A Deeper Look into the Yankee's Record

All season I have seen the Yankees do a pretty good job at picking eachother up when one guy has a bad day, but just how well have they been able to pick one another up? I decided to take a look at the game log and see what the yankees record was when each player did not recieve a hit in a game they appeared in.

*Note: These stats do NOT exclude games where a player only had one AB in the game.

Yankees common lineup and record when each player did not record a hit:

1) Derek Jeter: 16-13
2) Johnny Damon: 15-23
3) Mark Teixeira: 18-18
4) Alex Rodriguez: 16-14
5) Hideki Matsui: 31-17
6) Jorge Posada: 13-21
7) Robinson Cano: 17-19

8) Nick Swisher: 29-20
9) Melky Cabrera: 36-17

Nothing here is a big shocker. The players who are known to be more valuable to winning are the ones where when they dont hit the Yankee's record is close to .500. It's quite impressive to see Jeter only playing in 29 games where he didn't record a hit since he has appeared in 134 games this season. Maybe the most interesting is the fact the Yankees have the lowest win percentage when Posada and Damon dont record hits. The only evaluation I can give there is Damon is the Yankees leader in runs scored and batting 6th Posada has a lot of ABs with men on base so his bad game tend to be very detrimental to the team. Either way it shows just how many of the starters are extremely valuable to the Yankee's success.

MLB's Chinese Calendar: Summer of the Carpenter

How good of a Summer is Chris Carpenter having you ask? Well he is on the same team as baseball' best hitter, Albert Pujols, and the league leader in wins, Adam Wainwright, and yet neither has been the best player on the team since July 1st. That title belongs to Chris Carpenter.


Since July 1st Carpenter is 11-0 with a 1.97 ERA, and add to that 2 CG and 1 SHO the man has been unstoppable in the Summer sun. With a 16-3 record and a 2.16 ERA he has all but sured up his case for NL CY Young, the award which since about April 15th was already being handed to Tim Lincecum. The two starts in which he didnt factor into the decision the Cards did lose but in both outings Carpenter only allowed 2 runs to score. This brings up another discussion though. Is it possible the Cardinals are the only NL team that can beat an AL team in the WS this season?

Granted the Phillies won it all last year, but they defeated the scrappy Rays who dont have a makeup of say the Angels or Yankees. Theres also the Dodgers but there questionable starting pitchers and the over use of their relievers could spell elimination. The Cardinals have 2 CY Young canidates leading there starters and very reliable pitchers after that in Pineiro and Smoltz (although Smoltz will not dominate the AL as he has NL). The hitting is no joke either with NL MVP Albert Pujols in the lineup along with Ludwick, Molina, Rasmus, Schumaker, and key midseason additions Matt Holliday and Julio Lugo. There closer, Ryan Franklin, has put up numbers comparible to what Brad Lidge did last season, and there other relieves such as Reyes, McClellan, and Miller have been lights out. People may talk about there weak division, but they are playing consistently no matter who they face up against. No matter how it shapes up these Cards will definitely be fun to watch come postseason baseball, and you never know this just may be The Year of the Cardinal.

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