2nd October 2009
I was surprised to see in Andy's post this morning how many pitchers have hit grand slams in recent years. I also noticed that, not surprisingly, none have done it past the sixth inning of a game. In fact, no pitcher has hit a grand slam after the sixth inning since Don Robinson in 1985. In all, 7 pitchers have hit a late inning grand slams since 1954. With one exception, all of those pitchers were up by at least 3 runs at the time. The only pitcher since 1954 to hit a late inning grand slam in a close game was Rick Wise in 1971. Wise had already homered in the game and by the end of the day would have 6 home runs on the season. Here are the 7 late inning grand slam pitchers:
1 1 1985-09-12 Don Robinson PIT CHC Warren Brusstar ahead 6-2 b 8 123 2 - 4 Home Run; Brown Scores; Gonzalez Scores; Khalifa Scores
2 1 1984-05-15 Joaquin Andujar STL ATL Jeff Dedmon ahead 5-1 b 8 123 2 - 4 Home Run; Van Slyke Scores; Smith Scores; Nieto Scores
3 1 1980-10-01 Enrique Romo PIT @NYM Roy Lee Jackson ahead 6-3 t 8 123 0 - 4 Home Run; Nicosia Scores; Moreno Scores; Foli Scores
4 1 1977-09-27 Larry Christenson PHI @CHC Dennis Lamp ahead 7-2 t 7 123 2 - 4 Home Run; Maddox Scores; Boone Scores; Sizemore Scores
5 1 1971-08-28(2) Rick Wise PHI SFG Don McMahon tied 3-3 b 7 123 1 - 4 Home Run; Gamble Scores; Freed Scores; McCarver Scores
6 1 1966-08-13 Earl Wilson DET @BOS Dan Osinski ahead 6-1 t 7 123 1 - 4 Home Run; Horton Scores; Wert Scores; McFarlane Scores
7 1 1965-09-29 Bob Gibson STL @SFG Gaylord Perry ahead 4-0 t 8 123 1 - 4 Home Run (LF-CF); McCarver Scores; Shannon Scores; Maxvill Scores
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2nd October 2009
Raphy wrote about Chris Carpenter's great day with the bat yesterday and I wanted to add a little bit more.
Carpenter hit a grand slam and was the first pitcher in 2009 to do so.
Going back, here are grand slams hit by pitchers in recent years:
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 2008-06-23 Felix Hernandez SEA @NYM Johan Santana tied 0-0 t 2 123 2 0-0 1 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Beltre Scores/unER; Clement Scores/unER; Bloomquist Scores/unER; Hernandez Scores/unER
2 1 2008-09-22 Jason Marquis CHC @NYM Jonathon Niese tied 2-2 t 4 123 0 0-0 1 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); DeRosa Scores; Johnson Scores; Theriot Scores
1 1 2006-07-07 Dontrelle Willis FLA @NYM Jose Lima ahead 3-0 t 4 123 0 0-0 1 4 Home Run (Fly Ball); Willingham Scores/unER; Hermida Scores; Treanor Scores
1 1 2002-06-02 Robert Person PHI MON Bruce Chen ahead 3-0 b 1 123 2 1-0 2 4 Home Run; Giambi Scores; Lee Scores; Pratt Scores
1 1 2001-09-29 Denny Neagle COL MIL Jimmy Haynes ahead 9-6 b 4 123 2 0-1 2 4 Home Run (CF-RF); Ochoa Scores; Uribe Scores; Bennett Scores
1 1 2000-05-24 Shawn Estes SFG MON Mike Johnson ahead 7-0 b 5 123 2 0-0 1 4 Home Run (LF-CF); Kent Scores; Snow Scores; Burks Scores
1 1 1998-07-20 Kevin Tapani CHC @ATL Denny Neagle ahead 1-0 t 3 123 2 1-1 3 4 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Hill Scores; Orie Scores; Servais Scores
2 1 1998-09-02 Kent Mercker STL @FLA Jesus Sanchez ahead 3-0 t 4 123 0 1-1 3 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Gant Scores; Tatis Scores; Polanco Scores
1 1 1996-09-07 Donovan Osborne STL SDP Andy Ashby tied 1-1 b 5 123 1 - 4 Home Run (Deep CF-RF); Mabry Scores; Pagnozzi Scores; Alicea Scores
1 1 1995-05-29 Chris Hammond FLA HOU Shane Reynolds down 0-2 b 2 123 1 1-1 3 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Pendleton Scores; Whitmore Scores; Johnson Scores
2 1 1995-06-27 Denny Neagle PIT @CHC Jim Bullinger tied 2-2 t 6 123 2 - 4 Home Run (Deep LF-CF); Merced Scores; Garcia Scores; Liriano Scores
3 1 1995-08-25 Jeff Juden PHI LAD John Cummings ahead 10-2 b 4 123 2 2-2 5 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Webster Scores/unER; Hayes Scores/unER; Van Slyke Scores/unER; Juden Scores/unERs
Ahh, good times. I can remember every single one of these slams.
