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0 -- Victories by then-Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling in the 1993 NLCS against the Braves. Despite his 0-0 record, Schilling took home the MVP award with a 1.69 ERA in 16 innings as Philadelphia won the series in six games. |
Curt Schilling has an NLCS MVP under his belt, but no career victories in the championship round.
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.154 -- Mark Grace's postseason batting average (4-for-26) since batting .647 (11-for-17) with eight RBIs in the 1989 NLCS for the Cubs. |
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.467 -- Winning series percentage (7-8) by the team with the home-field advantage since the NLCS went to a best-of-seven format in 1985. |
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2 -- Players who have hit a record four home runs in an NLCS -- Pittsburgh's Bob Robertson (1971) and San Francisco's Jeffrey Leonard (1987). |
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4 -- Different cleanup hitters used by D'backs manager Bob Brenly in the five-game Division Series against the Cardinals -- Reggie Sanders, Danny Bautista, Greg Colbrunn and Steve Finley. They combined for zero RBIs in 21 at-bats. |
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5 -- Earned runs allowed by the Braves in their three-game sweep of the Astros in the NLDS. |
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5-5 -- Atlanta's all-time record in the NLCS. This is the Braves' 11th LCS appearance, breaking the mark shared with Oakland. |
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6 -- The record for most times playing on an LCS-winning club, held by Reggie Jackson in the AL and Pete Rose in the NL. Tom Glavine and John Smoltz can tie the mark if the Braves defeat the D'backs for the NL pennant. |
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7 -- Consecutive postseason games lost by Arizona's Randy Johnson, the all-time record. Joe Bush (1914-23) and Doyle Alexander (1973-87) are tied for second with five consecutive losses. |
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8 -- Championship series Glavine and Smoltz have played in with the Braves, the record for the most with one club. They will extend that record to nine this season. Bob Welch played in eight LCS with Oakland and Los Angeles. |
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9 -- NL Cy Young awards owned by pitchers in this series -- four by Greg Maddux, two by Johnson, two by Tom Glavine and one by John Smoltz. Johnson also won the AL Cy Young in 1995. |
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10 -- Strikeouts by Reggie Sanders in 13 at-bats against the Braves in the 1995 NLCS. He was 2-for-13 in the series as the Reds lost in four games. |
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13 -- Times that a player has hit .500 or better in an NLCS (minimum 9 at-bats), most recently by New York's Roger Cedeno (.500) and Atlanta's Eddie Perez (.500) in 1999. |
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19 -- Runs scored by Atlanta's Chipper Jones in championship series play, the most in NLCS history. He needs three to tie the major league mark, which is shared by Rickey Henderson and George Brett. |
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27 -- At-bats needed by Jones to tie Terry Pendleton for the most in NLCS play (135). |
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29-27 -- Bobby Cox's careeer win-loss mark in nine trips to the LCS, including eight with the Braves and one with the Blue Jays. His teams have won five pennants and lost four. |
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568 -- Regular-season appearances made by Diamondbacks reliever Mike Morgan, who has played in a total of five postseason games. |
