48    6       19 17  2  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  27.00 
    2 2007-09-26    MIN @DET L  4-9  GS-3         3      2  3  2  3  4  0  58  36   46       15 12  1  0   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0   6.00 
    3 2004-05-23    MIN  CHW L  7-17 GS-3  ,L     3     10  7  7  2  2  2  73  47   11       21 19  1  1   0   0  0  0   0  0  0  0  0  0  21.00 

Just a little flavor of what the Play Index can do...

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