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30th September 2009
With the playoffs quickly approaching, I got curious to see the list of players to lead off a post-season game with a home run. This was done using the Post-season Batting Event Finder.
Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1909-10-13 WS 5 Davy Jones DET @PIT Babe Adams tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 - 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Deep CF)
2 1 1953-10-04 WS 5 Gene Woodling NYY @BRO Johnny Podres tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 - 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Deep LF)
3 1 1954-09-30 WS 2 Al Smith CLE @NYG Johnny Antonelli tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 - 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Deep LF)
4 1 1968-10-06 WS 4 Lou Brock STL @DET Denny McLain tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 - 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
5 1 1972-10-20 WS 5 Pete Rose CIN @OAK Catfish Hunter tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 - 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
6 1 1973-10-07 ALCS 2 Bert Campaneris OAK @BAL Dave McNally tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 - 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (LF-CF)
7 1 1978-10-06 ALCS 3 George Brett KCR @NYY Catfish Hunter tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 1-1 3 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
8 1 1986-10-21 WS 3 Lenny Dykstra NYM @BOS Oil Can Boyd tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 1-1 3 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
9 1 1989-10-28 WS 4 Rickey Henderson OAK @SFG Don Robinson tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 2-0 3 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10 1 1991-10-12 NLCS 3 Orlando Merced PIT @ATL John Smoltz tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 0-0 1 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
11 1 1995-10-04 NLDS 2 Marquis Grissom ATL @COL Lance Painter tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 0-0 1 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
12 1 2000-10-07 NLDS 3 Fernando Vina STL @ATL Kevin Millwood tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 0-1 2 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
13 1 2000-10-25 WS 4 Derek Jeter NYY @NYM Bobby Jones tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 0-0 1 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
14 1 2001-10-17 NLCS 2 Marcus Giles ATL @ARI Miguel Batista tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 0-0 1 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
15 1 2002-10-04 ALDS 3 Ray Durham OAK @MIN Rick Reed tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 1-1 3 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
16 1 2004-10-21 NLCS 7 Craig Biggio HOU @STL Jeff Suppan tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 1-2 4 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
17 1 2004-10-27 WS 4 Johnny Damon BOS @STL Jason Marquis tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 2-1 4 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
18 1 2007-10-04 ALDS 1 Johnny Damon NYY @CLE C.C. Sabathia tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 3-1 5 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
19 1 2007-10-06 NLDS 3 Chris Young ARI @CHC Rich Hill tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 0-0 1 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
20 1 2007-10-08 ALDS 4 Grady Sizemore CLE @NYY Chien-Ming Wang tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 1-1 3 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run
21 1 2008-10-05 NLDS 4 Jimmy Rollins PHI @MIL Jeff Suppan tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 3-2 6 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
22 1 2008-10-15 NLCS 5 Jimmy Rollins PHI @LAD Chad Billingsley tied 0-0 t 1 --- 0 3-2 8 1 *LEADOFF GM*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
Lots and lots of good players populate this list, both the batters and pitchers.
I checked the record of the teams in these games. Here are the outcomes of the 22 games (from the point of view of the team hitting the leadoff HR) as you read down the column above.
LWLWWWLWWLWWWWWLWLWWWW
So that's a record of 16-6 (.727) in those 22 games. Not too surprising--with run-scoring at a premium in the playoffs, single runs have a bigger impact on the outcome.
A few other tidbits:
- There is one series--the 2007 ALDS--that appears twice here, with the Yankees' Johnny Damon and the Indians' Grady Sizemore both leading off different games in that series with homers. The Indians won both games, as well as the series.
