Written by Pablo Figueroa at Sporting Charts
The Mets are going to the World Series, and one of the main reasons for that is that Daniel Murphy is suddenly hotter than the Sun. While the long wait between the end of the NLCS and the start of the World Series could be what it takes to cool off the New York second baseman, his contributions to the team have been historic to the point that he is breaking all sorts of records. And yet, as it all has unraveled, the name “Carlos Beltran” has been coming up repeatedly during Murphy’s stretch of dominance.
When Beltran tore up the 2004 postseason with homer after homer, it seemed as if that kind of performance would never be replicated. I remember seeing it game after game and just being dumbfounded as to why teams continued to challenge Beltran when it seemed as he if deserved the Barry Bonds treatment. Now, Murphy has at least replicated what Beltran did, if not surpassed it with his endless array of heroics.
So whose performance can we consider the most impressive? Today we take a look at how the 2004 playoff version of Carlos Beltran compares to what Daniel Murphy is doing in 2015. As for now, it seems as if we will be calling the next playoff break-out a Murphy, but it is always fun to scan through the numbers.
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