October Candy
Posted by Steve L. on October 2nd, 2008 · Comments (7)
Evan Longoria, in today’s ALDS game between the Rays and Chisox had three hits – including two homers. Which player has the most post-season games in his career where he had three (or more) hits with two (or more) of them being for extra bases? Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Post-Season Batting Game Finder, here’s the leaders with such games:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Reggie Jackson 6 Ind. Games Bernie Williams 4 Ind. Games Duke Snider 3 Ind. Games Gary Sheffield 3 Ind. Games Babe Ruth 3 Ind. Games Alex Rodriguez 3 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 3 Ind. Games Trot Nixon 3 Ind. Games Fred McGriff 3 Ind. Games Jeff Kent 3 Ind. Games Andruw Jones 3 Ind. Games Derek Jeter 3 Ind. Games Billy Hatcher 3 Ind. Games Steve Garvey 3 Ind. Games Jack Barry 3 Ind. Games Roberto Alomar 3 Ind. Games
I guess Reggie really wasn’t kidding with that “Mr. October” thing?
arod tied for third?
they must have come in un-clutch situations!
FWIW, one of A-Rod’s three games here was that 19-8 blow-out win in the 2004 ALCS – and one other game came in a game that his team lost.
Geez! How soon we forget. The first game was game 6 of the 2000 ALDS for Seattle (and against the Yankees). A-Rod went 4 for 5 with two 2Bs and an HR. The Mariners built an early 4-0 lead in that one, but the Yankees eventually won 9-7.
The other two games both came in 2004. The first of which was game 2 of the ALDS vs. the Twins. Remember, the Twins had won game 1 and were leading game 2 3-1 when A-Rod came up in the 3rd and singled. He then scored on a Sheffield HR that tied up the game at 3. Then A-Rod HR’d to put the Yankees up 4-3 in the 5th and singled in a run to make it 5-3 in the 7th. The Twins tied up the game 5-5 in the 8th (a blown save for Rivera) and the game went into extras 5-5. Torii Hunter HR’d to put Minnesota up 6-5 in the top of the 12th. But in the bottom of the inning A-Rod came up with runners on 1st and 2nd and hit a ground rule 2B that tied the game and put the winning run on 3rd. A Matsui sac fly shortly followed to win it. It may be a minor point, but if A-Rod had gone hitless in that game the Yankees would have been down 2 games to none with the series moving to Minnesota.
The third game, of course, was the 18-9 blowout over the Red Sox in game 3 of the ALCS that same year which put the Yankees up 3 games to none. A-Rod went 4 for 5 with two 2bs an HR and either scored or drove in 7 runs.
We all know what happened next.
We all know what
FWIW, one of A-Rod’s three games here was that 19-8 blow-out win in the 2004 ALCS – and one other game came in a game that his team lost.
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More of the usual…
When A-Rod does something good, it’s always qualified. When he does something bad, it’s always given extra weight. His runs created don’t count unless they’re in the late innings of close ballgames. And since we all know that he NEVER produces, EVER, in those situations, clearly, he never creates any runs. A-Rod will make it to the Hall of Fame with the hollowest stats of all time and Yankee fans should curse Cashman for ever trading away the great, irreplaceable Alfonso Soriano.
(/end sarcasm)
and Yankee fans should curse Cashman for ever trading away the great, irreplaceable Alfonso Soriano.
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there’s NO WAY A-Rod could replicate Soriano’s post season numbers this year
We all know what happened next.
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Rivera blew not one, but two saves… Small wonder he wasn’t run out of town. :p