Over the weekend there were numerous little postseason items worthy of discussion.
LANCE LYNN
When Lance Lynn entered the first game of the NLCS on Friday he made his 18th postseason appearance, not bad for a player who just completed his third big league season. Here's how that compares in history:
This table shows how many seasons a player had under his belt by the time he made his 18th postseason appearance. I apologize for cutting off some of the names but it's pretty obvious who they are. To make this kind of list it clearly behooves a pitcher to:
1. Play for a good team early in his career
2. Play after the introduction of the playoffs in 1969
3. Be a reliever
It's not an accomplishment for Lynn as much as an acknowledgement--any time a player is #3 on just about any list, it's worthy of note.
1-0 GAMES
I saw this tweet Saturday night:
@joe_sheehan do we know when the last time there were two 1-0 playoff games the same day was?
— drmagoo (@drmagoo) October 13, 2013
To the Internet! Specifically, to the Baseball-Reference Play Index feature, which spit out this list:
Only 38 1-0 games in postseason history, and as the questioner (and Twitter follower of mine--thanks!) drmagoo (@drmagoo) asked, it was indeed the first time that there were two 1-0 games on the same day. Obviously it was impossible prior to the introduction of the playoffs in 1969, but I left those games in just to show how infrequent the 1-0 game is--38 out of 1,387 postseason games played through Sunday.
POSTSEASON NO-HITTERS
Jim Leyland showed the new way of thinking, particularly in the postseason when he removed Anibal Sanchez in Saturday night's game after 6 innings, 116 pitches...and giving up no hits. The list of postseason no-hitters is very small:
Cliff Lee in 2010 and Don Larsen in 1956 and that's it. The list of multi-pitcher no-hitters in the postseason is even smaller, the big goose egg. It was clearly a no-brainer for Leyland to remove Sanchez since a reasonable extrapolation would have taken him to around 140+ pitches to complete the game and Sanchez will be needed for at least three more games if the Tigers advance to the World Series. Sometimes it's a fine line between individual achievement and team need, but in the postseason that fine line becomes a gaping chasm. It's probably for the best of all involved that Daniel Nava got that hit with one out in the 9th to make the entire discussion moot.
JACK MORRIS
In Sunday's game Joe Buck (I think) discussed Jack Morris and mentioned how dominating he was in the postseason. This is Morris' postseason record:
I included a link to this table in this tweet:
| Rk | Date | Series | Gm# | Tm | Opp | Rslt ▾ | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2013-10-12 | NLCS | 2 | STL | LAD | W 1-0 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2013-10-12 | ALCS | 1 | DET | BOS | W 1-0 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 2013-10-05 | ALDS | 2 | OAK | DET | W 1-0 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 2011-10-07 | NLDS | 5 | STL | PHI | W 1-0 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | 2010-10-07 | NLDS | 1 | SFG | ATL | W 1-0 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 2005-10-26 | WS | 4 | CHW | HOU | W 1-0 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | 2001-10-13 | ALDS | 3 | NYY | OAK | W 1-0 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 2001-10-10 | NLDS | 2 | ATL | HOU | W 1-0 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | 2001-10-09 | NLDS | 1 | ARI | STL | W 1-0 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | 1999-10-15 | NLCS | 3 | ATL | NYM | W 1-0 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 1997-10-15 | ALCS | 6 | CLE | BAL | W 1-0 | 39 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | 1996-10-24 | WS | 5 | NYY | ATL | W 1-0 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | 1995-10-28 | WS | 6 | ATL | CLE | W 1-0 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 14 | 1991-10-27 | WS | 7 | MIN | ATL | W 1-0 | 41 | 34 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | 1991-10-16 | NLCS | 6 | ATL | PIT | W 1-0 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 16 | 1991-10-14 | NLCS | 5 | PIT | ATL | W 1-0 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 | 1991-10-10 | NLCS | 2 | ATL | PIT | W 1-0 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 18 | 1987-10-13 | NLCS | 6 | STL | SFG | W 1-0 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | 1986-10-18 | WS | 1 | BOS | NYM | W 1-0 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | 1986-10-08 | NLCS | 1 | HOU | NYM | W 1-0 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 21 | 1984-10-05 | ALCS | 3 | DET | KCR | W 1-0 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | 1983-10-04 | NLCS | 1 | PHI | LAD | W 1-0 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 23 | 1981-10-07 | NLDS | 2 | HOU | LAD | W 1-0 | 43 | 39 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 24 | 1980-10-10 | NLCS | 3 | HOU | PHI | W 1-0 | 42 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 25 | 1974-10-08 | ALCS | 3 | OAK | BAL | W 1-0 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | 1972-10-18 | WS | 3 | CIN | OAK | W 1-0 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 27 | 1969-10-05 | ALCS | 2 | BAL | MIN | W 1-0 | 44 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 28 | 1966-10-09 | WS | 4 | BAL | LAD | W 1-0 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | 1966-10-08 | WS | 3 | BAL | LAD | W 1-0 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | 1963-10-05 | WS | 3 | LAD | NYY | W 1-0 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 31 | 1962-10-16 | WS | 7 | NYY | SFG | W 1-0 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 32 | 1959-10-06 | WS | 5 | CHW | LAD | W 1-0 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 | 1957-10-07 | WS | 5 | MLN | NYY | W 1-0 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 34 | 1956-10-09 | WS | 6 | BRO | NYY | W 1-0 | 40 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 35 | 1950-10-04 | WS | 1 | NYY | PHI | W 1-0 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 36 | 1949-10-06 | WS | 2 | BRO | NYY | W 1-0 | 33 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 | 1949-10-05 | WS | 1 | NYY | BRO | W 1-0 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | 1948-10-06 | WS | 1 | BSN | CLE | W 1-0 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Only 38 1-0 games in postseason history, and as the questioner (and Twitter follower of mine--thanks!) drmagoo (@drmagoo) asked, it was indeed the first time that there were two 1-0 games on the same day. Obviously it was impossible prior to the introduction of the playoffs in 1969, but I left those games in just to show how infrequent the 1-0 game is--38 out of 1,387 postseason games played through Sunday.
