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Perez and Reyes and Pray the AL Champs Don't Kill Us

2006-10-15 19:55

by Mike Carminati

The matchup in tonight's NLCS is arguably the worst for a playoff game all time. The Mets sent Oliver Perez (3-13, 6.55 ERA) up against the Cards' Anthony Reyes (5-8, 5.06). Much was said about the matchup by FOX and the other press, but the result was that neither pitched that badly. The Mets led 11-5, but the overrated Cardinal pen has been the culprit.

It did make me wonder how the duo falls in the list of worst record for a playoff game starter, however.

Here are the worst by winning percentage. Note that Perez (.188) would top the list and Reyes (.385) would make it in the bottom 25 as well:

Pitcher	Yr	Tm	W	L	PCT	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	K-9IP	Post W	Post L	Post ERA
Jimmy Ryan	1886	CHN	0	0	UNDEF	4.63	1.37	1.15	5.79	0	0	9.00
Virgil Trucks	1945	DET	0	0	UNDEF	1.69	0.94	1.50	5.06	1	0	3.38
Ewell Blackwell	1952	NYA	4	12	.250	4.73	1.62	0.76	4.19	0	0	7.20
Ken Heintzelman	1950	PHI	3	9	.250	4.09	1.40	0.72	2.80	0	0	1.17
Ted Power	1990	PIT	1	3	.250	3.66	1.30	2.47	7.32	0	0	3.60
Andy Hassler	1976	KCA	5	12	.294	3.61	1.33	1.09	3.73	0	1	6.14
Dizzy Trout	1940	DET	3	7	.300	4.47	1.78	1.19	5.72	0	1	9.00
Brian Anderson	2001	ARI	4	9	.308	5.20	1.40	1.83	3.71	1	1	2.84
Albie Lopez	2001	ARI	9	19	.321	4.81	1.46	1.81	5.95	0	2	9.95
Joe Mays	2002	MIN	4	8	.333	5.38	1.45	1.52	3.59	1	1	4.76
Marius Russo	1943	NYA	5	10	.333	3.72	1.32	0.93	3.72	1	0	0.00
Bill Bevens	1947	NYA	7	13	.350	3.82	1.48	1.00	4.20	0	1	2.38
Steve Avery	1995	ATL	7	13	.350	4.67	1.25	2.71	7.32	2	0	1.42
Rudy May	1981	NYA	6	11	.353	4.14	1.21	1.93	4.81	0	0	3.86
Jim Rooker	1979	PIT	4	7	.364	4.60	1.40	1.13	3.82	0	0	1.04
Larry Christenson	1981	PHI	4	7	.364	3.54	1.29	2.33	5.91	1	0	1.50
Orlando Hernandez	2001	NYA	4	7	.364	4.85	1.39	1.83	7.32	1	1	3.71
Peter Munro	2004	HOU	4	7	.364	5.15	1.46	2.42	5.69	0	0	9.00
Jim Palmer	1974	BAL	7	12	.368	3.27	1.37	1.22	4.23	0	1	1.00
Pedro Astacio	2005	SDN	6	10	.375	4.69	1.34	2.11	5.54	0	1	4.50
Vida Blue	1972	OAK	6	10	.375	2.80	1.09	2.31	6.62	0	1	2.57
Danny Jackson	1992	PIT	8	13	.381	3.84	1.43	1.26	4.34	0	1	21.60
Mark Clark	1998	CHN	9	14	.391	4.84	1.33	3.35	6.78	0	1	3.00

(How did the 2001 D-Backs win it all anyway?)

Here are the worst by ERA. Again Perez would be the worst and Reyes would make the list:

