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Friday, September 27, 2013 Hitting in extra innings since 1948: who has the mantle of success?
The Mick was a total monster in extra innings. He has by far the highest On Base Plus Slugging averages (OPS)...
Mantle had 14 home runs, fourth most, tied with Aaron and Pujols. Mays leads with 19...
Mays and Aaron seem to have held their own in OPS. It's astonishing how many opportunities some players had...
Percent of career ... in plate appearances (PA) in extra innings ...
Mays 2.74%
Aaron 2.25%
Mantle 1.63%
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Saturday, October 5, 2013 Hitting in extra innings since 1948: part 2.
19 batters hit at least ten home runs in extra innings... home runs per at bat:
Albert Pujols has the best rate (7.93), Mantle second (8.64).
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Note: Discrepancy in baseball-reference.com: home run log for Mays shows 22 in extra innings while his career splits show 19:
Example: Mays hit 4 extra inning homers in 1955 but his splits only credit him with two apparently for lack of play-by-play data for some games. My personal Mickey Mantle database, derived from baseball-reference.com, has one more PA because I had resolved some of Mantle's missing play-by-play data. A while ago I had sent that data to baseball-reference.com but never heard back so I'm guessing that has not been incorporated.
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OPS: On Base plus Slugging averages.
Willie Mays (342) was second to Pete Rose (367) in PA. Mays took 284 at bats (AB) to hit his 19 home runs (HR); rate: 14.95. Mantle 121 AB for his 14 HR.
Hank Aaron (314) was 6th in PA; 249 AB, 14 HR. Rate: 17.19.
Mantle had a shorter career than Mays or Aaron but his percent of PA in extra innings is much lower. Possible reasons:
- Yanks were either very good or very bad and played fewer extra innings
- Mantle was pulled and did not finish as many games.
The classic pull for his caddy, Jack Reed:
Sunday, June 24, 1962, 1:31PM, Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 35,368, Time of Game: 7:00
Yankees 9, Tigers 7 22 innings
Five Yankees batted 11 times, including Yogi Berra who caught all 22 innings.
Mantle started in RF so he was probably already hurt. Mantle had a single in 3 AB, one run, 2 RBI one BB. Mantle led off the 7th by fouling out to the catcher. In the bottom of the 7th Joe Pepitone replaced him in RF, batting twice: BB, SO. Phil Linz PH for Pepitone in the 13th: IW. Then Reed replaced Linz and played RF, batting FOUR times: 1 for 4. Reed hit his only career homer off Phil Regan: 22nd inning, 1 on, 1 out to LF. Jim Bouton shut out Detroit in the final seven innings for the win.
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Ironically they all pinch hit about the same number of PA, although I don't know how many of those were in extra innings. Mantle's would have been a higher percent of his career PA.
Mays 129: OPS .864
Mantle 124; OPS .805
Aaron 121; OPS .699
There's the concept of regression towards the mean, which helps explain the differences between Mantle and these other two great hitters from his era. Mays and Aaron basically hit about the same in extra innings as they hit all the time while Mantle hit 34% better. Mantle had fewer than half as many PA as Mays and way fewer AB.
But then there's this: how they hit in innings 7,8,9.
Mantle's OPS for innings:
1,2,3: .946
4,5,6: .958
7,8,9: 1.019
extra: 1.315
Mays's OPS for innings:
1,2,3: .940
4,5,6: .916
7,8,9: .962
extra: .968
Aaron's OPS for innings:
1,2,3: .895
4,5,6: .925
7,8,9: .962
extra: .990
Mantle and Aaron both seem to heat up as the game progresses.
In case you thought Mantle simply walked more here are their slugging averages (SLG) in extra innings:
Mantle: .793
Mays: 563
Aaron: .550
Mantle:
| I | Year | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ROE | tOPS+ | sOPS+ | |||||
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| I | 1951 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| I | 1952 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .462 | .500 | .615 | 1.115 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .545 | 143 | 222 | |
| I | 1953 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .571 | .625 | .857 | 1.482 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 230 | 284 | |
| I | 1954 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .556 | 1.000 | 1.556 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 227 | 347 | |
| 1955 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .833 | 1.262 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | 136 | 274 | ||
| 1956 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .625 | 1.000 | 1.625 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 176 | 329 | ||
| 1957 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .385 | .529 | 1.000 | 1.529 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | 154 | 314 | ||
| 1958 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 55 | 113 | ||
| 1959 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .400 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 222 | 290 | ||
| 1960 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .417 | .462 | 1.000 | 1.462 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | 194 | 296 | ||
| 1961 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .500 | .714 | 1.250 | 1.964 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | 241 | 427 | ||
| 1962 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .000 | .714 | .000 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 109 | |||
| 1963 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2.000 | 2.500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 335 | 676 | ||
| 1964 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .267 | .389 | .400 | .789 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 60 | 117 | ||
| 1965 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 49 | |||
| 1966 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1967 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | 100 | 161 | ||
| 1968 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 70 | 111 | ||
| I | Career Total | 130 | 161 | 121 | 40 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 19 | .364 | .522 | .793 | 1.315 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .341 | 167 |
From 1952 through 1963 Mantle's extra inning OPS dropped below 1.000 only twice: 1958 and 1962. In 1959 Mantle hit three HR in what was generally an off season.