- Just 1 out of these 22 games was Game 1 of its series. That's a little surprising, although so many Game 1's are pitched by aces that it's not too surprising.
- Finally, I would remiss if I didn't mention how much more common the leadoff HR has become, with more than half of these games coming since the 1990s. While there are more playoff games now thanks to the extra layers of playoffs (meaning more total playoff games per year and hence more chances for leadoff HR) the more recent era is over-represented, thanks to the increased overall prevelance of home runs in the game.
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22nd September 2009
I just got curious to see how many RBI the top HR-hitters average per HR. Let me show you what I mean.
I'm starting with the B-R page for 2009 batting leaders. The current HR leaders are:
Gee, Pujols on top of a leaders list. Who'dve thunk it?
Anyway, let's look up how many RBI each guy has on his homers so far this year.
The easiest way to do that is go to the event finder for each guy (here is Pujols', for example) and look up his 2009 homers. If you check out that result, you can see that Pujols has 76 RBI on his 47 HR.
Let me summarize the results for each guy:
Pujols: 76/47 = 1.62 RBI/HR
Reynolds 67/43 = 1.56 RBI/HR
Howard 79/41 = 1.93 RBI/HR
Fielder 71/40 = 1.78 RBI/HR
Pena 61/39 = 1.56 RBI/HR
Gonzalez 57/39 = 1.46 RBI/HR
Dunn 63/37 = 1.70 RBI/HR
Teixeira 56/37 = 1.51 RBI/HR
Bay 63/36 = 1.75 RBI/HR
Werth 55/34 = 1.62 RBI/HR
Lee 55/34 = 1.62 RBI/HR
Interesting variation. Howard is pretty far out in the lead among this group, but there are so many things to consider:
- This list includes only the top HR hitters. Nothing says that a guy further down on the HR leaderboard couldn't have a higher ratio than Howard.
- This stat depends heavily on how many guys are on base when the HR hitter is batting, and obviously he has little control over that.
- It's not surprising that Howard's value is so much higher than Werth's. Werth hits further down in the same batting order as Howard, meaning that Jayson has much less benefit of the #1-#3 hitters getting on base, plus he's usually the guy batting with the bases empty after Howard homers.
- Note that this stat does have a significant affect on RBI total. Compare the lowest guy on this list, Gonzalez, to Howard. There's almost half an RBI per HR difference in their rates. That means about 20 fewer RBI for Gonzalez this year (based on his HR production of about 40.)
- I wonder if this stat is random. In other words, I'd be curious to look at the same stat for each of these guys over their careers and see if it changes a lot from year to year. I figure it probably would since it has more to do with the team than anything else, although each guy's position in the batting order (which generally stays fairly constant) probably matters a lot too.
- I want to look at this on a team-by-team basis and I'll do that later this week.
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19th September 2009
On September 18, 2009, Ichiro Suzuki joined Marco Scutaro, Bill Mueller, and Bill Selby as the only batters to hit a regular season, bottom of the 9th inning, walk-off homerun off against Mo Rivera.
Vernon Wells also hit a walk-off homer against Rivera – but it was in the 11th inning of a tie game. Suzuki, Scutaro, Mueller and Selby all did it in the ninth, with their team trailing.
Suzuki, Scutaro, and Selby all did it after two-outs. Mueller did it after one out.
How do I know this? Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Pitcher Events Finder for Mariano Rivera - looking at all "Homerun" events for Rivera and setting the filter for "Away Games", and "as last play of game." Here's the results - showing the batters to do it before Ichiro:
2002
Car# Yr# G# Date Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-----+----+---+-------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----------------------+
1 1 1 2002-07-14 NYY @CLE Bill Selby ahead 7-6 b 9 123 2 2-2 6 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Vizquel Scores; Burks Scores; Thome Scores
2004
Car# Yr# G# Date Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-----+----+---+-------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----------------------+
2 1 1 2004-07-24 NYY @BOS Bill Mueller ahead 10-9 b 9 1-- 1 3-1 5 2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball); McCarty Scores
2006
Car# Yr# G# Date Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-----+----+---+-------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----------------------+
3 1 1 2006-07-20 NYY @TOR Vernon Wells tied 4-4 b11 --- 1 1-0 2 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2007
Car# Yr# G# Date Tm Opp Batter Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit R Play Desc.
