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Best Game Score in a Post-Season Debut

Posted by Raphy on October 7, 2010

As an extension of Andy's post from earlier today, here are the pitchers with the highest game scores in their first career post-season game. Halladay is tied for second.

Rk Gcar Player Date Series Gm# Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str GSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS PO BK WP ERA WPA RE24 aLI
1 1 Babe Ruth 1916-10-09 WS 2 BOS BRO W 2-1 CG 14 ,W 14.0 6 1 1 3 4 1 97 48 43 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.64 0.975 4.102 1.515
2 1 Roy Halladay 2010-10-06 NLDS 1 PHI CIN W 4-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 0 0 0 1 8 0 104 79 94 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.306 4.570 .445
3 1 Ed Walsh 1906-10-11 WS 3 CHW CHC W 3-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 2 0 0 1 12 0 94 30 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00 0.422 3.778 .802
4 1 Mike Scott 1986-10-08 NLCS 1 HOU NYM W 1-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 5 0 0 1 14 0 125 88 90 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.709 4.036 1.723
5 1 Bill Dinneen 1903-10-02 WS 2 BOS PIT W 3-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 3 0 0 2 11 0 90 29 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 0.438 4.298 .828
6 1 Kevin Millwood 1999-10-06 NLDS 2 ATL HOU W 5-1 CG 9 ,W 9.0 1 1 1 0 8 1 89 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 0.416 3.994 .808
7 1 Jon Matlack 1973-10-07 NLCS 2 NYM CIN W 5-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 2 0 0 3 9 0 89 31 27 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 0.602 3.937 1.210
8 1 Hod Eller 1919-10-06 WS 5 CIN CHW W 5-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 3 0 0 1 9 0 89 31 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.363 4.127 .686
9 1 Bobby Jones 2000-10-08 NLDS 4 NYM SFG W 4-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 1 0 0 2 5 0 116 73 88 30 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.383 4.843 .829
10 1 Mike Boddicker 1983-10-06 ALCS 2 BAL CHW W 4-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 5 0 0 3 14 0 140 92 88 36 31 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.405 4.430 .923
11 1 Jim Lonborg 1967-10-05 WS 2 BOS STL W 5-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 88 29 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.427 4.016 .687
12 1 Bill James 1914-10-10 WS 2 BSN PHA W 1-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 2 0 0 3 8 0 88 28 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0.00 0.648 3.501 1.486
13 1 Bob Forsch 1982-10-07 NLCS 1 STL ATL W 7-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 104 74 87 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.367 4.117 .716
14 1 Schoolboy Rowe 1934-10-04 WS 2 DET STL W 3-2 CG 12 ,W 12.0 7 2 2 0 7 0 87 42 41 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.50 0.738 4.844 1.165
15 1 Johnny Sain 1948-10-06 WS 1 BSN CLE W 1-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 4 0 0 0 6 0 85 33 32 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.702 4.389 1.379
16 1 Claude Passeau 1945-10-05 WS 3 CHC DET W 3-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 85 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.470 4.127 .764
17 1 Rube Foster 1915-10-09 WS 2 BOS PHI W 2-1 CG 9 ,W 9.0 3 1 1 0 8 0 85 30 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 0.505 2.659 1.234
18 1 Chief Bender 1905-10-10 WS 2 PHA NYG W 3-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 4 0 0 3 9 0 85 34 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.564 4.188 1.457
19 1 Christy Mathewson 1905-10-09 WS 1 NYG PHA W 3-0 SHO9 ,W 9.0 4 0 0 0 6 0 85 31 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.497 3.748 1.101
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Generated 10/7/2010.

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19 Responses to “Best Game Score in a Post-Season Debut”

  1. TheGoof Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 5:22 pm

    You could have named this post, "Who is the greatest player ever? How about the only guy who outdid Halladay's postseason debut"

  2. Malcolm Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 5:25 pm

    A 14 inning complete game? I'd love to see the pitch count on that one...

    If any pitcher nowadays were to pitch a 14 inning game, Halladay would be the guy to do it. In fact, in his career Doc has a pair of 10 inning complete games, one of which was a shutout on just 93 pitches.

  3. Johnny Twisto Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 5:27 pm

    Pitch count estimator puts it at 171.

  4. Ellis Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 7:17 pm

    How is Larsen not on the list?

  5. Ellis Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    Woops sorry, forgot it was only debuts.

  6. BSK Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 7:37 pm

    Ruth's start came in game 2. Who the hell started game 1?!?! God?

  7. buckweaver Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 7:38 pm

    Close.

    It was Ernie Shore.

  8. LJF Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    Boddicker followed up that game with a start in Game 2 of the WS. CG, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K. Game score 85.

  9. Raphy Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    @8 Christy Mathewson is the only other player to start his post-season career with 2 starts of an 85+ game score.

  10. DavidJ Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 10:49 pm

    Lincecum at 89 through eight. I'm guessing Wilson will pitch the ninth? But it's not clear.

  11. DavidJ Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 10:58 pm

    Lincecum is starting the ninth. A perfect inning would at least tie him with Halladay and Walsh at 94; if he strikes out the side, he'd tie Ruth for first with a 97.

  12. DavidJ Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 11:04 pm

    Lincecum pitches a 1-2-3 ninth, with strikeouts of Heyward and Lee. That's a game score of 96, if I've added it up correctly. Wow!

  13. Most Game Scores of at Least 90 in a Post Season » Baseball-Reference Blog » Blog Archive Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    [...] Tim Lincecum has burst onto the scene for the Giants. Not only did Linceceum and Halladay  put up 2 out of the top 3 game-scores for a post season debut, they also became just the third pair of pitchers to post game scores of over 90 in the same post [...]

  14. rootbeersoup Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 11:37 pm

    Roy who?

    Signed,

    Tim Lincecum

  15. Zack Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 11:43 pm

    Who had the netter night? Timmy or Halladay. Could make the argument either way. I watched both, and Timmy is right there.

    I mean, no-hitters are fun, but both were incredibly dominant. Hitters: Pwned in both.

  16. DavidJ Says:
    October 7th, 2010 at 11:54 pm

    Lincecum probably gets some extra credit for doing it in a one-run game. FanGraphs has his WPA at .711.

    In any case, they were both spectacular. Here's hoping we see them face off in the NLCS.

  17. Ed Says:
    October 8th, 2010 at 6:40 am

    I remember watching the Boddicker game. Beautiful performance.

  18. Larry R. Says:
    October 8th, 2010 at 8:30 am

    And if Posey was called out, which he was, Timmy would have gotten a ND!

  19. Kahuna Tuna Says:
    October 8th, 2010 at 11:50 am

    Any list that contains a Babe, a Hod and a Rube is all right with me.

    I thought Babe Adams, with his three-win 1909 Series against Detroit, might have made this list, but he never had a game score higher than 75.

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