Wood vs Burly

[Hall7810]

I would probably have to go with Wood on this one. Buehrle probably faced the stronger line up, but Wood was filthy that day.

 

What I think is even more impressive is the fact that Buehrle's next start he went into the 6th with a perfect game as well.

 

Yeah, that's not true.

[UMFan83]

Buehrle probably faced the stronger line up, but Wood was filthy that day.

 

Hmm... I doubt it. Houston went 102-60 that year and led the NL in runs scored by a decent margin.

[Guest]

Buehrle probably faced the stronger line up, but Wood was filthy that day.

 

Hmm... I doubt it. Houston went 102-60 that year and led the NL in runs scored by a decent margin.

 

It's probably about even.

 

Houston scored 5.4 runs per game with a line of .280/.356/.436/.792.

 

Tampa Bay averaged 4.96 runs per game with a line of .263/.343/.439/.782.

 

Houston scored almost half a run more per game but the batting lines were very similar.

[Guest]

As far as they could control their actions as a pitcher, Wood threw a perfect game that day. Of course that's more impressive.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I would probably have to go with Wood on this one. Buehrle probably faced the stronger line up, but Wood was filthy that day.

 

What I think is even more impressive is the fact that Buehrle's next start he went into the 6th with a perfect game as well.

 

Not trying to one up or anything, but Wood had an awesome beginning to his next game as well. Unfortunately, he left with injury IIRC.

 

Don't believe so. He went 7 innings and struck out 13, allowing one run on a homer to some bad catcher.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI199805110.shtml

 

Apparently the bad catcher was Kelly Stinnett.

[UMFan83]

Buehrle probably faced the stronger line up, but Wood was filthy that day.

 

Hmm... I doubt it. Houston went 102-60 that year and led the NL in runs scored by a decent margin.

 

It's probably about even.

 

Houston scored 5.4 runs per game with a line of .280/.356/.436/.792.

 

Tampa Bay averaged 4.96 runs per game with a line of .263/.343/.439/.782.

 

Houston scored almost half a run more per game but the batting lines were very similar.

 

I was going to argue that Houston has the edge because they were an NL team with pitchers ABs brining down that line (and I believe Shane Reynolds was a notably bad hitter at that point in his career). But then I realized that the 98 Houston team was in the heart of the steroid era, making their statline slightly less impressive.

[David]

That still wouldn't make them any less difficult to face, though.

[Pushfrog98]

Buehrle probably faced the stronger line up, but Wood was filthy that day.

 

Hmm... I doubt it. Houston went 102-60 that year and led the NL in runs scored by a decent margin.

 

It's probably about even.

 

Houston scored 5.4 runs per game with a line of .280/.356/.436/.792.

 

Tampa Bay averaged 4.96 runs per game with a line of .263/.343/.439/.782.

 

Houston scored almost half a run more per game but the batting lines were very similar.

 

I was going to argue that Houston has the edge because they were an NL team with pitchers ABs brining down that line (and I believe Shane Reynolds was a notably bad hitter at that point in his career). But then I realized that the 98 Houston team was in the heart of the steroid era, making their statline slightly less impressive.

Plus, this is the only time that Batting Average is actually THE important stat... You're talking about someone getting a hit. Any hit, not extra bases.

[Mark Priors Calves]

I appreciate the effort of "sanclementefan" to start this discussion over at WSI.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Plus, this is the only time that Batting Average is actually THE important stat... You're talking about someone getting a hit. Any hit, not extra bases.

Or OBP because we're talking about someone getting on base. Hit or walk.

[Guest]

I appreciate the effort of "sanclementefan" to start this discussion over at WSI.

They have an interestingly different perspective.

 

I particularly like the comment: "The perfect game was better. It was perfect." (or something like that)

[NCCubFan]

I appreciate the effort of "sanclementefan" to start this discussion over at WSI.

I vaguely recall a cubs.com poster with that user name back in the day. :D

[Guest]

I appreciate the effort of "sanclementefan" to start this discussion over at WSI.

I vaguely recall a cubs.com poster with that user name back in the day. :D

At least I'm not hiding. :)

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Can you be so kind as to drop a link to that thread? I'd hate to have to look for it myself considering I have no clue what WSI is.

[Guest]

Can you be so kind as to drop a link to that thread? I'd hate to have to look for it myself considering I have no clue what WSI is.

http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=118771

[AlwaysaCub]

Interesting to note that Stone was in the booth for both games. How many other people do you think saw both games in person?

[erik316wttn]

This thread got me all nostalgic. I just watched the 20K game again this morning, fast-forwarding through the Cubs at bats and strictly focusing on Wood's performance.

 

Shane Reynolds was very good that day too. 1 ER through 8 IP in the CG loss.

[SouthSideRyan]

I appreciate the effort of "sanclementefan" to start this discussion over at WSI.

They have an interestingly different perspective.

 

I particularly like the comment: "The perfect game was better. It was perfect." (or something like that)

 

Are you surprised? Beyond them being White Sox fans, I seem to recall WSI being very anti-stat

[UMFan83]

Interesting to note that Stone was in the booth for both games. How many other people do you think saw both games in person?

 

Possibly a few fans, but I think the majority of people who could have seen both would be the media, probably newspaper/radio beat reporters who switched beats from Cubs to Sox or whatnot

[SouthSideRyan]

Interesting to note that Stone was in the booth for both games. How many other people do you think saw both games in person?

 

Possibly a few fans, but I think the majority of people who could have seen both would be the media, probably newspaper/radio beat reporters who switched beats from Cubs to Sox or whatnot

 

Pretty sure they were both day games too. And Wood's was in really crappy weather

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I also recall the attendance at the Wood game was in the 15K range

[erik316wttn]

Interesting to note that Stone was in the booth for both games. How many other people do you think saw both games in person?

 

Possibly a few fans, but I think the majority of people who could have seen both would be the media, probably newspaper/radio beat reporters who switched beats from Cubs to Sox or whatnot

 

Pretty sure they were both day games too. And Wood's was in really crappy weather

 

Yes. It rained quite hard for about 2 innings. Had Kerry not been flirting with history at the time, i think the umps would have called a rain delay.

[jersey cubs fan]

I also recall the attendance at the Wood game was in the 15K range

 

Yeah, it was a cold wet weekday in May I believe. They didn't start selling out the stadium until late that season. I can't remember if I heard the end of the game on WFAN picking up the signal or if ESPN picked it up late. Later that season WFAN kept picking up Sosa at bats when he was approaching the record.

[Old Style]

This thread got me all nostalgic. I just watched the 20K game again this morning, fast-forwarding through the Cubs at bats and strictly focusing on Wood's performance.

 

Shane Reynolds was very good that day too. 1 ER through 8 IP in the CG loss.

He K'd 10 batters, including the first 3 he faced.

[Old Style]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN199805060.shtml