Pitcher	Yr	Tm	W	L	PCT	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	K-9IP	Post W	Post L	Post ERA
Alex Ferguson	1925	WS1	9	5	.643	6.18	1.81	0.70	3.52	1	1	3.21
Dave Mlicki	2001	HOU	11	11	.500	6.17	1.65	1.31	5.21	0	1	0.00
Hal Gregg	1947	BRO	4	5	.444	5.87	1.63	1.07	5.09	0	1	3.55
Alvin Crowder	1934	DET	9	11	.450	5.75	1.68	1.19	3.71	0	1	1.50
Chad Ogea	1998	CLE	5	4	.556	5.61	1.43	1.72	5.61	0	1	8.10
Chuck Finley	2001	CLE	8	7	.533	5.54	1.46	2.74	7.60	0	2	7.27
Chris Knapp	1979	CAL	5	5	.500	5.51	1.47	1.03	3.31	0	1	7.71
Derek Lowe	2004	BOS	14	12	.538	5.42	1.61	1.48	5.17	3	0	1.86
Bobby Witt	1996	TEX	16	12	.571	5.41	1.66	1.64	7.08	0	0	8.10
Joe Mays	2002	MIN	4	8	.333	5.38	1.45	1.52	3.59	1	1	4.76
Al Nipper	1986	BOS	10	12	.455	5.38	1.47	1.68	4.47	0	1	7.11
Bump Hadley	1937	NYA	11	8	.579	5.30	1.58	0.84	3.53	0	1	33.75
Charles Nagy	1998	CLE	15	10	.600	5.22	1.50	1.82	5.13	1	1	2.55
Brian Anderson	2001	ARI	4	9	.308	5.20	1.40	1.83	3.71	1	1	2.84
Rocky Coppinger	1996	BAL	10	6	.625	5.18	1.49	1.73	7.49	0	1	8.44
Dick Ruthven	1981	PHI	12	7	.632	5.15	1.47	1.48	4.91	0	1	4.50
John Burkett	2003	BOS	12	9	.571	5.15	1.37	2.28	5.30	0	0	7.00
Peter Munro	2004	HOU	4	7	.364	5.15	1.46	2.42	5.69	0	0	9.00
David Wells	1996	BAL	11	14	.440	5.14	1.33	2.55	5.22	2	0	4.43
Jack McDowell	1996	CLE	13	9	.591	5.11	1.46	2.10	6.61	0	0	6.35
John Halama	2000	SEA	14	9	.609	5.08	1.57	1.55	4.70	0	0	2.89
Bobby Jones	2000	NYN	11	6	.647	5.06	1.42	1.73	4.95	1	1	4.50
Bob Turley	1956	NYA	8	4	.667	5.05	1.83	0.88	6.20	0	1	0.82
Scott Erickson	1996	BAL	13	12	.520	5.02	1.48	1.52	4.05	0	1	3.00
Russ Ortiz	2000	SFN	14	12	.538	5.01	1.55	1.49	7.68	0	0	1.69
Bartolo Colon	2004	ANA	18	12	.600	5.01	1.37	2.23	6.83	0	0	4.50

For WHIP, Perez is fourth worst (1.75) and Reyes (1.38) misses the list:

Pitcher	Yr	Tm	W	L	PCT	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	K-9IP	Post W	Post L	Post ERA
Bob Turley	1956	NYA	8	4	.667	5.05	1.83	0.88	6.20	0	1	0.82
Alex Ferguson	1925	WS1	9	5	.643	6.18	1.81	0.70	3.52	1	1	3.21
Dizzy Trout	1940	DET	3	7	.300	4.47	1.78	1.19	5.72	0	1	9.00
Mickey Hughes	1889	BR3	9	8	.529	4.35	1.69	0.63	3.18	1	0	7.71
Alvin Crowder	1934	DET	9	11	.450	5.75	1.68	1.19	3.71	0	1	1.50
Bobby Witt	1996	TEX	16	12	.571	5.41	1.66	1.64	7.08	0	0	8.10
Johnny Podres	1953	BRO	9	4	.692	4.23	1.65	1.28	6.42	0	1	3.38
Dave Mlicki	2001	HOU	11	11	.500	6.17	1.65	1.31	5.21	0	1	0.00
Chris Bosio	1995	SEA	10	8	.556	4.92	1.65	1.23	4.50	0	1	7.62
Kent Mercker	1999	BOS	8	5	.615	4.80	1.64	1.27	5.64	0	1	5.79
Bump Hadley	1936	NYA	14	4	.778	4.35	1.63	0.83	3.83	1	0	1.13
Hal Gregg	1947	BRO	4	5	.444	5.87	1.63	1.07	5.09	0	1	3.55
Lefty Gomez	1936	NYA	13	7	.650	4.39	1.62	0.86	5.01	2	0	4.70
Ewell Blackwell	1952	NYA	4	12	.250	4.73	1.62	0.76	4.19	0	0	7.20
Derek Lowe	2004	BOS	14	12	.538	5.42	1.61	1.48	5.17	3	0	1.86
Tom Zachary	1928	NYA	9	12	.429	4.98	1.61	0.47	1.58	1	0	3.00
Rex Barney	1947	BRO	5	2	.714	4.75	1.61	0.61	4.17	0	1	2.70
Dutch Ruether	1926	NYA	14	9	.609	4.60	1.61	0.67	2.45	0	1	4.15
Bill Hallahan	1934	SLN	8	12	.400	4.26	1.60	1.06	3.87	0	0	2.16
Randy Lerch	1981	ML4	7	9	.438	4.31	1.60	1.23	4.31	1	0	1.50

They fail to qualify for the worst K:BB ratios:

