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Last Day, Big Day

Posted by Steve Lombardi on March 12, 2010

Some fun via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Post-Season Batting Game Finder...players who reached base 4+ times via a hit, walk or error in a post-season winner take all game:

Rk Player Date Series Gm# Tm Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB TOB 6 IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOP Pos. Summary
1 Max Carey 1925-10-15 WS 7 PIT WSH W 9-7 5 5 3 4 3 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 CF
2 Jose Cruz 1980-10-12 NLCS 5 HOU PHI L 7-8 5 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 LF
3 Babe Ruth 1926-10-10 WS 7 NYY STL L 2-3 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 RF
4 Carlos Beltran 2004-10-11 NLDS 5 HOU ATL W 12-3 5 5 3 4 0 0 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 CF
5 Yogi Berra 1956-10-10 WS 7 NYY BRO W 9-0 5 3 3 2 0 0 2 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 C
6 George Brett 1985-10-27 WS 7 KCR STL W 11-0 5 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3B
7 Fred Clarke 1909-10-16 WS 7 PIT DET W 8-0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 LF
8 Ripper Collins 1934-10-09 WS 7 STL DET W 11-0 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1B
9 Jeff Conine 2003-10-15 NLCS 7 FLA CHC W 9-6 4 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 LF
10 Rafael Furcal 2004-10-11 NLDS 5 ATL HOU L 3-12 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 SS
11 Nomar Garciaparra 1999-10-11 ALDS 5 BOS CLE W 12-8 5 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 SS
12 Jason Giambi 2001-10-15 ALDS 5 OAK NYY L 3-5 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1B
13 Ken Griffey 1975-10-22 WS 7 CIN BOS W 4-3 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 RF
14 Keith Hernandez 1982-10-20 WS 7 STL MIL W 6-3 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1B
15 Andruw Jones 1996-10-17 NLCS 7 ATL STL W 15-0 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 LF
16 Pepper Martin 1934-10-09 WS 7 STL DET W 11-0 6 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3B
17 Terry Puhl 1980-10-12 NLCS 5 HOU PHI L 7-8 6 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 CF
18 Edgar Renteria 1997-10-26 WS 7 FLA CLE W 3-2 6 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 SS
19 Mickey Rivers 1976-10-14 ALCS 5 NYY KCR W 7-6 5 5 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CF
20 Willie Stargell 1979-10-17 WS 7 PIT BAL W 4-1 5 5 1 4 2 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1B
21 Bernie Williams 1995-10-08 ALDS 5 NYY SEA L 5-6 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 CF
22 Tony Womack 2001-10-14 NLDS 5 ARI STL W 2-1 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 SS
23 Ross Youngs 1924-10-10 WS 7 NYG WSH L 3-4 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 RF LF
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 3/12/2010.

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Makes you think that no player has ever scored 4+ runs in a winner take all game, right? Well that's not true:

Rk Player Date Series Gm# Tm Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BOP Pos. Summary
1 Fred McGriff 1996-10-17 NLCS 7 ATL STL W 15-0 5 5 4 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1B
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Generated 3/12/2010.

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Now, that's a trivia question for ya...where the Crime Dog stands alone. How'd he do it? Thanks to reaching on a fielder's choice.

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4 Responses to “Last Day, Big Day”

  1. cubbies Says:
    March 13th, 2010 at 12:17 am

    fielders choice in the 1st for mcgriff

  2. TheGoof Says:
    March 13th, 2010 at 2:18 am

    Cruz and Puhl went 6-for-9 with four runs and two RBI for a team that lost.

  3. Andy Says:
    March 15th, 2010 at 1:20 pm

    16-7 record for the teams on list #1....pretty good.

  4. Raphy Says:
    March 15th, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    Since 1954 teams with a player reaching base 4+ times (counting teammates separately) were 47,710-17,435 during the regular season. This is a WP of .732. In 23 games 17-6 would have been .739.

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