Powerful Jeff Mathis evokes memories of … Brian Doyle

October 19th, 2009, 5:45 pm · 1 Comment · posted by Earl Bloom, staff writer

Jeff Mathis is the new Brian Doyle.

The Angels catcher, who now has three doubles in the ALCS, including Monday’s winning RBI shot hat scored Howie Kendrick from first in the 11th inning of Game 3, is doing a pretty good impression of Doyle, Angels Rockies Spring Baseball a 1978 World Series hero for the … New York Yankees.

Mathis (right) is a career .200 hitter. Doyle, who batted .438 in the WS against the Dodgers, batted .161 in the regular season in his major-league career.

Doyle had 9 hits in 23 postseason at-bats (.391) in 1978, getting the call after Willie Randolph was hurt.

I won’t compare Mathis to Gene Tenace just yet … the Angels catcher has to get the ball out of the ballpark first. But Mathis has certainly given the Angels life in this ALCS.

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Angels 2009 projections

Player	Projection
Mike Napoli	.246/.351/.481
Jeff Mathis	.222/.288/.364
Kendry Morales	.274/.317/.430
Howie Kendrick	.304/.335/.440
Erick Aybar	.268/.309/.369
Chone Figgins	.278/.354/.367
Brandon Wood	.237/.295/.424
Maicer Izturis	.273/.343/.383
Juan Rivera	.273/.321/.453
Bobby Abreu	.282/.376/.440
Torii Hunter	.273/.331/.462
Vladimir Guerrero	.306/.369/.513
Gary Matthews, Jr	.260/.331/.402
Ervin Santana	3.87 ERA
John Lackey	3.82 ERA
Kelvim Escobar	3.93 ERA
Jered Weaver	3.94 ERA
Joe Saunders	4.24 ERA
Dustin Moseley	5.34 ERA
Brian Fuentes	3.33 ERA
Scot Shields	3.67 ERA
Jose Arredondo	3.75 ERA
Darren Oliver	4.01 ERA
Justin Speier	4.23 ERA
Kevin Jepsen	5.05 ERA

(These projections are an average of six common statistical forecasting systems. They are based on the players' previous performances, ages and, in some cases, physical characteristics.)

AVEDWARD says:

October 20, 2009 at 10:08 am

Mathis coming up big when it countS!
What a contrast between the Angel catching platoon,who pump eachother up and are the first ones to congradulate one another on jobs well done,vs the Yankees platoon,a selfless Jose Molina and a whiney selfish Jorge Posada who pisses and moans when he’s not in the lineup,even when the call was made in the best interests of the team.
GO HALOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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