Cliff Lee’s nine innings with no earned runs in World Series game one pushed him to the top of a list:
No writer should ever have to say this, but Cliff Lee’s performance in these playoffs has transcended words. His 0.54 ERA is the lowest ever recorded by a pitcher with 30 or more postseason innings. That’s right, the lowest in the history of this sport, which has been played since the presidency of Chester A. Arthur.
He moves ahead of Mariano Rivera, who owns a 0.77 post season ERA in 128 innings. There are five other pitchers under 1.00, but all but Sandy Koufax were dead ball era pitchers, including Babe Ruth (0.87 ERA).
Posted by David Pinto at 9:04 am | Pitchers, Post Season | Permalink | 2 Comments
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October 29th, 2009 @ 12:13 pm
“No writer should ever have to say this, but Cliff Lee’s performance in these playoffs has transcended words.”
No writer should be able to say that.
October 29th, 2009 @ 2:10 pm
I think Mo’s ERA in 128 innings is much more impressive than Lee’s slightly lower ERA in ONE postseason, which has amounted to a 1/4th of the innings. Good for him for having 4 amazing starts, but anyone can run into a hot streak. Mo’s hotstreak has (essentially) lasted his whole career.