Who would you want on the mound T206 era in clutch game?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Mathewson's post season record was 5-5, just for context. He was 2-5 after his incomparable '05 series.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Mathewson's post season record was 5-5, just for context. He was 2-5 after his incomparable '05 series.

He had a great World Series ERA of under 1, but he did lose the 1908 "playoff" game to Brown, and the final game of the 1912 Series, so when I think of a guy to win a big game, he's not at the top of my list, despite his obvious greatness and general dependability.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Mathewson's post season record was 5-5, just for context. He was 2-5 after his incomparable '05 series.

He gave up less than one run per nine innings. Is it his fault that he didn't get support at the bat or in the field? He was 1-5 in games that he didn't shut out the opponent.
In 1912, he pitched 3 complete games, giving up 3 earned runs in 28.2 innings, but went 0-2 because his defense allowed 8 unearned runs. In the deciding game, Matty had the Giants in position to win, but a dropped fly and dropped pop up, cost the Giants the game. Over his career, his defense gave up as many unearned runs, 11 as Matty gave up earned ones.

[the 'stache]

Hey, you just pretty much described Walter Johnson's career.

Originally Posted by rats60

He gave up less than one run per nine innings. Is it his fault that he didn't get support at the bat or in the field?

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by rats60

In the deciding game, Matty had the Giants in position to win, but a dropped fly and dropped pop up, cost the Giants the game. Over his career, his defense gave up as many unearned runs, 11 as Matty gave up earned ones.

Matty had a 1-run lead going into the bottom of the 10th inning of the final game. With one out, all he has to do is take charge and either catch Speaker's pop foul himself, or do the logical thing and call for Merkle to take it. Instead he called for Meyers (possibly the slowest-footed player in baseball) and Chief couldn't quite get to it. For Merkle or Matty it would've been an easy out. Speaker then supposedly calls out to Matty something like: "You just called for the wrong man and now it's going to cost you this ballgame," before singling in the tying run and advancing the eventual winning run to third.

That and the famous matchup with Brown at the end of the 1908 season were two huge do-or-die games Matty lost.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Ed Cicote because at least if lose the game we will make money

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Matty had a 1-run lead going into the bottom of the 10th inning of the final game. With one out, all he has to do is take charge and either catch Speaker's pop foul himself, or do the logical thing and call for Merkle to take it. Instead he called for Meyers (possibly the slowest-footed player in baseball) and Chief couldn't quite get to it. For Merkle or Matty it would've been an easy out. Speaker then supposedly calls out to Matty something like: "You just called for the wrong man and now it's going to cost you this ballgame," before singling in the tying run and advancing the eventual winning run to third.

That and the famous matchup with Brown at the end of the 1908 season were two huge do-or-die games Matty lost.

Matty's biggest mistake in that game came on the previous hitter. He walked the light-hitting Steve Yerkes, putting the winning run on base, and bringing up Speaker (who hit .383 that year).

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by Sean

Matty's biggest mistake in that game came on the previous hitter. He walked the light-hitting Steve Yerkes, putting the winning run on base, and bringing up Speaker (who hit .383 that year).

Excellent point! Matty and his great control missed with 4 pitches to walk the guy ahead of Speaker, who turned out to be the winning run.

From 1905 through 1916, which blankets the T206 era, there were 4 do-or-die games where the Giants needed to win to survive. Matty lost 3 of them - the final games that lost the 1912 and 1913 World Series, and the final game that lost the 1908 pennant.

Ames lost the last game of the 1911 Series, Game 6, after Matty won Game 1 and lost Games 3 and 4...

[7nohitter]

It would be Rube Marquard, no doubt.

[ValKehl]

Walter Johnson, of course! BTW, 4 of the runs off WaJo in game 7 of the 1925 W.S. were unearned, due to errors resulting from the sloppy condition of the field.
Val