+-----+----+---+-------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----------------------+
4 1 1 2007-04-15 NYY @OAK Marco Scutaro ahead 4-2 b 9 12- 2 0-2 3 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Walker Scores; Kendall Scores
Again, Suzuki, Scutaro, and Selby all did it after two-outs. How's that for a trivia question: Name the only three batters to hit a regular season 2-out walk-off homer against Mo Rivera...whose last names all start with "S."
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15th September 2009
I've previously mentioned how much I like the little stats shown on the mobile version of ESPN.com. Recently, they noted that Prince Fielder was the first guy since 1954 to be involved in a triple play and walk-off homer in the same game. That would be this game in which Fielder received a throw at first base as part of a triple play and hit the game-winning homer in the 12th inning.
I was curious to find that 1954 game so I started with a team batting even finder to find all walk-off homers that year:
Yr# G# Date Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-------+---+-------------+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1954-04-13 Mickey Vernon WSH NYY Allie Reynolds tied 3-3 b10 1-- 1 - 2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Yost Scores
2 1 1954-04-18(2) Jackie Jensen BOS PHA Moe Burtschy tied 3-3 b13 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
3 1 1954-04-19 Eddie Yost WSH PHA Art Ditmar tied 3-3 b 9 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
4 1 1954-04-24 Wally Post CIN CHC John Pyecha down 3-5 b 9 12- 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Bell Scores; Temple Scores
5 1 1954-05-12 Bobby Hofman NYG CIN Harry Perkowski down 0-1 b 9 1-- 1 - 2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Deep LF Line); Samford Scores
6 1 1954-05-16(2) Ray Boone DET BOS Frank Sullivan tied 8-8 b14 --- 2 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
7 1 1954-06-09 Jim Greengrass CIN PIT Max Surkont tied 3-3 b 9 --- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
8 1 1954-06-11 Eddie Miksis CHC NYG Marv Grissom tied 4-4 b10 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
9 1 1954-06-15 Hank Thompson NYG CIN Jackie Collum down 2-3 b 9 12- 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Gardner Scores; Lockman Scores
10 1 1954-06-19 Hoot Evers NYG STL Joe Presko tied 2-2 b 9 12- 1 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to LF Line); Irvin Scores; Gomez Scores
11 1 1954-06-30 Bill Wilson PHA WSH Connie Marrero tied 7-7 b 9 --- 2 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
12 1 1954-07-05(2) Harvey Kuenn DET CLE Don Mossi tied 0-0 b11 --- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
13 1 1954-07-09 Roy Campanella BRO PHI Murry Dickson tied 5-5 b10 1-- 1 0-0 1 2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Furillo Scores
14 1 1954-07-16 Irv Noren NYY BAL Joe Coleman tied 2-2 b 9 --- 2 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
15 1 1954-07-19 Hobie Landrith CIN NYG Al Corwin tied 0-0 b12 --- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
16 1 1954-07-19(1) Mickey Owen BOS BAL Mike Blyzka down 5-7 b 9 123 2 - 4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Maxwell Scores; Piersall Scores; Williams Scores
17 1 1954-07-22(1) Mickey Mantle NYY CHW Don Johnson tied 3-3 b10 --- 2 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
18 1 1954-08-04 Jackie Robinson BRO STL Tom Poholsky down 6-7 b 9 1-- 1 0-1 2 2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Gilliam Scores
19 1 1954-08-04 Jerry Lynch PIT CIN Frank Smith down 2-3 b 9 1-- 2 - 2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Skinner Scores
20 1 1954-08-08 Jim Delsing DET NYY Johnny Sain tied 8-8 b10 1-- 1 - 2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Wilson Scores
21 1 1954-08-13 Del Crandall MLN CHC Jim Davis tied 2-2 b 9 12- 1 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Adcock Scores; Logan Scores
22 1 1954-08-27 Ted Kluszewski CIN PIT Max Surkont tied 2-2 b 9 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
By clicking on the date of each game I found out that it was the very last one that year that featured the triple play. In that game, Kluszewski did exactly what Fielder did--fielded a triple play at first base and later hit a walk-off homer.
I wonder if the 1954 Reds has as much fun as the 2009 Brewers did with Fielder's home run. Check out the fanfare on MLB.com.
