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November 12, 2007

Extra Inning Post-Season HRs Allowed

To date, Yankees pitchers have faced 245 batters during extra innings in a post-season game. And, only 6 of those 245 batters have hit a homerun in those chances. Here's the list:

Date	        Series	Game	Batter	        Team	Allowed HR
10/06/57	WS  	4	Eddie Mathews	MLN	Bob Grim      
10/12/64	WS  	5	Tim McCarver	STL	Pete Mikkelsen
10/04/95	ALDS	2	Ken Griffey	SEA	John Wetteland
10/22/03	WS  	4	Alex Gonzalez	FLA	Jeff Weaver   
10/06/04	ALDS	2	Torii Hunter	MIN	Tanyon Sturtze
10/17/04	ALCS	4	David Ortiz	BOS	Paul Quantrill

Would you agree, out of these six, that Alex Gonzalez is probably the least likely guy that you would expect to go yard in a spot like that?

Man, that one still stings.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at November 12, 2007 01:01 PM

Comments

Gonzalez had a little pop (18 in 2003), so it isn't surprising he went deep. It's not like Ozzie's HR back in '85, or even Dent's HR in '78.

Posted by: Raf [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2007 02:41 PM

His lifetime SLG %, at that time, was .389 - - - that's pretty bad.

Posted by: Steve Lombardi [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2007 02:50 PM

"Would you agree, out of these six, that Alex Gonzalez is probably the least likely guy that you would expect to go yard in a spot like that?

Man, that one still stings."

I certainly do not disagee with that one still stinging, but..

Statistically speaking, Tim McCarver was even more unlikely than Alex Gonzalez to have taken one deep. In 5,529 Career ABs, The Mouth, had 97 Career HRs or 1/57 At Bats. Gonzalez thru the end of this season had 106 HRs in 4,002 Career ABs or 1/37.75 At Bats.

The other thing that strikes me is the pitchers that have surrendered the recent extra inning dingers - Jeff Weaver, Tanyon Sturtze and Paul Quantrill. Granted by the time you are in extra innings, you have often utilized the first couple bullpen options, but those were accidents waiting to happen...

Posted by: WayUpInTierReserved [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 12, 2007 03:51 PM