Revisiting Cliff Lee's Postseason BB/K, Visually
by adarowski on Nov 4, 2010 11:22 AM EDT
in Visuals Above Replacement
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PrintAs the Rangers headed into the World Series, I posted a graphic showing just how amazing Cliff Lee's strikeouts per walk were through the first two rounds of the playoffs. At the time, his strikeouts already ranked tenth all time for a single postseason, but his walk total was far less than anyone in the top five.
Fast forward to the World Series. It didn't go quite as planned for Lee and the Rangers. But, as The Ancient Mariner pointed out on these very pages, Lee added thirteen strikeouts and just a single walk. Here's an updated graphic, showing where he now places in history (I've also added Commissioner's Trophies to those pitchers who won it all):
As you can see, Lee's final tally of 47 strikeouts put him in a three-way tie for second place. But not only did he have far fewer walks than the pitchers he is tied with (Randy Johnson and Jose Beckett), but his K/BB rate is also far superior to first place Curt Shilling's (23.5 to 8.0). Simply amazing.
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I love Jose Beckett.
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Adding the trophy
is just the pick-me-up Rangers fans needed.
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I still can't get over the fact
That Schilling and RJ, from the same staff on the same year, are 1/2.
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I'm sure it's been done, but
we should take a look at how special (or not) a pair like that occurs. Not often, I’m guessing.
“Best 1-2s Ever,” or something.
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Not sure what I just typed.
I meant to say “how often does a pair that good happen? let’s make a graphic.”
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If you'd put it in a picture, I'd understand you better.
Something like, best 1-2s ever in the regular season, if they went to postseason, if so how they did there. Also, 1-2 postseason punches, regardless of how their regular season was.
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Good point.
Thats scary yet the Yankees took it 7. Wow.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. " ~Rogers Hornsby
Well, there was a big dropoff after those two.
The only loss in a game started by Johnson or Schilling in that series was the Kim debacle.
His K/BB ability is just ridiculous.
It’s loony tunes. How does he do it?
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
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