Game 4: you want bad starts, you got bad starts

 TBS made a point of just how similar Game 4 starters Randy Wolf and Joe Saunders were this season with:

• Record
• Wolf 13-10
• Saunders 12-13
• ERA
• Wolf 3.69
• Saunders 3.69
• IP
• Wolf 212.1
• Saunders 212.0
• Hits
• Wolf 214
• Saunders 210
• WHIP
• Wolf 1.32
• Saunders 1.31
• Earned Runs
• Wolf 87
• Saunders 87

Ok you get the point.  The most important stat coming out of game 4:

• Game 4 IP
• Wolf 3.0
• Saunders 3.0

Yeah that's bad.

Ok so how often has that happened*:



Well technically a week ago but that was because of weather also 2005 ALDS on a Bartolo Colon injury.  Wednesday's game was the first NL playoff game since the 2001 NLCS and only other NL playoff game.

Aside from those 2 it has now happened a total of 15 times in #postseason history....here they are along with their horrible WPA's...notice Wolf 's is the worst

• 10/5/11 NLDS
• Randy Wolf
• -.505(!!)
• Joe Saunders
• -.117 
• 10/16/04 ALCS
• Kevin Brown
• -.276
• Bronson Arroyo
• -.420 
• 10/20/01 NLCS
• Albie Lopez
• -.044
• Greg Maddux (!)
• -.440
• 10/10/99  ALDS
• Bartolo Colon
• -.477
• Kent Mercker
• -.120
• 9/30/88  ALDS
• Tim Wakefield
• -.305
• Dwight Gooden
• -.186
• 10/8/88  ALCS
• Mike Boddicker
• -.438
• Bob Welch
• -.348
•  10/24/81 WS
• Rick Reuschel
• -.155
• Bob Welch
• -.259
• 10/13/76  (I remember it well....I was a month old) ALCS
• Larry Gura
• -.149
• Catfish Hunter
• -.371
•  10/9/61 WS
• Ralph Terry
• -.086
• Joey Jay
• -.247
•  10/5/57 WS
• Bob Turley
• -.082
• Bob Buhl
• -.268
• 10/5/56  WS
• Don Larsen (he did better in game 5)
• -.010
• Don Newcombe
• -.366
• 10/5/47 WS
• Vic Lombardi
• -.062
• Allie Reynolds
• -.284
• 10/2/32 WS
• Johnny Allen
• -.355
• Guy Bush
• -.182
• 10/11/21 WS
• Fred Toney
• -.225
• Harry Harper
• -.211
• 10/7/21  WS
• Bob Shawkey
• -.182
• Fred Toney
• -.265

 

 *strictly on IP, includes pitchers that made it to the 4th but did not record an out


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