World Series Recap

World Series Recap

            What a crazy and fun World Series this year!  For the first time in recent memory we had the 2 statistically best teams in the AL and NL in the World Series.  This was one of the best-matched World Series in years where both teams had very identical skills in strength and weaknesses making it fun to watch.  Boston actually looked like it was going to have issues early when they just couldn’t stop the Errors from happening.  One leading to one of the most interesting and controversial endings where we had the game won on an obstruction call.  After looking many times that call was spot on (check rule 2.00 if you don’t believe me) and while it didn’t matter in the end I’m sure would have been the rallying cry for Boston fans and Boston to protest.  But instead it became their rallying cry and won the rest of the way and even had the game end on a pickoff the next game out.  St. Louis had issues hitting consistently after the first 3 games and slowly allowed Boston to come back.  In the end the pitching and the hitting determined the series, the pitching for Boston was shutting down St. Louis and Boston’s hitting became timelier never allowing the Cardinals to get back into the series.  This was a fantastic series and I hope we can see more like it in the future, this is why we love baseball.

Boston Red Sox: Hitting

AVG	RISP	OBP	SLG	OPS	GPA	BABIP	SB%	K%	BB%	K/BB
.211	.250	.291	.330	.621	.213	.336	100%	27%	10%	2.8

Pitching

ERA	WHIP	FIP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	GB/FB	HR/FB
1.86	1.09	2.68	4.8	4.4	3.3	.87	3%

St. Louis Cardinals: Hitting

AVG	RISP	OBP	SLG	OPS	GPA	BABIP	SB%	K%	BB%	K/BB
.224	.214	.272	.279	.550	.192	.306	100%	20%	6%	3.3

Pitching

ERA	WHIP	FIP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	GB/FB	HR/FB
4.15	1.19	3.08	6.6	2.3	3.1	.92	8%