October Field Goats
Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 5, 2009
According to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post Season Batter Events Finder - only 4 post-season games, to date, have ended via an error. Here's the details on each situation:
Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc. +-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 1 1 1914-10-12 WS 3 Herbie Moran BSN PHA Joe Bush tied 4-4 b12 12- 0 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (throw to 3B)/Sacrifice Bunt; 2 1 1969-10-15 WS 4 J.C. Martin NYM BAL Pete Richert tied 1-1 b10 12- 0 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E1 (throw to 1B)/Sacrifice Bunt; 3 1 1986-10-25 WS 6 Mookie Wilson NYM BOS Bob Stanley tied 5-5 b10 -2- 2 3-2 9 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Knight Scores/unER 4 1 1996-10-02 ALDS 2 Charlie Hayes NYY TEX Mike Henneman tied 4-4 b12 12- 0 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Reached on E5 (throw to 1B)/Sacrifice Bunt
Many know about Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. But, how many remember Game 2 of the 1996 ALDS or Game 4 of the 1969 World Series? And, for sure, I don't think many today can call upon Game 3 of the 1914 World Series from their own personal eye-witness memory.
Poor Joe Bush, Pete Richert, Bill Buckner and Dean Palmer - for making those errors. Gotta be a player's worst nightmare, right? Of course, all these games were already tied when these errors occurred...so, it's not like any of these miscues turned a "W" into an "L." Now, that would really leave a mark...no doubt.
Note: Three of these puppies came on bunts. So, maybe that's a smart play, when you're at home, in October, in extra innings, with the score tied?
October 6th, 2009 at 10:14 am
I remember the 1969 game. Martin was laying down a sac bunt, and Richert's throw hit him in the wrist. The only problem is that photos after the game showed that Martin was clearly outside the 3-foot lane (toward the infield side), and should have been called out. Mets magic.
October 6th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Remember the classic Baseball card commemorating the 1969 Word Series?
"JC Martin's Bunt Ends Deadlock" !!!
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