Consecutive postseason games with an RBI
Posted by Andy on October 20, 2009
With Ryan Howard's outstanding performance so far this post-season, you've probably already heard that he just tied Lou Gehrig for most consecutive playoff games with an RBI:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Ryan Howard 2009-10-07 2009-10-19 8 29 7 11 4 1 2 14 7 5 0 1 .379 .457 .793 1.250 PHI Lou Gehrig 1928-10-04 1932-10-02 8 28 14 15 2 0 7 17 1 8 0 0 .536 .649 1.357 2.006 NYY Alex Rodriguez 2007-10-08 2009-10-19 7 28 7 10 0 0 5 10 5 3 0 0 .357 .406 .893 1.299 NYY Bill Skowron 1958-10-06 1960-10-09 7 31 7 12 1 0 2 10 6 1 0 0 .387 .406 .613 1.019 NYY Clyde Barnhart 1925-10-12 1927-10-08 7 28 1 9 2 0 0 8 2 2 1 0 .321 .355 .393 .748 PIT Ivan Rodriguez 2003-10-10 2003-10-18 6 23 4 6 2 0 1 6 5 4 0 0 .261 .357 .478 .835 FLA Bernie Williams 1996-10-04 1996-10-12 6 22 9 12 2 0 5 10 4 5 1 1 .545 .607 1.318 1.925 NYY Tony Perez 1975-10-22 1976-10-17 6 24 2 8 1 0 1 8 3 1 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 CIN Carlton Fisk 1975-10-04 1975-10-14 6 21 6 7 1 0 1 6 3 4 1 0 .333 .440 .524 .964 BOS
Howard's not the only player with an RBI in every game during these playoffs. A-rod has done the same, and he has a streak of 7 going back to the Yankees' last playoff game in 2007.
Notice that the Iron Horse's numbers were incredible in those 8 games--an OPS of 2.006 and 17 RBI. On this list, only Bernie Williams has numbers comparable to Gehrig's.
Incidentally, by limiting the streak to just League Championship Series games, one guy stands out above all others:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Manny Ramirez 2007-10-16 2009-10-15 10 33 7 14 3 0 4 13 6 11 0 0 .424 .556 .879 1.435 BOS-LAD Ryan Howard 2008-10-13 2009-10-19 6 21 7 9 1 1 2 10 3 6 0 0 .429 .556 .857 1.413 PHI Derek Jeter 2004-10-18 2009-10-19 6 31 3 7 1 0 2 8 5 1 0 0 .226 .250 .452 .702 NYY Kevin Youkilis 2007-10-16 2008-10-11 6 27 9 16 3 1 4 9 1 2 0 0 .593 .621 1.222 1.843 BOS Ivan Rodriguez 2003-10-10 2006-10-10 6 25 5 8 2 0 2 6 6 4 0 0 .320 .414 .640 1.054 FLA-DET Mark McGwire 1988-10-06 1989-10-06 6 21 6 9 1 0 2 6 5 2 0 0 .429 .458 .762 1.220 OAK
Streaks like these are quite impressive. Remember that when playing in the post-season, batters are usually facing quite good pitchers. Driving in runs in 10 straight games is amazing.
For just World Series games:
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams +-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Reggie Jackson 1977-10-14 1978-10-14 8 29 11 15 2 0 6 14 5 3 0 0 .517 .588 1.207 1.795 NYY Lou Gehrig 1928-10-04 1932-10-02 8 28 14 15 2 0 7 17 1 8 0 0 .536 .649 1.357 2.006 NYY Bill Skowron 1958-10-06 1960-10-09 7 31 7 12 1 0 2 10 6 1 0 0 .387 .406 .613 1.019 NYY Clyde Barnhart 1925-10-12 1927-10-08 7 28 1 9 2 0 0 8 2 2 1 0 .321 .355 .393 .748 PIT
Gehrig's streak shows up again, since all his post-season games were World Series games. He's joined by REG-GIE REG-GIE from 1977-1978.