Click link to view all PA in extra innings.
Most PA: 8;
Sunday, August 6, 1961, 2:04PM, Yankee Stadium I
Attendance: 39,408 Time of Game: 4:16
First game of doubleheader
Yankees 7, Twins 6 15 innings I attended. We were sitting in box seats in fair territory in deep right.
Mantle for the game: 4 for 6, 3 runs, 3 RBI, 2 BB, SO, 2 HR, 2B, SB.
Mantle hit 2 homers (41, 42) off Pedro Ramos; 1st inning, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep RF; 3rd inning, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep RF).
Three PA against Ray Moore in extra innings; 1B in 11th, BB in 13th, IBB 15th with runners on second and third with one out - Yogi Berra, who caught the entire 15 innings, grounded into a force 1B-SS for the winning RBI.
Game 2:
Mantle hit number 43 off Al Schroll; 2nd inning, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep CF-RF over the auxiliary scoreboard into the bleachers.
Mantle had three home runs that day. The only other day he hit three homers that I know of is May 13, 1955 at Yankee Stadium in innings 1,5,8.
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Latest inning: 16; 1967-07-26 (2) v. Minnesota; Lineout: 3B against Al Worthington
One grand slam: 1961-05-02 in Minnesota off Camilo Pascual tied 2-2; Home Run (Deep CF); Tony Kubek Scores; Hector Lopez Scores; Roger Maris Scores.
Mantle reached base seven consecutive times in six games from 1952-08-13 (2) to 6/4/1953: 2 2B, 4 1B, 1 BB.
Mantle faced Ray Herbert in four consecutive PA, twice in each of two games 7/25/1953 and
8/25/1953: 1 for 4; RBI double.
Mantle batted three times in one game against one pitcher:
1957-07-28 (2) Billy Hoeft: goundout, lineout, BB.
1959-06-21 (2) Mudcat Grant: SO, IW, pop out 1B.
1961-08-06 (1) Ray Moore: 1B, BB, IW.
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Saturday, June 6, 1964, 8:02PM, Dodger Stadium
Attendance: 30,496, Time of Game: 3:45
Yankees 2, Angels 0 15 innings
Mantle led off the top of the 14th and flied out to left PH for starter Jim Bouton against Angels starter Dean Chance who finished the inning. Yanks scored two in the 15th against relief pitcher Willie Smith to win 2-0. Chance was 20-9, ERA 1.65, ERA+ 200; won the only CyYoung award in 1964. Chance was known in 1964 for his record against the Yankees: 4-0, 50 innings, one run ... on a homer to Mantle:
Tuesday, July 28, 1964, 7:05, Dodger Stadium
Attendance: 35,976, Time of Game: 1:53
Angels 3, Yankees 1
Top 7th, leading off down 3-0 Mantle hit number 20 of 1964. For the game: BB, BB, HR, SO looking.
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Mantle bunted only once: 8/9/1952 back to pitcher Al Benton of Boston leading off the bottom of the 10th with the Yanks trailing 3-1. Benton threw to first to retire Mantle.
Homers and game ending PA:
1954-07-22 (1) 10 CHW Don Johnson tied 3-3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
6/14/1955 DET 10 George Zuverink tied 6-6 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; Collins Scores; Noren to 2B
1955-08-07 (2) 10 DET Babe Birrer tied 2-2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Deep RF)
9/18/1956 11 @CHW Billy Pierce tied 2-2 Home Run
7/1/1957 10 @BAL George Zuverink tied 2-2 Home Run
7/11/1957 11 @KCA Tom Morgan tied 2-2 Home Run
5/16/1959 11 CHW Turk Lown down 4-3 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout
6/18/1959 10 CHW Gerry Staley tied 4-4 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run
1959-07-16 (1) 10 CLE Gary Bell tied 5-5 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Richardson Scores
1959-09-13 (1) 11 CLE Jack Harshman down 1-0 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Kubek Scores
5/10/1960 10 CLE Dick Stigman down 5-1 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-1B
1960-09-11 (2) 11 @CLE Carl Mathias tied 2-2 Home Run (CF-RF)
9/24/1960 10 @BOS Ted Wills tied 5-5 Home Run
4/26/1961 10 @DET Hank Aguirre tied 11-11 Home Run (Deep LF-CF); Lopez Scores
5/2/1961 10 @MIN Camilo Pascual tied 2-2 Home Run (Deep CF); Kubek Scores; Lopez Scores; Maris Scores
5/22/1963 11 KCA Bill Fischer tied 7-7 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (off facade of upper deck)
1963-08-25 (2) 12 CHW Gary Peters down 2-1 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B
1967-04-30 (1) 10 CAL Minnie Rojas tied 1-1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run; Howser Scores; Tresh Scores
5/16/1967 11 CLE Bob Allen tied 3-3 *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF; Tillotson Scores; Clarke to 3B; Howser to 2B
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