POSTSEASON NO-HITTERS
Jim Leyland showed the new way of thinking, particularly in the postseason when he removed Anibal Sanchez in Saturday night's game after 6 innings, 116 pitches...and giving up no hits. The list of postseason no-hitters is very small:
| Rk | Date | Series | Gm# | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010-10-06 | NLDS | 1 | CIN | PHI | L 0-4 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | 1956-10-08 | WS | 5 | BRO | NYY | L 0-2 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Cliff Lee in 2010 and Don Larsen in 1956 and that's it. The list of multi-pitcher no-hitters in the postseason is even smaller, the big goose egg. It was clearly a no-brainer for Leyland to remove Sanchez since a reasonable extrapolation would have taken him to around 140+ pitches to complete the game and Sanchez will be needed for at least three more games if the Tigers advance to the World Series. Sometimes it's a fine line between individual achievement and team need, but in the postseason that fine line becomes a gaping chasm. It's probably for the best of all involved that Daniel Nava got that hit with one out in the 9th to make the entire discussion moot.
JACK MORRIS
In Sunday's game Joe Buck (I think) discussed Jack Morris and mentioned how dominating he was in the postseason. This is Morris' postseason record:
| Rk | Year | Series | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | Pit | GSc | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1984 | ALCS g1 | Oct 2 | DET | @ | KCR | W,8-1 | GS-7 | W(1-0) | 99 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.29 | 27 | 91 | 66 |
| 2 | 1984 | WS g1 | Oct 9 | DET | @ | SDP | W,3-2 | CG | W(2-0) | 6 | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1.69 | 35 | 135 | 69 |
| 3 | 1984 | WS g4 | Oct 13 | DET | SDP | W,4-2 | CG | W(3-0) | 3 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1.80 | 32 | 102 | 73 | |
| 4 | 1987 | ALCS g2 | Oct 8 | DET | @ | MIN | L,3-6 | CG(8) | L(0-1) | 99 | 8.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6.75 | 33 | 129 | 50 |
| 5 | 1991 | ALCS g1 | Oct 8 | MIN | TOR | W,5-4 | GS-6 | W(1-0) | 99 | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6.75 | 23 | 89 | 40 | |
| 6 | 1991 | ALCS g4 | Oct 12 | MIN | @ | TOR | W,9-3 | GS-8 | W(2-0) | 3 | 8.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.05 | 34 | 110 | 58 |
| 7 | 1991 | WS g1 | Oct 19 | MIN | ATL | W,5-2 | GS-8 | W(3-0) | 6 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3.54 | 29 | 100 | 58 | |
| 8 | 1991 | WS g4 | Oct 23 | MIN | @ | ATL | L,2-3 | GS-6 | 3 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3.08 | 25 | 94 | 57 | |
| 9 | 1991 | WS g7 | Oct 27 | MIN | ATL | W,1-0 | SHO(10) | W(4-0) | 3 | 10.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2.23 | 38 | 126 | 84 | |
| 10 | 1992 | ALCS g1 | Oct 7 | TOR | OAK | L,3-4 | CG | L(0-1) | 99 | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4.00 | 35 | 119 | 59 | |
| 11 | 1992 | ALCS g4 | Oct 11 | TOR | @ | OAK | W,7-6 | GS-4 | 3 | 3.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6.57 | 20 | 71 | 27 | |
| 12 | 1992 | WS g1 | Oct 17 | TOR | @ | ATL | L,1-3 | GS-6 | L(0-2) | 5 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5.89 | 27 | 98 | 54 |
| 13 | 1992 | WS g5 | Oct 22 | TOR | ATL | L,2-7 | GS-5 | L(0-3) | 4 | 4.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7.43 | 23 | 83 | 22 | |
| 92.1 | 83 | 39 | 39 | 32 | 64 | 9 | 3.80 | 381 |
I included a link to this table in this tweet:
Jack Morris in the playoffs--mention the bad with the good... http://t.co/jizezDPezLThis was retweeted by MLB Network's Brian Kenny (@MrBrianKenny), which generated a very healthy reaction. I need to thank the people who responded by telling me what Morris' record was in given years, which I had noticed in the LINK I HAD INCLUDED IN THE TWEET. There is no disputing the dominance he had in the 1984 postseason, and I'm not going to diminish a 7-4 postseason record, but he wasn't the second coming of Whitey Ford or Bob Gibson. I take the most issue with the idea that his postseason record somehow is a major factor in Morris' Hall of Fame credentials. I'll discuss this specifically in November as I do a whole series on the Hall of Fame, but I'll state here that Morris' postseason record is good, GOOD...but not one of the best of all-time and clearly not a lynchpin behind a Hall of Fame candidacy:
— Scott Lindholm (@ScottLindholm) October 14, 2013
| Rk | Player | #Matching | W ▾ | L | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Pettitte | 44 | Ind. Games | 19 | 11 | .633 | 3.81 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 276.2 | 285 | 117 | 31 | 76 | 183 | 1.30 |
| 2 | John Smoltz | 41 | Ind. Games | 15 | 4 | .789 | 2.67 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 209.0 | 172 | 62 | 17 | 67 | 199 | 1.14 |
| 3 | Tom Glavine | 35 | Ind. Games | 14 | 16 | .467 | 3.30 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 218.1 | 191 | 80 | 21 | 87 | 143 | 1.27 |
