Postseason numbers crunching: Yanks vs. Braves

The Braves have reached the playoffs every season since 1991, and the Yankees are playing in their 10th consecutive postseason. A comparison of the teams' postseason hitting and pitching stats from 1995 to 2003 shows interesting similarities. A closer look at four players who have played for the teams in every postseason during that span--the Braves' Chipper Jones and John Smoltz and the Yankees' Bernie Williams and Mariano Rivera--also reveals some telling numbers, Of course, the biggest difference during this stretch is in World Series titles: Yankees 4, Braves 1.

POSTSEASON PITCHING 1995-2003

           W     L     SV    SVO     IP        H      R     ER

Yankees    68    36    38    42     948.2    877    393    378
Braves     45    38    20    27     752.1    616    289    242

           HR     BB     SO     ERA     Avg.

Yankees    104    308    772    3.58    .245
Braves      60    275    633    2.89    .222

            W   L    SV    SVO     IP      H     ER    HR

Rivera      7   1    30    32      96.0    60     8     2
Smoltz      8   3     4     5     125.1    95    45    13

            BB    SO     ERA

Rivera      13     77    0.75
Smoltz      38    118    3.23

POSTSEASON HITTING 1995-2003

            G      R     HR     BB     SO     Avg.    OPS

Yankees    104    456    112    403    749    .250    .728
Braves      83    353     80    315    594    .251    .711

            AB      R      H     HR    RBI    BB   Avg.

Williams    389    75    108    19     66    69    .278
Jones       296    51     89    12     45    65    .301

            OPS

Williams    .869
Jones       .898

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