Bloops: Best Post-Season Series Of All-Time
Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 24, 2011
Chris Jaffe takes a stab at putting a number on it. Click here to check it out.
What do you think of his attempt and results?
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Allen Craig’s fabulous post-season
Posted by Andy on October 24, 2011
Allen Craig has tied the record for most post-season pinch-hitting appearances in a season with a WPA of at least 0.09:
| Rk | Player | Year | #Matching | PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SH | SF | IBB | HBP | GDP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Del Unser | 1980 | 3 | Ind. Games | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dusty Rhodes | 1954 | 3 | Ind. Games | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .667 | .714 | 1.667 | 2.381 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Allen Craig | 2011 | 3 | Ind. Games | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
He benefits, of course, from playing in an era with more post-season games in a year, but nevertheless he's been excellent.
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Albert Pujols’ not very good 3-HR game
Posted by Andy on October 23, 2011
Albert Pujols went 5-for-6 last night with 3 homers and 6 RBI. Not bad for a guy who some thought was washed up.
It was a great game, no doubt, but because the Cardinals already had a big lead when he did much of his heavy hitting, it wasn't worth all that much in terms of WPA.
His value of .211 for the game is quite low. Here are all the 3-HR regular season games from 2011:
| Rk | Player | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | WPA | RE24 | BOP | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince Fielder | 2011-09-27 | MIL | PIT | W 6-4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.707 | 4.614 | 1.320 | 4 | 1B |
| 2 | Casey McGehee | 2011-08-03 | MIL | STL | W 10-5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.424 | 4.359 | .755 | 5 | 3B |
| 3 | Jason Giambi | 2011-05-19 | COL | PHI | W 7-1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0.414 | 5.519 | .596 | 5 | 1B |
| 4 | Carlos Quentin | 2011-05-24 | CHW | TEX | W 8-6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.376 | 3.767 | .976 | 3 | RF |
| 5 | Aubrey Huff | 2011-06-02 | SFG | STL | W 12-7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.284 | 5.310 | .638 | 4 | 1B |
| 6 | Carlos Beltran | 2011-05-12 | NYM | COL | W 9-5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.284 | 5.006 | .682 | 3 | RF |
| 7 | Corey Hart | 2011-05-23 | MIL | WSN | W 11-3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.283 | 6.051 | .600 | 2 | RF |
| 8 | Chris Heisey | 2011-06-22 (2) | CIN | NYY | W 10-2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.252 | 3.552 | .634 | 1 | CF LF |
| 9 | Jose Bautista | 2011-05-15 | TOR | MIN | W 11-3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.040 | 2.938 | .520 | 3 | RF |
As you can see, Pujols' performance would rank as one of the "worst" as compared to this group, not that this is his fault (but rather a credit to his teammates.)
In fact, Pujols' game is the lowest-ranked 3-HR game in post-season history:
| Rk | Player | Date | Series | Gm# | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | WPA | RE24 | BOP | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Kennedy | 2002-10-13 | ALCS | 5 | ANA | MIN | W 13-5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.634 | 4.655 | 1.390 | 9 | 2B |
| 2 | Reggie Jackson | 1977-10-18 | WS | 6 | NYY | LAD | W 8-4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.386 | 4.874 | .883 | 4 | RF |
| 3 | Babe Ruth | 1926-10-06 | WS | 4 | NYY | STL | W 10-5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.337 | 4.501 | .618 | 3 | LF |
| 4 | Adrian Beltre | 2011-10-04 | ALDS | 4 | TEX | TBR | W 4-3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.319 | 2.585 | .810 | 5 | 3B |
| 5 | George Brett | 1978-10-06 | ALCS | 3 | KCR | NYY | L 5-6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.301 | 2.708 | 1.220 | 1 | 3B |
| 6 | Bob Robertson | 1971-10-03 | NLCS | 2 | PIT | SFG | W 9-4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.254 | 4.736 | .716 | 5 | 1B |
| 7 | Babe Ruth | 1928-10-09 | WS | 4 | NYY | STL | W 7-3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.241 | 2.119 | 1.284 | 3 | LF |
| 8 | Albert Pujols | 2011-10-22 | WS | 3 | STL | TEX | W 16-7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.211 | 5.808 | .628 | 3 | 1B |
In fact, even most of the 118 2-homer post-season games resulted in more WPA than Pujols got yesterday.
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Career HR Totals Of Those To Have Multi-HR World Series Game
Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 23, 2011
If you took all the players to hit more than one homerun in a single World Series game, prior to Game 3 of the 2011 World Series, and ranked them by their career HR totals, you would get the following list (below).
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What are these numbers?
