Posted August 17, 200520 yr comment_3191188 I spotted this piece that I had jotted down in a notebook, and a figured I would type it out. What player has contributed the most wins to his franchise? Baltimore Orioles: Cal Ripken (427). Boston Red Sox: Ted Williams (555). Chicago White Sox: Luke Appling (378). Frank Thomas is a close second, with 362 win shares. Given Thomas' injury history, he is probably going to fall short. Thomas was more of an impact player while Appling was good for a long time. Cleveland Indians: Napolean Lajoie (345). Tris Speaker is second with 338. Detroit Tigers: Ty Cobb (688). No other player has earned more win shares for a single franchise. Kansas City Royals: George Brett (432). No one is challenging this one as win shares require wins first. Los Angeles Angels: Tim Salmon (228). Within a season, differences of up to three win shares are negligable. With that in mind, if you wanted to argue the case for Brian Downing (225), you might be right. Salmon's career looks over for all intents, but he leaves as the franchise leader in slugging percentage, OPS, runs scored, total bases, home runs, RBIs, walks, strikeouts, Adjusted OPS, runs created, extra base hits, and sacrifice flies. In addition, he hit .346/.452/.615 in the 2002 World Series. Minnesota Twins: Walter Johnson (560). If you prefer, Harmon Killebrew leads the franchise since the move with 320. New York Yankees: Babe Ruth (574). You may have heard of him. Oakland Athletics: Ricket Henderson (338). Not many people might guess Henderson, but only Lefty Grove (308) is even close. Seattle Mariners: Edgar Martinez (305). Felix Hernandez has his work cut out for him. Tampa Bay Devil Rays: Aubrey Huff (72 and counting). Texas Rangers: Ivan Rodriguez and Rafael Palmeiro (tied with 228). Toronto Blue Jays: Carlos Delgado (212). Delgado edged Dave Stieb (210) before departing for Miami. Arizona Diamondbacks: Luis Gonzalez (168 and counting). Atlanta Braves: Hank Aaron (629). Chicago Cubs: Cap Anson (381). Cincinnati Reds: Pete Rose (458). Colorado Rockies: Todd Helton (197). Helton passed Larry Walker (187) this season. Florida Marlins: Luis Castillo (132 and counting). This is the interesting franchise as Mike Lowell led Castillo by a single win share before the season. As of August 14, Castillo leads by seven. Houston Astros: Craig Biggio (411 and counting). I hope the Hall of Fame voters are paying attention. No player with more than 400 win shares has been passed over for induction. Los Angeles Dodgers: Zach Wheat (373). Willie Davis leads the post-Brooklyn version with 270. Milwaukee Brewers: Robin Yount (423). New York Mets: Tom Seaver (266). Philadelphia Phillies: Mike Schmidt (467). Pittsburgh Pirates: Honus Wagner (598). St. Louis Cardinals: Stan Musial (604). San Diego Padres: Tony Gwynn (398). San Francisco Giants: Willie Mays (626). Washington Nationals: Tim Raines (268). Nick Johnson leads the post-Montreal era with 21.
August 17, 200520 yr Author comment_3191331 Where does Barry rank in all time Giants win shares? Funny you should ask as I considered posting that. Bonds ranks third with 463 win shares, behind Mays and Mel Ott (528). Christy Mathewson ranks fourth with 425 win shares, and that doesn't count his 0.97 ERA in 11 postseason starts. On a side note, Mathewson's World Series stats are interesting. In those 11 starts, he's 5-5. Many of you doubtlessly know that Mathewson tossed three shutouts in the 1905 World Series. That makes him 2-5 the rest of the way. Let's take a closer look. In 1911, Mathewson and the Giants won game one 2-1. In game three, Mathewson battled the Athletics to a 1-1 tie until the 11th inning, when the Athletics scored two runs, ultimately winning 3-2. After a one week layoff, Mathewson pitched game 4, giving up four runs in a 4-2 loss. The Giants scored six runs total in Mathewson's three starts. In 1912, Mathewson gave up six runs in game two, ALL unearned. That way the game ended inexplicably by darkness after 11 innings with the game tied. Mathewson pitched game five, losing 2-1. Mathewson pitched the eighth and deciding game, losing again this time on Snodgrass's infamous fielding error. In 1913, Mathewson shut-out the Athletics 3-0 in game two (the only way he could ever win). Mathewson lost game 5 3-1, and that was the series. So of five World Series victories for Matty, four were shutouts. Mathewson completed 10 of his 11 starts, coming out only in game 4 of the 1911 World Series for a pinch hitter.
August 17, 200520 yr comment_3191961 Ok... Al, you really need to be the occasional weird stats guy that ESPN has on sometimes. Yesterday, they had some guy who's job is recording every home run in baseball history.
August 18, 200520 yr Author comment_3200226 I just got the Mathewson info from some quick browsing of Retrosheet. It's nothing a baseball fan can not locate quickly.
August 18, 200520 yr comment_3200299 To further Al... 1911 - Game 1: 9 IP, 6 HA, 1 ER, 5 K, 1 BB - Game 3: 11 IP, 9 HA, 1 ER (3 R), 3 K, 0 BB, 1 HRA - Game 4: 7 IP, 10 HA, 4 ER, 5 K, 1 BB Series Totals: 27 IP, 25 HA, 6 ER, 13 K, 2 BB, 1 HRA 1912 - Game 2: 11 IP, 10 HA, 0 ER (6 R), 4 K, 0 BB - Game 5: 8 IP, 5 HA, 2 ER, 2 K, 0 BB - Game 8: 9.2 IP, 8 HA, 1 ER (3 R), 4 K, 5 BB Series Totals: 28.2 IP, 23 HA, 3 ER, 10 K, 5 BB 1913 - Game 2: 10 IP, 8 HA, 0 ER, 5 K, 1 BB - Game 5: 9 IP, 6 HA, 2 ER (3 R), 2 K, 1 BB Series Totals: 19 IP, 14 HA, 2 ER, 7 K, 2 BB Totals: 74.2 IP, 62 HA, 11 ER, 30 K (3.64 K/9), 9 BB (1.09 BB/9), and 1 HRA (0.12 HRA)
August 18, 200520 yr comment_3200592 I was mainly doing the 1911-1913 series since you spotlighted those in your post.
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