Manny Ramirez went 2-for-3 with a walk in Game Five, and concluded the postseason with a .520 batting average, a .667 on-base percentage, and a slugging average of 1.080. He had 13 hits in 25 at-bats with two doubles, four homers and 11 walks.

Now get a load of this - somehow, it has gone unmentioned until now: Each of those averages - the .520 batting average, the .667 on-base percentage and the 1.080 slugging average - is the highest by a player in a single postseason (minimums: 25 at-bats for batting and slugging averages; 25 plate appearances for on-base percentage).

Manny's .520 batting average is the highest for any of the 1,118 major leaguers who had as many as 25 at-bats in one postseason. He beat the old record by one point: Billy Hatcher batted .519 (14-for-27) in 1990 with the Reds. Ramirez's 1.080 slugging average is the highest among the same group of 25-at-bat players, surpassing Carlos Beltran's 1.022 slugging average with Houston in 2004. And Manny's .667 on-base percentage is the highest among any of the 1,352 players who had at least 25 plate appearances in a single postseason; the old record was .593, set by Frank Thomas with the White Sox in 1993.

Hmmm...The Dodgers are going to replace that...how??

Michael Siskin