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Kershaw may be the worst, but Pedro Martinez, Greg Maddux and Randy Johnson all were worse in the postseason than regular season, just to pick a few. When picking for one game, I want the guy who has done it, Matty, over the one we don't know, Wajo. Johnson may have been great if given the opportunity to pitch World Series in his prime, but Matty was great in the World Series. Some players choke under pressure, such as Kershaw, others perform better. Matty was one who pitched better in the spotlight. |
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No question
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Walter, and all I need is one run.
After that Alexander, Walsh, and Bender. Matty was a great pitcher, but he also lost some big games, and Waddell was too erratic. I'd consider Brown over either of them, actually. |
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Mathewson's post season record was 5-5, just for context. He was 2-5 after his incomparable '05 series.
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He had a great World Series ERA of under 1, but he did lose the 1908 "playoff" game to Brown, and the final game of the 1912 Series, so when I think of a guy to win a big game, he's not at the top of my list, despite his obvious greatness and general dependability.
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In 1912, he pitched 3 complete games, giving up 3 earned runs in 28.2 innings, but went 0-2 because his defense allowed 8 unearned runs. In the deciding game, Matty had the Giants in position to win, but a dropped fly and dropped pop up, cost the Giants the game. Over his career, his defense gave up as many unearned runs, 11 as Matty gave up earned ones. |
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Hey, you just pretty much described Walter Johnson's career.
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That and the famous matchup with Brown at the end of the 1908 season were two huge do-or-die games Matty lost. |
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Ed Cicote because at least if lose the game we will make money
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From 1905 through 1916, which blankets the T206 era, there were 4 do-or-die games where the Giants needed to win to survive. Matty lost 3 of them - the final games that lost the 1912 and 1913 World Series, and the final game that lost the 1908 pennant. Ames lost the last game of the 1911 Series, Game 6, after Matty won Game 1 and lost Games 3 and 4... |
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It would be Rube Marquard, no doubt.
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Walter Johnson, of course! BTW, 4 of the runs off WaJo in game 7 of the 1925 W.S. were unearned, due to errors resulting from the sloppy condition of the field.
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Post season records, for the most part, don't tell you very much. There just aren't enough games to be able to sort the signal from the noise. There's a lot of luck in baseball, and it takes lots of games to be able to figure out what is the effect of luck and what is really under the player's control. If you want to take them into consideration, combine them with regular season performance.
Raw WAR numbers don't help here, since they could reflect differences in the number of innings pitched (and we're only interested in one game). But something like WAR/games started might be helpful. WaJo has 0.23 WAR per start. Matty has 0.17 WAR per start. I'll take Johnson. Matty was great and all, but he tends to be over rated. He wasn't as good of a pitcher as Pete Alexander: they had identical ERA+s, Pete pitched 400 more innings, and has a significant lead in WAR. And both Matty and Alexander are a big step behind WaJo. |
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Smoky Joe Wood in 1912, but any other year I would say Mr. Johnson.
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