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7th September 2009
In response to the request for an open suggestions page, I present you with this thread. I will try to monitor it so that it won't be closed. Additionally, I will try to check the site spam folder regularly so that if your comment with a link gets swallowed up, it will be brought back to life. I know that there will be a "Your Suggestions" page soon, but consider this as a backup for now. As Andy said, please have a little patience with this blog, as it is only a minor part of a major website. If this thread is giving you any trouble, please email me raphysotd at gmail.com.
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8th August 2009
Last week Andy wrote about Marco Scutaro's large number of walk-off plate appearances.:
"Can you believe that Scutaro has already been responsible for NINE walk-off wins? That’s more than most players get in their entire careers, much less below-average middle infielders."
Andy is an expert when it comes to walk-offs. He has written about them extensively and has a good feel for when something unusual happens. I however, am a novice and felt compelled to run the numbers.
Scutaro began playing full time in 2004. That same season he collected had first walk-off win. As Andy mentioned Scutaro has amassed 9 walk-off wins playing either 2nd base or shortstop. Here are the leaders since 2004 in walk-off wins among middle infielders (through Friday's games).
| Marco Scutaro |
9 |
| Orlando Cabrera |
8 |
| Placido Polanco |
7 |
| Jose Lopez |
6 |
| Juan Uribe |
6 |
| Mark Loretta |
6 |
| Bobby Crosby |
5 |
| Carlos Guillen |
5 |
| David Eckstein |
5 |
| Michael Young |
5 |
| Miguel Tejada |
5 |
| Orlando Hudson |
5 |
| Yuniesky Betancou |
5 |
As you can see, the numbers confirm Andy's statement. When it comes to walking away with a win, there is no one up the middle who has done it better than Marco.
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6th August 2009
Check out this list of most games this year getting on base at least once:
Year Games Link to Individual Games
+-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+
Albert Pujols 2009 98 Ind. Games
Prince Fielder 2009 94 Ind. Games
Adrian Gonzalez 2009 92 Ind. Games
Adam Dunn 2009 92 Ind. Games
Mark Teixeira 2009 91 Ind. Games
Ichiro Suzuki 2009 91 Ind. Games
Marco Scutaro 2009 91 Ind. Games
Carlos Pena 2009 90 Ind. Games
Justin Morneau 2009 90 Ind. Games
Nick Markakis 2009 90 Ind. Games
Carl Crawford 2009 90 Ind. Games
Ryan Zimmerman 2009 89 Ind. Games
Michael Young 2009 89 Ind. Games
David Wright 2009 89 Ind. Games
Chase Utley 2009 89 Ind. Games
Mark Reynolds 2009 88 Ind. Games
Chone Figgins 2009 88 Ind. Games
There's only one surprising name on here, and that's Marco Scutaro.
Scutaro has been a pretty decent middle infielder for several years now. He doesn't put up huge offensive numbers but his OPS+ has been consistently right around 90. This year, it's way up to 118 and he's already set career highs for walks and SB. In just a few more games, he's very likely to set career highs in runs, 2B, and total bases. Unless he runs into a big slump, he'll finish the year with career highs in BA, OBP, and SLG.
Scutaro hasn't really flown under the radar thanks to a whole bunch of game-winning plate appearances. Can you believe that Scutaro has already been responsible for NINE walk-off wins? That's more than most players get in their entire careers, much less below-average middle infielders. Those walk-off winners include homers off closers B. J. Ryan in 2004 and Mariano Rivera in 2007.
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25th June 2009
Hey did you know that the PI has an All-Star Game Event Finder? Check it out. Here's the summary page for all hits in All-Star game history. Willie Mays leads the way with 23 hits, followed by Stan Musial with 20. These guys are way in the lead and are unlikely to ever be caught.
How about the 30 hits to lead off an All-Star game? Mays leads there too, with 4. The only active player with as many as 2 is Ichiro, and I'd say he's got a shot of tying Mays.
