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NO STAT IS SAFE. NO ERA IS FORGOTTEN.
VOL. 1, NO. 46 · JANUARY 11, 2027 · EVERY MONDAY
ISSUE #046 · MODERN
Madison Bumgarner — 2014
World Series And The
Greatest Postseason Run
Ever
📅 THIS DATE IN On October 29, 2014, Madison Bumgarner entered Game 7 of the World Series in relief and pitched 5 shutout
BASEBALL innings on 2 days rest to clinch the championship.
THE STAT THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST 01
HE PITCHED 5 INNINGS OF RELIEF IN GAME 7 ON TWO DAYS REST. WITH A 0.25 ERA GOING IN.
2014 World Series: 52.2 IP, 0.25 ERA. The Most
Dominant Postseason Pitching Performance In
History.
0.25 3 shutouts 1.00 ERA
MADBUM 2014 POSTSEASON ERA in 6 days BOB GIBSON 1967-68 WS COMBINED
CHRISTY MATHEWSON 1905 WS
2 wins in 3 5.0 3
starts GAME 7 RELIEF IP WORLD SERIES RINGS WITH SF
SANDY KOUFAX 1965 WS
In the 2014 postseason, Bumgarner pitched 52.2 innings with a 0.25 ERA — completing a stretch that
included shutouts, a Game 7 save on two days rest, and the most pressure-tested performance any
pitcher has ever delivered in October baseball.
THE GAME YOU FORGOT 02
VS Kansas City Royals OCTOBER 29, 2014
0 2 0.43 W 3-2
IP (GAME 7 RELIEF) ER DAYS REST WORLD SERIES ERA RESULT
Game 7
5 INNINGS OF SHUTOUT RELIEF IN GAME 7 ON 2 DAYS REST
The 2014 World Series Game 7: Giants leading 3-2 in the 9th inning. Bumgarner walked from the bullpen
having already thrown a complete game shutout in Game 5 and having pitched 7 innings in Game 1. On two
days rest. The Royals' final baserunner represented the tying run — Salvador Perez hit a foul popup to Pablo
Sandoval with the crowd screaming. Final out. Giants win. Bumgarner pumped his fist. He had just pitched 5
innings in the World Series Game 7 with the best postseason ERA ever recorded.
ERA VS ERA 03
Greatest Individual Postseason Pitching Performance In
History?
BUMGARNER 2014 CHRISTY MATHEWSON 1905
TOTAL IP COMPLETE GAMES
52.2 3 shutouts in World Series
ERA VS DAYS BETWEEN STARTS
0.25 Every other day
GAME 7 ROLE CONTEXT
5 IP relief on 2 days rest 1905 — different game entirely
Bumgarner's 2014 postseason is the most documented, most sustained, most pressure-filled individual
pitching run in the modern era. Mathewson's 1905 is comparable in historical scope. The honest answer: in the
modern game, nothing Bumgarner did in 2014 has been replicated or exceeded by any pitcher in any
postseason.
Greatest individual postseason pitching performance ever?
BUMGARNER 2014 — 52.2 IP, 0.25 ERA MATHEWSON 1905 — 3 SHUTOUTS IN ONE SERIES
GIBSON 1968 — 17 K IN WS GAME 1 KOUFAX 1965 — GAMES 5 AND 7 SHUTOUTS
THE COLDEST MOMENT 04
APRIL 2017 · SOUTH DAKOTA · THE CRASH
He Almost Lost Everything In A Dirt Bike Accident
Before The 2017 Season.
Bumgarner crashed a dirt bike in South Dakota in April 2017 — an off-day activity explicitly
prohibited by his contract. He fractured his shoulder and missed two months of the season. The
Giants went from contenders to a lost season. He said he knew immediately he'd hurt himself
badly. He came back and pitched effectively, but the trajectory of his Giants run was altered by a
dirt bike on a day off.
I know I let a lot of people down. That one's on me.
— MADISON BUMGARNER, 2017
THE STAT VAULT 05
2014 POSTSEASON ERA GAME 7 RELIEF INNINGS
0.25 52.2 innings. The most dominant 5 On 2 days rest. He had already thrown 16
sustained postseason pitching run in innings in that World Series before Game
baseball history. 7.
WORLD SERIES RINGS WITH SF CONSECUTIVE SCORELESS POSTSEASON IP
2010, 2012, 2014. He started or relieved in Streak during the 2014 run — a record at
the clinching game of all three. the time.
0 CAREER WORLD SERIES ERA (IN WINS)
0.43 overall in the 2014 WS. In the three wins: historically clean.
THE FORGOTTEN MAN 06
OVERLOOKED · UNDERRATED · DESERVES MORE
Tim Lincecum
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS · 2007-2016
118 WINS · 3.74 ERA · 2 CY YOUNGS · 2X WS CHAMPION
Two Consecutive Cy Youngs At 24-25. 'The Freak.' His Mechanics Destroyed His
Body.
Lincecum won back-to-back Cy Young awards in 2008-09 at ages 24-25 with a delivery so mechanically
extreme it was studied by coaches as both genius and inevitable injury. By 31 his hip had deteriorated and
his career was over. He won 2 World Series with the Giants. He threw two no-hitters in 2013-14. He's
mentioned approximately never.
THE CONNECTION:
Lincecum was Bumgarner's rotation partner through the Giants dynasty years. Two Cy Youngs at 24-
25. Two no-hitters later. Then nothing — his body gave out. Same championships, completely
different legacies.
COMING NEXT MONDAY
Next Monday: Shohei Ohtani hit 50 HR and stole 50 bases in the same season. In 2023 he also went 10-5 with a
3.14 ERA as a pitcher. Both.
Who's Your Forgotten Man?
Reply with a player from any era who deserves more credit. Best answer gets featured next Monday.
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