OT - best pitcher regular season / worst pitcher post season?

[GaryPassamonte]

Kershaw shouldn't be the only scapegoat for the series loss. He had a bad 2 batter pitching line at a bad time. There were many subpar performances by Dodger position players. How about Seager and Bellinger? They sure didn't light it up. And, of course, let's not forget the epic futility of Pollack. Going 0-14 with 12 Ks must be a record. Or was it 0-13 with 11 Ks. This was a team loss. The Dodgers remind me of the 1990s Buffalo Bills. They were great in the regular season, but proved too "soft" to win the championship. I'm afraid the Dodgers may be a "soft" team. Since I'm a lifelong Dodger fan, seeing all this transpire hurts.

[Tripredacus]

Prior to 2018 my vote would be for David Price.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...riceda01.shtml

[the-illini]

Kershaw has 9 playoff starts with at least 6 innings and 0 or 1 run.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by the-illini

Kershaw has 9 playoff starts with at least 6 innings and 0 or 1 run.

Any pitcher has great stats if you cherry pick his best games.
What's Kershaw's post season career ERA? 4.43.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Any pitcher has great stats if you cherry pick his best games.
What's Kershaw's post season career ERA? 4.43.

And Koufax’s was .95 and he pitched complete game shutouts in games 5 and 7 of the 1965 WS — on two days rest. I hope the comparisons between he and Kershaw are finished.

[mr2686]

How would Koufax fare against today's players?...He could go out anytime and pitch a 5 hit shutout. Why would he give up 5 hits, well, he is 83 after all. LOL

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Any pitcher has great stats if you cherry pick his best games.
What's Kershaw's post season career ERA? 4.43.

I see it both ways, sometimes he was great, oftentimes bombed. But given two four run leads in a game that would have won them the WS, he coughed it up twice against the Astros. Hard to defend him at this point.

[Shoeless Moe]

Would love to see Scherzer & Verlander (former teammates with Detroit) face off in Game 7 of the World Series.....and both be on.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

Would love to see Scherzer & Verlander (former teammates with Detroit) face off in Game 7 of the World Series.....and both be on.

+1

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by calvindog

I see it both ways, sometimes he was great, oftentimes bombed. But given two four run leads in a game that would have won them the WS, he coughed it up twice against the Astros. Hard to defend him at this point.

I would bet you could take any mediocre pitcher and find a decent number of games he pitched very well.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I would bet you could take any mediocre pitcher and find a decent number of games he pitched very well.

According to Garrison Keillor all the pitchers in Lake Wobegon are above average every time they pitch.

[Bigdaddy]

Randy Johnson was 7-9 in the postseason, 3.50 ERA.

Only once did he make a WS appearance in eight years in the playoffs.

Not making excuses for Kershaw (he's certainly choked several times), but if you watch the games he's started, I believe his managers have left him in too long many times. Staying with their 'ace' even when he was struggling.

So three of the best pitchers in recent memory, and what do we have for post season records:

Maddux 11-14
Unit 7-9
Kershaw 9-11