Here are the 8 hits to end an All-Star game:
Car# G# Date Batter Tm Lg Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+-----------------+---+--+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1941-07-08 Ted Williams BOS AL Claude Passeau down 4-5 HR b 9 1-3 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Gordon Scores; DiMaggio Scores
2 1 1955-07-12 Stan Musial STL NL Frank Sullivan tied 5-5 HR b12 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
3 1 1961-07-11 Roberto Clemente PIT NL Hoyt Wilhelm tied 4-4 1B b10 12- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; Mays Scores; Robinson to 2B
4 1 1964-07-07 Johnny Callison PHI NL Dick Radatz tied 4-4 HR b 9 12- 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Flood Scores; Edwards Scores
5 1 1966-07-12 Maury Wills LAD NL Pete Richert tied 1-1 1B b10 -2- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; McCarver Scores
6 1 1970-07-14 Jim Hickman CHC NL Clyde Wright tied 4-4 1B b12 12- 2 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF; Rose Scores; Grabarkewitz to 2B
7 1 1972-07-25 Joe Morgan CIN NL Dave McNally tied 3-3 1B b10 -2- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single; Colbert Scores
8 1 1994-07-12 Moises Alou MON NL Jason Bere tied 7-7 2B b10 1-- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Double; Gwynn Scores
They were all victories, which isn't always the case. (For example, sometimes a guy gets a hit and a runner is thrown out at the plate to end the game.)
Just out of curiosity, here are the 24 intentional walks in All-Star game history:
Car# G# Date Batter Tm Lg Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+-----------------+---+--+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1934-07-10 Charlie Gehringer DET AL Van Mungo ahead 6-4 t 5 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
2 1 1939-07-11 Ival Goodman CIN NL Red Ruffing ahead 1-0 t 3 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
3 2 George Selkirk NYY AL Bill Lee ahead 3-1 b 6 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
4 1 1946-07-09 Stan Spence WSH AL Kirby Higbe ahead 3-0 b 5 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
5 1 1949-07-12 Roy Campanella BRO NL Lou Brissie down 5-6 b 5 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
6 1 1950-07-11 Stan Musial STL NL Allie Reynolds tied 3-3 t11 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
7 1 1952-07-08 Granny Hamner PHI NL Bob Lemon ahead 3-2 b 4 -23 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
8 1 1958-07-08 Bob Cerv KCA AL Bob Friend tied 3-3 b 5 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
9 1 1964-07-07 Johnny Edwards CIN NL Dick Radatz tied 4-4 b 9 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
10 1 1966-07-12 Willie McCovey SFG NL Mel Stottlemyre tied 1-1 b 6 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
11 1 1970-07-14 Willie Horton DET AL Claude Osteen tied 4-4 t12 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
12 1 1978-07-11 George Foster CIN NL Jim Kern tied 3-3 b 7 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
13 1 1979-07-17 Roy Smalley MIN AL Joe Sambito ahead 6-5 b 6 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
14 2 Reggie Jackson NYY AL Bruce Sutter tied 6-6 b 8 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
15 3 Dave Parker PIT NL Jim Kern tied 6-6 t 9 -2- 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
16 1 1983-07-06 Rod Carew CAL AL Mario Soto tied 1-1 b 2 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
17 2 Robin Yount MIL AL Atlee Hammaker ahead 5-1 b 3 -23 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
18 1 1985-07-16 Tim Wallach MON NL Willie Hernandez ahead 6-1 t 9 -23 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
19 1 1990-07-10 Wade Boggs BOS AL Ramon Martinez tied 0-0 t 3 -2- 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
20 2 Ken Griffey SEA AL Dave Smith tied 0-0 t 6 -23 2 - 0 Intentional Walk
21 1 1991-07-09 Rafael Palmeiro TEX AL Rob Dibble ahead 3-2 b 7 -23 1 - 0 Intentional Walk
22 1 2008-07-15 Carlos Guillen AL Aaron Cook tied 3-3 b10 1-3 0 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk; Quentin to 2B
23 2 Miguel Tejada NL Joakim Soria tied 3-3 t12 -23 1 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
24 3 Justin Morneau AL Aaron Cook tied 3-3 b12 --3 2 3-0 4 0 Intentional Walk
Finally, this is a long list, but here is the last plate appearance of each game. I call your attention to #73 in particular.
