Thursday, November 3, 2022

World Series no-hitters: 1956 Dodgers never recovered. Can the 2022 Phillies?

2022 World Series
Houston Astros tied with Philadelphia Phillies (2-2)

Wednesday, November 2, 2022  WS game 4
Start Time: 8:03 p.m. Local
Attendance: 45,693
Venue: Citizens Bank Park
Game Duration: 3:25
Night Game, on grass
Astros 5, Phillies 0  Combined no-hitter
PitchingIPHRERBBSOHRERABFPitStrCtctStSStLGBFBLDUnkGScIRISWPAaLIcWPAacLIRE24
Cristian Javier, W (2-0)60002900.71209763409143600790.2620.779.63%49.423.0
Bryan Abreu10000300.00315102710000000.0190.250.80%16.240.5
Rafael Montero10000101.0031074210210000.0140.190.57%11.970.5
Ryan Pressly10001100.00419115241100000.0070.150.30%9.460.5
Team Totals900031400.003014191512020491079000.3020.5811.30%37.034.4

Starting pitcher Cristian Javier threw 97 pitches in his six innings, the same number thrown by Don Larsen in his 1956 perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Javier walked two batters and closer Pressly walked another. Javier and Pressly had combined with Hector Neris in the 2022 regular season in another combined no-hitter: against the Yankees; Javier 13 SO, 115 pitches in 7 innings:

Start Time: 1:05 p.m. Local
Attendance: 45,076
Venue: Yankee Stadium III
Game Duration: 3:14
Day Game, on grass
Astros 3, Yankees 0

Length of the WS no-hit games:
1956: 2:06
2022: 3:25 (63% longer)

Most common scores:

1-0 six times

4-0 five times.

Least common scores, once each: 10-0 and 5-0.

14 of the 20 games have number of pitches; 9 of 14 at least 100.

Most pitches: Cain 125 in 2012

Fewest pitches:

Cone 88
Bunning 89
Martinez 96
Humber 96
Rogers 98.
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Don Larsen predecessor: Charlie Robertson perfect game 1922. Friday, January 3, 2020

Robertson was a 26 year old rookie making only his fourth appearance of the season and third consecutive start ...

And unlike Sandy Koufax 9/9/1965, there were not two opposing batters (Young and Browne) making their career debuts.

The 1956 World Series was tied 2-2 between the defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees.

Attendance: 64,519
Venue: Yankee Stadium I
Game Duration: 2:06
Day Game, on grass
Yankees 2, Dodgers 0
HR: Mickey Mantle (3, off Sal Maglie, 4th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep RF Line)...

The Dodgers never really recovered from Don Larsen's perfect game. The Dodgers were also shutout through nine innings in games 6 and 7. But back in Ebbets Field for game 6 the Dodgers scored a run in the tenth inning to tie the series 3-3 and live to possibly pull out their second consecutive World Series win over the Yankees. They must have thought that fate was providing one last chance, as they must have known that most of the starting lineup was over the hill and unlikely to continue at a championship level...

The Dodgers won a slugfest game two 13-8. Larsen and Newcombe started but neither finished the second inning...

But it was the Dodger hitters who aged before people's eyes...

The Dodgers scored 25 runs in the series but 19 were scored in the first two games. The Dodgers had only 7 hits in the final three games...

There was a perceptible decline in seasons 1954-1956 for Reese, Robinson and Campanella. Robinson retired and Campanella was paralyzed in a car accident after the 1957 season, the Dodgers last in Brooklyn. Hodges had had his last big season. Snider had one more with 40 home runs in 1957, Snider's fifth consecutive season with at least 40. Those 40 home runs were all hit against right handed pitchers; 23 home, 17 road. 

This puts Don Larsen's perfect game in perspective.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2022  WS game 3
Start Time: 8:03 p.m. Local
Attendance: 45,712
Venue: Citizens Bank Park
Game Duration: 3:08
Night Game, on grass
Phillies 7, Astros 0

Five Phillies Home Runs:

HR: Bryce Harper (6, off Lance McCullers Jr., 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep RF); Alec Bohm (1, off Lance McCullers Jr., 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF); Brandon Marsh (2, off Lance McCullers Jr., 2nd inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep RF); Kyle Schwarber (4, off Lance McCullers Jr., 5th inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep CF); Rhys Hoskins (6, off Lance McCullers Jr., 5th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF).

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