2021.10.24 special edition: Hick Planet magazine issue 11—an unperiodical: on arts, endeavors, musings, sites, sights, & other senses—tryna find the grownups table on a hick planet: Sunday, 2021 October 24th

Following this year’s four five-game division series, the third round of the postseason has continued with the two best-of-seven-game league championship series being played. One team from each big league is moving on to the fourth and final round: the best-of-seven World Series. 61 players—25 in the American League and 36 in the National League—had at least one plate appearance (or virtual plate appearance, in the case of pinch runners who, in addition to the actual batters, were also attributed with TBAR: total bases advanced or relinquished).

There are 34 among them—18 in the AL and 16 in the NL—who made more than 19 appearances in all three of or in the latter two of these first three rounds, along with an additional two—both of them NL players—whose team did not move on to the league championship but who each had 20 PAs in the division series alone. We here look at the TBAR/PA (total bases advanced or relinquished per plate appearance) of each of these players with at least 20 PAs in the series or combined in both one of the wild card games and the series.

1.	(AL	1.)	1.357	(57	/	42)	Kyle Tucker		Astros
2.	(AL	2.)	1.220	(50	/	41)	Yordan Alvarez		Astros
3.	(NL	1.)	1.214	(51	/	42)	Eddie Rosario		Braves
4.	(NL	2.)	1.128	(44	/	39)	Cody Bellinger		Dodgers
5.	(NL	3.)	1.065	(33	/	31)	Joc Pederson		Braves
6.	(AL	3.)	.974	(37	/	38)	J.D. Martinez		Red Sox
7.	(NL	4.)	.929	(39	/	42)	Chris Taylor		Dodgers
8.	(AL	4.)	.902	(46	/	51)	Rafael Devers		Red Sox
9.	(AL	5.)	.885	(46	/	52)	Enrique Hernández		Red Sox
10.	(NL	5.)	.818	(36	/	44)	Freddie Freeman		Braves
11.	(AL	6.)	.796	(39	/	49)	Jose Altuve		Astros
12.	(AL	7.)	.789	(24	/	45)	Michael Brantley		Astros
13.	(AL	8.)	.738	(31	/	42)	Carlos Correa		Astros
14.	(AL	9.)	.723	(34	/	47)	Alex Verdugo		Red Sox
15.	(NL	6.)	.650	(13	/	20)	Buster Posey	*	Giants
16.	(AL	10.)	.571	(28	/	49)	Kyle Schwarber		Red Sox
17.	(AL	11.)	.533	(34	/	42)	Alex Bregman		Astros
18.	(NL	7.)	.514	(18	/	35)	AJ Pollock		Dodgers
19.	(NL	8.)	.500	(25	/	50)	Will Smith		Dodgers
20.	(AL	12.)	.490	(25	/	51)	Xander Bogaerts		Red Sox
21.	(NL	9.)	.487	(19	/	39)	Adam Duvall		Braves
22.	(AL	13.)	.441	(15	/	34)	Christian Vázquez		Red Sox
23.	(NL	10.)	.434	(23	/	53)	Mookie Betts		Dodgers
24.	(AL	14.)	.429	(18	/	42)	Yuli Gurriel		Astros
25.	(AL	15.)	.425	(17	/	40)	Christian Arroyo		Red Sox
26.	(NL	11.)	.396	(21	/	53)	Corey Seager		Dodgers
27.	(NL	12.)	.364	(16	/	44)	Ozzie Albies		Braves
28.	(NL	13.)	.300	(6	/	20)	Brandon Crawford	*	Giants
29.	(NL	14.)	.233	(10	/	43)	Austin Riley		Braves
30.	(AL	16.)	.130	(3	/	23)	Chas McCormick		Astros
31.	(NL	15.)	.077	(4	/	52)	Trea Turner		Dodgers
32.	(NL	16.)	.053	(2	/	38)	Dansby Swanson		Braves
33.	(NL	17.)	.027	(1	/	37)	Travis d’Arnaud		Braves
34.	(AL	17.)	-.047	(-2	/	43)	Hunter Renfroe		Red Sox
35.	(NL	18.)	-.079	(-3	/	38)	Justin Turner		Dodgers
36.	(AL	18.)	-.121	(-4	/	33)	Martín Maldonado		Astros

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