Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : Random Record of the Week #18

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Chicago Cubs	82	50	.621	C1
2	Philadelphia	73	59	.553	E1
3	Arizona	68	64	.515	W1
4	Milwaukee	77	55	.583	C2
5T	St. Louis	73	60	.549	C3
5T	New York Mets	73	60	.549	E2
7	Florida	67	65	.508	E3
8	Houston	66	66	.5	C4
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	65	67	.492	W2
10	Colorado	62	71	.466	W3
11	San Francisco	58	73	.443	W4
12T	Cincinnati	58	74	.439	C5
12T	Atlanta	58	74	.439	E4
14	Pittsburgh	57	75	.432	C6
15	San Diego	50	82	.379	W5
16	Washington	47	85	.356	E5

American League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	80	51	.611	W1
2	Tampa Bay	79	51	.608	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	76	56	.576	C1
4	Boston	76	55	.58	E2
5	Minnesota	74	58	.561	C2
6	New York Yankees	70	61	.534	E3
7	Toronto	68	63	.519	E4
8T	Texas	65	68	.489	W2
8T	Cleveland	64	67	.489	C3
10	Detroit	64	68	.485	C4
11	Baltimore	62	70	.47	E5
12	Oakland	60	72	.455	W3
13	Kansas City	56	76	.424	C5
14	Seattle	50	82	.379	W4

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Random Record of the Week #18

2007-07-30 04:00

by Bob Timmermann

Page 338 – Most consecutive errorless games by a pitcher in ALCS play – Mariano Rivera, 25 games

One of the more deceptive records in baseball is consecutive errorless games by a pitcher, as the record is dominated by relief pitchers, especially closers, who come in for one inning most of the time and get a lot of strikeouts.

So Rivera's spotless fielding in the ALCS is not exactly the first thing that comes to mind about Rivera in postseason play. In 73 postseason appearances, Rivera has made only one error and he saved it for the worst possible time unfortunately, the ninth of Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. That is also the only postseason loss for Rivera. Presently, Rivera has made only six errors in the regular season and none in the Division Series.

But in the ALCS, Rivera has been flawless in the field. However, in his 25 ALCS appearances, Rivera has only had 21 chances, 10 assists and 11 putouts. He's also participated in two double plays, one in Game 1 of the 1999 ALCS and the other Game 1 of the 2004 ALCS.

There's also only one been one runner to steal a base against Rivera in the ALCS, Dave Roberts in Game 4 of the ALCS. I believe that ended up being important. Something was written about it somewhere. Johnny Damon, however, was caught stealing in Game 5 of the ALCS.

Rivera's most important numbers in ALCS play remain these: 38 2/3 innings pitched, 25 games, 10 saves, 4 wins, 0 losses, 28 hits allowed and 5 walks allowed to 145 batters, and 29 strikeouts, and just 4 earned runs allowed (one each in 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004) for an ERA of 0.93.

Jeff Nelson has the second longest streak among pitchers in the ALCS at 19 consecutive errorless games. He handled four chances in those 19 games. Tom Glavine has not made an error in 17 NLCS games and none in any of his 35 postseason games over 53 chances.

Sources: Retrosheet, Baseball-Reference.com, Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book

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