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Stat-ing the Obvious

Found October 22, 2009 on We Should Be GM's:
PLAYERS: Ryan Howard,  Shane Victorino,  Jayson Werth,  Carlos Ruiz,  Cliff Lee,  Pedro Martinez,  Brad Lidge,  Chad Durbin
TEAMS: Philadelphia Phillies

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The Philadelphia Phillies are following down the same path of postseason dominance that they blazed last October. Timely hitting and solid pitching has gotten the job done thus far. In '08 they won the NLDS in 4 and the NLCS in 5, '09- second verse same as the first. With a week to go before the Phils begin their final quest of WFC2, lets take time to look at the stats from this year's playoffs to date.Offense:Team- .261/.840, 55 r, 13 2B, 4 3B, 14 hr, 6 sb.Stars- Ryan Howard 2 hr, 8 r, 14 rbi, 1.203 OPS. Shane Victorino 13 h, 3 hr, 8 r, 7 rbi, 3 sb, 1.161 OPS. Jayson Werth 5 hr, 10 r, 10 rbi, 1.207 OPS. Carlos Ruiz 7 bb, 4 r, 7 rbi, 1.000 OPS from the 8-hole.2008 Postseason- .260/.798, 64 r, 27 2B, 2 3B, 19 hr, 14 sb.Pitching:Team- 7-2 record, 3.04 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 80 ip, 60:22 K:BB.Stars- Cliff Lee 2 wins, 0.74 ERA, 0.70 WHIP, 24.1 ip, 20 k. Pedro Martinez 0.00 ERA, 0.29 WHIP, 7 ip, 3 k. Brad Lidge 1 win, 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 3 sv, 4 ip, 4 k. Chad Durbin 2 wins, 0.00 ER...
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