Monday, July 8, 2024

3 Home Run games in playoffs: 12, including 5 in World Series.

Photo of Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

Positions: Outfielder and Pitcher

Bats: Left  •  Throws: Left

6-2215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: February 61895 in Baltimore, MD us

Died: August 161948 (Aged 53-192d) in New York, NY

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY







For single games, in the postseason, requiring Home Runs >= 3, sorted by ascending Date.

https://stathead.com/tiny/uvEJN

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Generated 7/8/2024.

WS: 5 (Look at WS only below)
NLCS: 3
ALCS: 2
ALDS: 2

For:
Yankees 3
Dodgers: 2

Only the St. Louis Cardinals were victimized more than once: twice ... by Ruth. But the teams split those WS.

Ruth is the only one to do it more than once.

Jackson in the highest number game: 6.

Ruth was the oldest: 33 in 1928.

Six (half) at least 30 (28) years old.

Robertson was the youngest: 25 years, 1 day.

Only Brett's team lost the game: 6-5 to Yanks, the only one run game.

Five times the winning team scored in double figures.

Pujols had the most Plate Appearances (PA) and most At Bats (AB): 6 each.

Ruth (1926) and Jackson had the fewest AB: 3

Pujols had the most Hits (5) and singles (2).

Most RBI: Hernandez 7.

Ruth (1926) is the only one with more than 1 walk: 2.

Batting Order Position (BOP): Kennedy 9th. NINTH! Brett 1.

Pos:
3B 4
LF 3
2B & 1B 2 each
RF 1

For single games, in the postseason, in Deciding Games, requiring Home Runs >= 3, sorted by ascending Date.

https://stathead.com/tiny/YidKf

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Generated 7/8/2024.

One sweep: Ruth 1928.

For single games, in the World Series, requiring Home Runs >= 3, sorted by ascending Date.

https://stathead.com/tiny/0BXHN

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Generated 7/8/2024.

Ruth and Pujols hit more than 700 regular season home runs each. Jackson more than 500. Sandoval 153; season high 25 at age 22 in 2009.

In fact, of the remaining 7, only Beltre hit a lot of home runs:  477 but in 11,608 AB. Most HR: 48, 36, ...

Brett 317 in 10,349 AB

Altuve 222 in 7027 AB so far.

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