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.
October 21st, 2011 at 4:03 pm
It's probably more common in Game 1; that's when the teams are most likely to start their marquis pitchers
October 21st, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Both starting pitchers with Game Score of 64 or higher, by game number:
WS Game 1: 16 occurrences
WS Game 2: 12 occurrences
WS Game 3: 16 occurrences
WS Game 4: 13 occurrences
WS Game 5: 13 occurrences
WS Game 6: 3 occurrences
WS Game 7: 5 occurrences
Game 1; that's when the teams are most likely to start their marquis pitchers
Forgive me, Frank — I'm going to take this one, tuck it under my arm and run with it. The answer is Game 4 of the 2004 World Series, for the Cardinals, Game Score of 47 in a 3-0 loss to the Red Sox.
October 21st, 2011 at 4:52 pm
My HTML habits are getting awfully sloppy.
October 21st, 2011 at 5:39 pm
October 21st, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Jaime Garcia's 77 Game Score was the 2nd-highest in a World Series no-decision. Wild Bill Donovan had an 83 in a 13-inning tie game in the 1907 opener:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN190710080.shtml
October 21st, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Looking at how frequently (in relative terms) that this happened in the deadball era, one might surmise that game score is not adjusted for context of the run-scoring environment. Is that right?
October 21st, 2011 at 8:14 pm
This has been a great start to a World Series. Good pitching, tight games and not taking three-and-a-half hours (or longer) to play.
The last time the first two games of the World Series were played this crisply? It was the Cardinals again, in 2006 against Detroit.
October 21st, 2011 at 9:09 pm
@6: I'm thinking it has more to do with the vanishing complete game.
Innings pitched after the 4th are important for a high game score.
October 21st, 2011 at 9:11 pm
marquee
October 21st, 2011 at 10:35 pm
@9: That to. Marquee pitchers that make more for 1 regular season start than they do for 5 postseason starts.