Cardinals news from a Sabermetric point of view

Twelve Days of Christmas 2011: Day 4

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me

Four winning games

Three home runs
Two comebacks
And a World Series MVP.

  1. David Freese joined David Eckstein (2006), Darrell Porter (1982) and Bob Gibson (1964, 1967) as Cardinal World Series Most Valuable Players.
  2. In Game 6 of the World Series, the Cardinals came back from being down to their final strike of the season and trailing by two runs (coming back from a win expectancy of 4.1%) not once but twice, making it one of the most unlikely wins in World Series history.
  3. In Game 3 of the World Series, Albert Pujols tied Reggie Jackson (10/18/77) and Babe Ruth (10/6/26, 10/9/28) for the record of three home runs in a single World Series game.
  4. The Cardinals won four games in the World Series to clinch the title: Game 1, Game 3, Game 6 and Game 7.

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