Car# G# Date Batter Tm Lg Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+---+-------------+-----------------+---+--+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1933-07-06 Tony Cuccinello BRO NL Lefty Grove down 2-4 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
2 1 1934-07-10 Chuck Klein CHC NL Mel Harder down 7-9 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B-P
3 1 1935-07-08 Jo-Jo Moore NYG NL Mel Harder down 1-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B
4 1 1936-07-07 Joe DiMaggio NYY AL Lon Warneke down 3-4 Out t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B
5 1 1937-07-07 Frank Demaree CHC NL Mel Harder down 3-8 Out t 9 1-3 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B
6 1 1938-07-06 Bob Johnson PHA AL Mace Brown down 1-4 SO t 9 --3 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
7 1 1939-07-11 Stan Hack CHC NL Bob Feller down 1-3 SO t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking
8 1 1940-07-09 Joe DiMaggio NYY AL Carl Hubbell down 0-4 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF
9 1 1941-07-08 Ted Williams BOS AL Claude Passeau down 4-5 HR b 9 1-3 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Gordon Scores; DiMaggio Scores
10 1 1942-07-06 Ernie Lombardi BSN NL Al Benton down 1-3 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF
11 1 1943-07-13 Billy Herman BRO NL Tex Hughson down 3-5 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF
12 1 1944-07-11 Ken Keltner CLE AL Jim Tobin down 1-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B
13 1 1946-07-09 Emil Verban PHI NL Jack Kramer down 0-12 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: C
14 1 1947-07-08 Schoolboy Rowe PHI NL Joe Page down 1-2 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF
15 1 1948-07-13 Stan Musial STL NL Joe Coleman down 2-5 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B
16 1 1949-07-12 Pee Wee Reese BRO NL Vic Raschi down 7-11 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B
17 1 1950-07-11 Joe DiMaggio NYY AL Ewell Blackwell down 3-4 Out b14 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
18 1 1951-07-10 George Kell DET AL Ewell Blackwell down 3-8 SO b 9 1-3 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
19 1 1952-07-08 Stan Musial STL NL Bobby Shantz ahead 3-2 SO b 5 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking
20 1 1953-07-14 Yogi Berra NYY AL Murry Dickson down 1-5 Out t 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B
21 1 1954-07-13 Randy Jackson CHC NL Virgil Trucks down 9-11 Out t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: C
22 1 1955-07-12 Stan Musial STL NL Frank Sullivan tied 5-5 HR b12 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
23 1 1956-07-10 Harvey Kuenn DET AL Johnny Antonelli down 3-7 Out b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-2B; Kuenn to 1B
24 1 1957-07-09 Gil Hodges BRO NL Bob Grim down 5-6 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: LF
25 1 1958-07-08 Del Crandall MLN NL Billy O'Dell down 3-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B
26 1 1959-07-07 Harvey Kuenn DET AL Don Elston down 4-5 Out t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: 3B
27 1 1959-08-03 Jim Gilliam LAD NL Cal McLish down 3-5 Out b 9 -23 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B unassisted
28 1 1960-07-11 Harvey Kuenn CLE AL Vern Law down 3-5 Out b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: RF
29 1 1960-07-13 Roger Maris NYY AL Lindy McDaniel down 0-6 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B unassisted
30 1 1961-07-11 Roberto Clemente PIT NL Hoyt Wilhelm tied 4-4 1B b10 12- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; Mays Scores; Robinson to 2B
31 1 1961-07-31 Roy Sievers CHW AL Stu Miller tied 1-1 SO b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
32 1 1962-07-10 Luis Aparicio CHW AL Bob Shaw down 1-3 Out b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF
33 1 1962-07-30 Frank Robinson CIN NL Milt Pappas down 4-9 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF
34 1 1963-07-09 Bobby Richardson NYY AL Don Drysdale down 3-5 Out b 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B
35 1 1964-07-07 Johnny Callison PHI NL Dick Radatz tied 4-4 HR b 9 12- 2 - 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Flood Scores; Edwards Scores
36 1 1965-07-13 Joe Pepitone NYY AL Bob Gibson down 5-6 SO b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
37 1 1966-07-12 Maury Wills LAD NL Pete Richert tied 1-1 1B b10 -2- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; McCarver Scores
38 1 1967-07-11 Ken Berry CHW AL Tom Seaver down 1-2 SO b15 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
39 1 1968-07-09 Carl Yastrzemski BOS AL Jerry Koosman down 0-1 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
40 1 1969-07-23 Carlos May CHW AL Phil Niekro down 3-9 SO b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