Posted by John Autin on October 22, 2011
I've tried a few mystery challenges in these pages, but I've yet to stump the experts for long.
Let's see if this one can up the ante:
What do the following totals represent?
.239 BA / .316 OBP / .392 SLG / .709 OPS
23 HR, 91 RBI, 87 R
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Find the unifying theme
Posted by John Autin on October 21, 2011
[Note: The mystery has been solved -- see comments 5, 8 and 10....]
What do these 34 pitchers have in common?
A tiny hint: I deleted one name from the list to prevent a dead giveaway.
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Both starting pitchers with a game score of at least 64 in Game 2 of the World Series
Posted by Andy on October 21, 2011
Last night, Colby Lewis had a game score of 64 and Jaime Garcia had a 77. That was the first time in a quite a while that both starters in Game 2 of the World Series reached a 64:
| Rk | Tm | Opp | Date | #Matching |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEX | STL | 2011-10-20 | 2 |
| 2 | BAL | NYM | 1969-10-12 | 2 |
| 3 | PHI | NYY | 1950-10-05 | 2 |
| 4 | NYY | BRO | 1949-10-06 | 2 |
| 5 | STL | DET | 1934-10-04 | 2 |
| 6 | PHA | STL | 1931-10-02 | 2 |
| 7 | NYY | NYG | 1922-10-05 | 2 |
| 8 | BRO | BOS | 1916-10-09 | 2 |
| 9 | PHI | BOS | 1915-10-09 | 2 |
| 10 | PHA | BSN | 1914-10-10 | 2 |
| 11 | PHA | NYG | 1913-10-08 | 2 |
| 12 | NYG | PHA | 1905-10-10 | 2 |
It's only happened 12 times, the last being by Jerry Koosman (77) and Dave McNally (71) in 1969.
The last time it happened in any World Series game was in Game 1 of 2009, when Cliff Lee (83) and CC Sabathia (64) did it.
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7+ Scoreless IP In World Series Game & No Decision
Posted by Steve Lombardi on October 21, 2011
Last night was only the 7th time it's happened in World Series history:
| Rk | Player | Date | Series | Gm# | Tm | Opp | Rslt | App,Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | GSc | BF | WPA | RE24 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaime Garcia | 2011-10-20 | WS | 2 | STL | TEX | L 1-2 | GS-7 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 77 | 24 | 0.00 | 0.419 | 3.077 | 1.047 |
| 2 | Brandon Backe | 2005-10-26 | WS | 4 | HOU | CHW | L 0-1 | GS-7 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 74 | 26 | 0.00 | 0.447 | 3.586 | 1.075 |
| 3 | Miguel Batista | 2001-11-01 | WS | 5 | ARI | NYY | L 2-3 | GS-8 | 7.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 70 | 30 | 0.00 | 0.464 | 3.938 | 1.270 |
| 4 | John Smoltz | 1991-10-27 | WS | 7 | ATL | MIN | L 0-1 | GS-8 | 7.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 29 | 0.00 | 0.310 | 2.979 | 1.221 |
| 5 | Danny Cox | 1985-10-26 | WS | 6 | STL | KCR | L 1-2 | GS-7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 70 | 27 | 0.00 | 0.447 | 3.578 | 1.238 |
| 6 | Freddie Fitzsimmons | 1941-10-04 | WS | 3 | BRO | NYY | L 1-2 | GS-7 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 27 | 0.00 | 0.444 | 3.515 | 1.428 |
| 7 | George Earnshaw | 1930-10-06 | WS | 5 | PHA | STL | W 2-0 | GS-7 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 27 | 0.00 | 0.502 | 4.669 | 1.168 |
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File this under: Hang wit'em.
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Colby Lewis: 2.22 ERA in 7 postseason starts
Posted by John Autin on October 21, 2011
WS Game 2 was the 7th postseason start for Colby Lewis, and the 6th time that he went at least 5 innings allowing 2 runs or less. His postseason ERA is 2.22 in 44.2 innings, with a 1.07 WHIP and no unearned runs.
Among the 144 pitchers with at least 6 postseason starts, Lewis ranks 16th in ERA (1st among active pitchers).
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Tying and go-ahead sac flies in the same W.S. inning
Posted by John Autin on October 21, 2011
The top of the 9th inning in game 2 was just the 2nd time in World Series history that a team got a tying sacrifice fly and a go-ahead sac fly in the same inning (according to the B-R Event Finder).
The other was game 1 of the 1930 Series, sac flies in the 3rd inning by the Cardinals' Taylor Douthit and Sparky Adams, off of Lefty Grove. The Cards got no other runs off Grove and wound up losing that game, and lost the Series 4-2 to the Athletics.
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