Pitcher	Yr	Tm	W	L	PCT	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	K-9IP	Post W	Post L	Post ERA
Curly Ogden	1924	WS1	9	8	.529	2.83	1.28	0.47	2.01	0	0	0.00
Tom Zachary	1928	NYA	9	12	.429	4.98	1.61	0.47	1.58	1	0	3.00
Emil Yde	1925	PIT	17	9	.654	4.13	1.59	0.55	1.78	0	1	11.57
Hank O'Day	1889	NY1	11	11	.500	4.31	1.57	0.55	2.47	2	0	1.17
Waite Hoyt	1931	PHA	13	13	.500	4.97	1.59	0.58	1.77	0	1	4.50
Rex Barney	1947	BRO	5	2	.714	4.75	1.61	0.61	4.17	0	1	2.70
Mickey Hughes	1889	BR3	9	8	.529	4.35	1.69	0.63	3.18	1	0	7.71
Sam Jones	1918	BOS	16	5	.762	2.25	1.20	0.63	2.15	0	1	3.00
Hugh McQuillan	1922	NY1	11	15	.423	4.06	1.54	0.63	2.23	1	0	3.00
Dutch Ruether	1926	NYA	14	9	.609	4.60	1.61	0.67	2.45	0	1	4.15
Brickyard Kennedy	1903	PIT	9	6	.600	3.45	1.49	0.68	2.80	0	1	5.14
Harry Taylor	1947	BRO	10	5	.667	3.11	1.31	0.70	3.22	0	0	UNDEF
Alex Ferguson	1925	WS1	9	5	.643	6.18	1.81	0.70	3.52	1	1	3.21
Tony Cloninger	1970	CIN	9	7	.563	3.83	1.45	0.72	3.41	0	1	5.84
Tommy Byrne	1949	NYA	15	7	.682	3.72	1.55	0.72	5.92	0	0	2.70
Ken Heintzelman	1950	PHI	3	9	.250	4.09	1.40	0.72	2.80	0	0	1.17
Joe Hatten	1947	BRO	17	8	.680	3.63	1.40	0.72	3.04	0	0	7.00
Freddie Fitzsimmons	1941	BRO	6	1	.857	2.07	1.26	0.73	2.07	0	0	0.00
Gene Bearden	1948	CLE	20	7	.741	2.43	1.28	0.75	3.13	1	0	0.00
Ewell Blackwell	1952	NYA	4	12	.250	4.73	1.62	0.76	4.19	0	0	7.20

Nor do they make the strikeouts-per-nine-innings list:

Pitcher	Yr	Tm	W	L	PCT	ERA	WHIP	K-BB	K-9IP	Post W	Post L	Post ERA
Slim Sallee	1919	CIN	21	7	.750	2.06	1.06	1.20	0.95	1	1	1.35
Carl Mays	1922	NYA	12	14	.462	3.60	1.28	0.82	1.54	0	1	4.50
Tom Zachary	1928	NYA	9	12	.429	4.98	1.61	0.47	1.58	1	0	3.00
Waite Hoyt	1931	PHA	13	13	.500	4.97	1.59	0.58	1.77	0	1	4.50
Emil Yde	1925	PIT	17	9	.654	4.13	1.59	0.55	1.78	0	1	11.57
Carl Mays	1921	NYA	27	9	.750	3.05	1.21	0.92	1.87	1	2	1.73
Lefty Leifield	1909	PIT	19	8	.704	2.37	1.12	0.80	1.92	0	1	11.25
Jim Bagby	1920	CLE	31	12	.721	2.89	1.23	0.92	1.93	1	1	1.80
Bob Caruthers	1887	SL4	29	9	.763	3.30	1.17	1.21	1.95	4	4	2.15
Stubby Overmire	1945	DET	9	9	.500	3.88	1.42	0.86	2.00	0	1	3.00
Tom Zachary	1924	WS1	15	9	.625	2.75	1.24	0.85	2.00	2	0	2.04
Art Nehf	1922	NY1	19	13	.594	3.29	1.30	0.94	2.01	1	0	2.25
Curly Ogden	1924	WS1	9	8	.529	2.83	1.28	0.47	2.01	0	0	0.00
George Mogridge	1924	WS1	16	11	.593	3.76	1.31	0.79	2.03	1	0	2.25
Urban Shocker	1926	NYA	19	11	.633	3.38	1.33	0.83	2.06	0	1	5.87
Freddie Fitzsimmons	1941	BRO	6	1	.857	2.07	1.26	0.73	2.07	0	0	0.00
Pete Alexander	1926	SLN	12	10	.545	3.05	1.11	1.52	2.11	2	0	1.33
Ray Fisher	1919	CIN	14	5	.737	2.17	1.03	1.08	2.12	0	1	2.35
Sam Jones	1918	BOS	16	5	.762	2.25	1.20	0.63	2.15	0	1	3.00
Babe Ruth	1918	BOS	13	7	.650	2.22	1.05	0.82	2.16	2	0	1.06

Comments

2006-10-15 23:57:03

1. Xeifrank

Oliver Perez was 2-10 as a Pirate this year. Yes, he was pretty bad ... but keep in mind he was bad on a terrible team for most of the year. Also, if it weren't for the rainout and the loss of the travel day, I don't believe either of these two pitchers would be seeing the light of day. vr, Xei

2006-10-16 17:39:39

2. graciebarn

And then there was that 3-21 guy in the World Series two years later...whatever happened to him again?

2006-10-16 18:16:22

3. Mike Carminati

Larsen was 3-21 in 1954 with the 54-100 O's. He didn't play in the postseason until 1955 and '56 was of course his perfect game. But none of that happened in '54. I don't get your point.

2006-10-17 04:41:23

4. graciebarn

More of a joke, hence the "two years later".

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