| 4 | Roger Clemens | 35 | Ind. Games | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.75 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 199.0 | 173 | 83 | 17 | 70 | 173 | 1.22 |
| 5 | Greg Maddux | 35 | Ind. Games | 11 | 14 | .440 | 3.27 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 198.0 | 195 | 72 | 14 | 51 | 125 | 1.24 |
| 6 | Curt Schilling | 19 | Ind. Games | 11 | 2 | .846 | 2.23 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 133.1 | 104 | 33 | 12 | 25 | 120 | 0.97 |
| 7 | David Wells | 27 | Ind. Games | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 125.0 | 116 | 44 | 12 | 25 | 83 | 1.13 |
| 8 | Dave Stewart | 22 | Ind. Games | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.77 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.0 | 99 | 41 | 13 | 48 | 73 | 1.11 |
| 9 | Whitey Ford | 22 | Ind. Games | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.71 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 146.0 | 132 | 44 | 8 | 34 | 94 | 1.14 |
| 10 | Chris Carpenter | 18 | Ind. Games | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.00 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 108.0 | 104 | 36 | 11 | 36 | 68 | 1.30 |
| 11 | Catfish Hunter | 22 | Ind. Games | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.26 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 132.1 | 114 | 48 | 21 | 35 | 70 | 1.13 |
| 12 | CC Sabathia | 19 | Ind. Games | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.53 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107.1 | 116 | 54 | 14 | 51 | 101 | 1.56 |
| 13 | Orlando Hernandez | 19 | Ind. Games | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.55 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 77 | 30 | 10 | 55 | 107 | 1.25 |
| 14 | Mariano Rivera | 96 | Ind. Games | 8 | 1 | .889 | 0.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 141.0 | 86 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 110 | 0.76 |
| 15 | Orel Hershiser | 22 | Ind. Games | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.59 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 132.0 | 103 | 38 | 8 | 43 | 97 | 1.11 |
| 16 | David Cone | 21 | Ind. Games | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.80 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 111.1 | 93 | 47 | 12 | 58 | 94 | 1.36 |
| 17 | Jim Palmer | 17 | Ind. Games | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.61 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 124.1 | 101 | 36 | 10 | 50 | 90 | 1.21 |
| 18 | Mike Mussina | 23 | Ind. Games | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.42 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139.2 | 121 | 53 | 19 | 33 | 145 | 1.10 |
| 19 | Randy Johnson | 19 | Ind. Games | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.50 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 121.0 | 106 | 47 | 15 | 32 | 132 | 1.14 |
| 20 | Allie Reynolds | 15 | Ind. Games | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.79 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 77.1 | 61 | 24 | 8 | 32 | 62 | 1.20 |
| 21 | Justin Verlander | 14 | Ind. Games | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.48 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85.1 | 67 | 33 | 11 | 28 | 98 | 1.11 |
| 22 | Dave McNally | 14 | Ind. Games | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.49 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 90.1 | 65 | 25 | 12 | 34 | 65 | 1.10 |
| 23 | Josh Beckett | 14 | Ind. Games | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.07 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 93.2 | 67 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 99 | 0.94 |
| 24 | Jack Morris | 13 | Ind. Games | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.80 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 92.1 | 83 | 39 | 9 | 32 | 64 | 1.25 |
| 25 | Cole Hamels | 13 | Ind. Games | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.09 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81.2 | 65 | 28 | 9 | 21 | 77 | 1.05 |
| 26 | Livan Hernandez | 12 | Ind. Games | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.97 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 67 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 47 | 1.51 |
| 27 | Cliff Lee | 11 | Ind. Games | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.52 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 66 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 89 | 0.93 |
| 28 | Red Ruffing | 10 | Ind. Games | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.63 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 85.2 | 74 | 25 | 4 | 27 | 61 | 1.18 |
| 29 | Bob Gibson | 9 | Ind. Games | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.89 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 55 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 92 | 0.89 |
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