Worst Postseason Game Score
Posted by Raphy on October 18, 2009
Hiroki Kuroda's game score of 19 tonight was the worst so far this postseason (oddly enough the second worst was by three pitchers all on the same day.). However, it was not even close to being the worst in postseason history. That honor belongs to Todd Stottlemyre who recorded an 8 in the 1996 NLCS. Here are the all time worst:
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str **GmSc** IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Todd Stottlemyre 1996-10-14 NLCS 5 STL ATL L 0-14 GS-1 ,L 1 9 7 7 0 1 0 38 24 8 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63.00 2 Russ Ortiz 2002-10-20 WS 2 SFG @ANA L 10-11 GS-2 1.2 9 7 7 0 0 1 46 29 9 14 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 37.80 3 Pete Alexander 1928-10-05 WS 2 STL @NYY L 3-9 GS-3 ,L 2.1 6 8 8 4 1 1 10 17 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30.86 4 Mordecai Brown 1906-10-14 WS 6 CHC @CHW L 3-8 GS-2 ,L 1.2 8 7 7 1 0 0 10 14 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 37.80 5 Woody Williams 2004-10-23 WS 1 STL @BOS L 9-11 GS-3 2.1 8 7 7 3 1 1 70 42 11 19 15 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27.00 6 Tom Glavine 1992-10-13 NLCS 6 ATL PIT L 4-13 GS-1 ,L 1 6 8 7 0 0 2 35 24 11 11 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 63.00 7 Chien-Ming Wang 2007-10-04 ALDS 1 NYY @CLE L 3-12 GS-5 ,L 4.2 9 8 8 4 2 2 94 58 12 25 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15.43 8 Brad Penny 2003-10-08 NLCS 2 FLA @CHC L 3-12 GS-3 ,L 2 7 7 7 2 0 2 54 33 12 15 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 31.50 9 Tom Glavine 2002-10-06 NLDS 4 ATL @SFG L 3-8 GS-3 ,L 2.2 7 7 7 5 1 1 68 34 12 20 12 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23.62 10 David Wells 2002-10-05 ALDS 4 NYY @ANA L 5-9 GS-5 ,L 4.2 10 8 8 0 0 1 59 43 12 24 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15.43 11 Tommy Greene 1993-10-20 WS 4 PHI TOR L 14-15 GS-3 2.1 7 7 7 4 1 0 66 31 12 17 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27.00
Some teams have started with a dud, but lived to tell the tale. Here are the worst starts for teams that would eventually win the game.
Cnt Player Date Series G Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR Pit Str **GmSc** IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+------+-+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--------+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Don Newcombe 1956-10-05 WS 2 BRO NYY W 13-8 GS-2 1.2 6 6 6 2 0 1 17 13 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32.40 2 Mike Cuellar 1970-10-03 ALCS 1 BAL @MIN W 10-6 GS-5 4.1 10 6 6 1 2 1 20 25 23 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.46 3 Andy Pettitte 1999-10-26 WS 3 NYY ATL W 6-5 GS-4 3.2 10 5 5 1 1 0 21 21 20 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 12.27 4 Bob Welch 1988-10-08 ALCS 3 OAK BOS W 10-6 GS-2 1.2 6 5 5 2 0 1 55 35 21 13 9 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 27.00 5 David Cone 1997-09-30 ALDS 1 NYY CLE W 8-6 GS-4 3.1 7 6 6 2 2 1 62 40 22 20 16 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 16.20
October 18th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
When I first glanced Todd Stottlemyre's name in the introduction, I thought it was going to be that 15-14 game in 1993, which he also started. But the lead changed hands so much in that one that only his opposite number, Tommy Greene, shows up in the list for that one.
October 19th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Pete Alexander, Three Finger Brown, Tom Glavine (twice!) - odd to see such good pitchers on a list of bad performances.