Cardinal Madness! Second Round Match-ups 7 and 8

We’ve reached the end of round two! Tomorrow I will post a recap of each pairing and you will have the opportunity to get your votes in over the weekend. The Elite Eight round will start on Monday. But that’s next week. Today, we see match-ups featuring three teams that pulled off surprising upsets in the first round. Details after the jump.

(30) 1981 vs (19) 2005

The 1981 squad pulled off the most surprising upset of the first round, knocking off the third seed 1931 team with 57% of the vote. I think this was an issue of voters being slightly more familiar for the 80s squad, as the ’31 roster looked stronger on paper. The 2005 team also pulled off an upset, defeating the fourteenth seed 1985 squad with 55% of the vote.

Tale of the Tape

1981		2005
Batting Order		Batting Order
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Tommy Herr	2B	50	0	46	0.268	0.674	90	1	David Eckstein	SS	90	8	61	0.294	0.758	99
2	Garry Templeton	SS	47	1	33	0.288	0.709	98	2	Larry Walker	RF	66	15	52	0.289	0.789	130
3	Keith Hernandez	1B	65	8	48	0.306	0.864	142	3	Albert Pujols	1B	129	41	117	0.33	1.039	168
4	George Hendrick	CF	67	18	61	0.284	0.841	134	4	Jim Edmonds	CF	88	29	89	0.263	0.918	137
5	Dane Iorg	LF	23	2	39	0.327	0.768	115	5	Scott Rolen	3B	28	5	28	0.235	0.706	84
6	Ken Oberkfell	3B	43	2	45	0.293	0.725	104	6	Mark Grudzialanek	2B	64	8	59	0.294	0.741	93
7	Darrell Porter	C	22	6	31	0.224	0.772	117	7	Reggie Sanders	LF	49	21	54	0.271	0.886	127
8	Sixto Lezcano	RF	26	5	28	0.266	0.768	116	8	Yadier Molina	C	36	8	49	0.252	0.654	70
9	P								9	P

Bench		Bench
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Gene Tenace	C	26	5	22	0.233	0.819	131	1	Einar Diaz	C	14	1	17	0.208	0.525	37
2	Mike Ramsey	IF	19	0	9	0.258	0.585	65	2	Abraham Nunez	IF	64	5	44	0.285	0.704	85
3	Tito Landrum	OF	13	0	10	0.261	0.667	86	3	So Taguchi	OF	45	8	53	0.288	0.734	91
4	Gene Roof	OF	11	0	3	0.3	0.811	129	4	John Mabry	OF	26	8	32	0.24	0.701	81
5	Steve Braun	U	9	0	2	0.196	0.676	93	5	John Rodriguez	OF	15	5	24	0.295	0.818	114

Starting Rotation		Starting Rotation
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
1	Lary Sorensen	140.1	7	7	3.27	52	26	109	1	Chris Carpenter	241.2	21	5	2.83	213	51	150
2	Bob Forsch	124.1	10	5	3.18	41	29	112	2	Jason Marquis	207	13	14	4.13	100	59	103
3	John Martin	102.2	8	5	3.42	36	26	105	3	Mark Mulder	205	16	8	3.64	111	70	116
4	Silvio Martinez	97	2	5	3.99	34	39	90	4	Jeff Suppan	194.1	16	10	3.57	114	63	119
5	Joaquin Andujar	55.1	6	1	3.74	19	11	96	5	Matt Morris	192.2	14	10	4.11	117	37	103

Bullpen		Bullpen
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
CP	Bruce Sutter	82.1	3	5	2.62	57	24	136	CP	Jason Isringhausen	59	1	2	2.14	51	27	199
RP	Bob Shirley	79.1	6	4	4.08	36	34	88	RP	Julian Tavarez	65.2	2	3	3.43	47	19	124
RP	Jim Kaat	53	6	6	3.4	8	17	106	RP	Alberto Reyes	62.2	4	2	2.15	67	20	197
RP	Mark Littell	41	1	3	4.39	22	31	82	RP	Randy Flores	41.2	3	1	3.46	43	13	123
RP	Jim Otten	35.2	1	0	5.3	20	20	68	RP	Ray King	40	4	4	3.38	23	16	126

(11) 1934 vs (27) 2009

The ’34 squad is the only team from these two match-ups that was favored in its first round pairing. They defeated the 1945 team with 71% of the vote. The 2009 team pulled off another big upset, knocking off the sixth seed 1941 team with 53% of the vote.