41 1 1970-07-14 Jim Hickman CHC NL Clyde Wright tied 4-4 1B b12 12- 2 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF; Rose Scores; Grabarkewitz to 2B
42 1 1971-07-13 Johnny Bench CIN NL Mickey Lolich down 4-6 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 3B
43 1 1972-07-25 Joe Morgan CIN NL Dave McNally tied 3-3 1B b10 -2- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single; Colbert Scores
44 1 1973-07-24 Willie Horton DET AL Jim Brewer down 1-7 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
45 1 1974-07-23 Bobby Grich BAL AL Mike Marshall down 2-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B unassisted
46 1 1975-07-15 Rod Carew MIN AL Randy Jones down 3-6 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF
47 1 1976-07-13 Amos Otis KCR AL Ken Forsch down 1-7 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
48 1 1977-07-19 Thurman Munson NYY AL Rich Gossage down 5-7 SO b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
49 1 1978-07-11 Darrell Porter KCR AL Phil Niekro down 3-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: 3B
50 1 1979-07-17 Rick Burleson BOS AL Bruce Sutter down 6-7 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
51 1 1980-07-08 Lance Parrish DET AL Bruce Sutter down 2-4 SO t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
52 1 1981-08-09 Dave Winfield NYY AL Bruce Sutter down 4-5 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF
53 1 1982-07-13 Buddy Bell TEX AL Tom Hume down 1-4 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF
54 1 1983-07-06 Dickie Thon HOU NL Dan Quisenberry down 3-13 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
55 1 1984-07-10 Rickey Henderson OAK AL Rich Gossage down 1-3 SO t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking
56 1 1985-07-16 Rich Gedman BOS AL Rich Gossage down 1-6 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
57 1 1986-07-15 Chris Brown SFG NL Don Aase down 2-3 Out b 9 1-3 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B
58 1 1987-07-14 Dave Winfield NYY AL Sid Fernandez down 0-2 Out b13 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
59 1 1988-07-12 Lance Parrish PHI NL Dennis Eckersley down 1-2 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF
60 1 1989-07-11 Tony Pena STL NL Doug Jones down 3-5 Out t 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
61 1 1990-07-10 Tim Wallach MON NL Dennis Eckersley down 0-2 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 1B
62 1 1991-07-09 Brett Butler LAD NL Dennis Eckersley down 2-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: P-1B
63 1 1992-07-14 Norm Charlton CIN NL Dennis Eckersley down 6-13 SO b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
64 1 1993-07-13 Mike Piazza LAD NL Duane Ward down 3-9 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
65 1 1994-07-12 Moises Alou MON NL Jason Bere tied 7-7 2B b10 1-- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Double; Gwynn Scores
66 1 1995-07-11 Mike Stanley NYY AL Randy Myers down 2-3 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: RF
67 1 1996-07-09 Dan Wilson SEA AL Al Leiter down 0-6 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF
68 1 1997-07-08 Moises Alou FLA NL Mariano Rivera down 1-3 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: 2B
69 1 1998-07-07 Moises Alou HOU NL Troy Percival down 8-13 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
70 1 1999-07-13 Jeff Kent SFG NL John Wetteland down 1-4 Out t 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
71 1 2000-07-11 Edgar Renteria STL NL Mariano Rivera down 3-6 Out b 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
72 1 2001-07-10 Cliff Floyd FLA NL Kazuhiro Sasaki down 1-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B-P
73 1 2002-07-09 Benito Santiago SFG NL Freddy Garcia tied 7-7 SO b11 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking
74 1 2003-07-15 Rafael Furcal ATL NL Keith Foulke down 6-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF
75 1 2004-07-13 Jim Thome PHI NL Mariano Rivera down 4-9 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: SS
76 1 2005-07-12 Morgan Ensberg HOU NL Mariano Rivera down 5-7 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
77 1 2006-07-11 Carlos Lee MIL NL Mariano Rivera down 2-3 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: 2B
78 1 2007-07-10 Aaron Rowand PHI NL Francisco Rodrig down 4-5 Out b 9 123 2 0-1 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF
79 1 2008-07-15 Michael Young AL Brad Lidge tied 3-3 Out b15 123 1 0-0 1 1 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF-RF); Morneau Scores
They all ended the game, but #73 is the only one where the game was tied and no runs scored. This is because that game was the infamous tie All-Star game.
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