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0 -- Trips to the World Series made by the Mariners since their inception in 1977. Seven other teams have never played in the Fall Classic -- the Astros, Rangers, Angels, D'backs, Rockies, Expos and Devil Rays. |
Derek Jeter is the all-time postseason hits leader.
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.333 -- Seattle second baseman Bret Boone's career postseason batting average (26-for-78) before going 2-for-21 in the first round against Cleveland. |
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.367 -- Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams' career LCS batting average (22-for-60), trailing only Mickey Rivers (.386), Pete Rose (.381) and Dusty Baker (.371). |
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.600 -- Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki's batting average (12-for-20) in the first round against Cleveland, tying Luis Alicea's 1995 record for highest average in a Division Series. |
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1 -- Losses by the Yankees in nine trips to the ALCS. Kansas City swept New York 3-0 in 1980, but the Yankees emerged victorious in 1976-78, '81, '96 and '98-'00. |
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2 -- Victories by Roger Clemens in eight ALCS starts, compared to three losses. His ALCS ERA is 4.10, one run higher than his regular-season ERA. Clemens' teams have won three of his five trips to the ALCS. |
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4 -- Teams that have led the American League in batting average, ERA and fielding percentage in a season -- the 1906 Indians, '10 A's, '48 Indians and this year's Mariners. The 1910 A's and '48 Indians went on to win the World Series. |
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6 -- RBIs needed by New York's David Justice to tie Steve Garvey for most in LCS history with 21. |
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7.84 -- Seattle reliever Jeff Nelson's ERA in 13 ALCS appearances, compared to 0.92 in 16 Division Series games and 2.25 in 13 World Series outings. |
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9-6 -- The record of the team with the home field advantage since the ALCS went to a best-of-seven format in 1985. |
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10 -- Teams in history which have led a league in runs scored, fewest runs allowed and fewest errors committed, including this year's Mariners. The previous nine teams were the 1906 Cubs, '11 A's, '17 Giants, '39 and '42 Yankees, '44 and '46 Cardinals, '68 Tigers and '88 Mets. All nine of them appeared in the postseason, with five winning the World Series. |
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13 1/3 -- Scoreless innings pitched by Mariners relievers Kazuhiro Sasaki, Arthur Rhodes, John Halama, Norm Charlton and Nelson in the Division Series defeat of the Indians. |
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14 -- Scoreless innings pitched by Yankees relievers Mariano Rivera, Ramiro Mendoza and Mike Stanton in the Division Series defeat of the A's. |
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37 -- AL pennants won by the Yankees. The Athletics have the second-most AL pennants with 15. |
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87 -- Career postseason hits by Derek Jeter, the all-time record. The Yankees shortstop passed previous leader Pete Rose with two hits in Game 5 against the A's on Monday. Rose compiled his 86 hits in 67 games; Jeter has played in 66 games. |
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7,500 -- Miles the Yankees have flown the past four days -- 2,552 from New York to Oakland for Games 3 and 4 of the Division Series, another 2,552 back to New York for Game 5, and 2,396 from New York to Seattle for Game 1 of the ALCS. |