Tale of the Tape

1934		2009
Batting Order		Batting Order
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Pepper Martin	3B	76	5	49	0.289	0.762	97	1	Skip Schumaker	2B	85	4	35	0.303	0.757	102
2	Jack Rothrock	RF	106	11	72	0.284	0.734	90	2	Colby Rasmus	CF	72	16	52	0.251	0.714	89
3	Frankie Frisch	2B	74	3	75	0.305	0.757	97	3	Albert Pujols	1B	124	47	135	0.327	1.101	189
4	Joe Medwick	LF	110	18	106	0.319	0.872	123	4	Matt Holliday	LF	42	13	55	0.353	1.023	169
5	Ripper Collins	1B	116	35	128	0.333	1.008	158	5	Ryan Ludwick	RF	63	22	97	0.265	0.775	105
6	Spud Davis	C	45	9	65	0.3	0.83	114	6	Mark DeRosa	2B	31	10	28	0.228	0.696	83
7	Ernie Orsatti	CF	39	0	31	0.3	0.718	87	7	Yadier Molina	C	45	6	54	0.293	0.749	100
8	Leo Durocher	SS	62	3	70	0.26	0.658	71	8	Brendan Ryan	SS	55	3	37	0.292	0.74	97
9	P								9	P

Bench		Bench
	Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+		Player	Pos	R	HR	RBI	BAA	OPS	OPS+
1	Bill DeLancey	C	41	13	40	0.316	0.979	152	1	Jason LaRue	C	10	2	6	0.24	0.615	64
2	Burgess Whitehead	IF	55	1	24	0.277	0.666	73	2	Joe Thurston	IF	27	1	25	0.225	0.645	73
3	Pat Crawford	IF	3	0	16	0.271	0.62	62	3	Julio Lugo	IF	24	2	13	0.277	0.784	108
4	Chick Fullis	OF	21	0	26	0.261	0.626	63	4	Rick Ankiel	OF	50	11	38	0.231	0.672	77
5	Buster Mills	OF	7	1	8	0.236	0.656	70	5	Chris Duncan	OF	25	5	32	0.227	0.687	83

Starting Rotation		Starting Rotation
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
1	Dizzy Dean	311.2	30	7	2.66	195	75	159	1	Adam Wainwright	233	19	8	2.63	212	66	155
2	Tex Carleton	240.2	16	11	4.26	103	52	99	2	Joel Pineiro	214	15	12	3.49	105	27	117
3	Paul Dean	233.1	19	11	3.43	150	52	123	3	Chris Carpenter	192.2	17	4	2.24	144	38	182
4	Bill Hallahan	162.2	8	12	4.26	70	66	99	4	Todd Wellemeyer	122.1	7	10	5.89	78	57	69
5	Bill Walker	153	12	4	3.12	76	66	136	5	Kyle Lohse	117.2	6	10	4.74	77	36	86

Bullpen		Bullpen
Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+	Pos	Pitcher	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	ERA+
CP	Jesse Haines	90	4	4	3.5	17	19	121	CP	Ryan Franklin	61	4	3	1.92	44	24	214
RP	Jim Mooney	82.1	2	4	5.47	27	49	78	RP	Kyle McClellan	66.2	4	4	3.38	51	34	121
RP	Dazzy Vance	59	1	1	3.66	33	14	116	RP	Jason Motte	56.2	4	4	4.76	54	23	86
RP	Jim Lindsey	14	0	1	6.43	7	3	67	RP	Trever Miller	43.2	4	1	2.06	46	11	199
RP	Burleigh Grimes	7.2	2	1	3.52	1	2	126	RP	Dennys Reyes	41	0	2	3.29	33	21	125

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