First, the leaders (by OPS):
We've put boxes around players who appeared in the 2014 World Series. People have been proclaiming Lorenzo Cain as the "breakout star" of the post-season, but the member of the Royals who hit the best (and by a wide margin) in the post-season was Eric Hosmer.
And then there's the Panda...
Next, the players with the statistical lead in all the other counting stats not captured in the leaders list:
You'll not be surprised to notice that leading in a number of these categories is highly correlated with the number of post-season games one gets to play.
Notice, though, that triples (our old and continually endangered pal) are particularly scarce in the post-season.
Finally, the trailers--the guys who, for one reason or another, just can't get it going in the post-season:
So, in the post-season, the difference between Angel Pagan (who missed the 2014 post-season with a back injury) and his caddy Gregor Blanco is minuscule.
And the folks who thought that Salvador Perez (who was actually OK in the World Series, but ice-cold in the balance of the 2014 post-season) should have been hit for in the final at-bat of Game 7 have a little something with which to put their barstools into second gear.
Finally--if your last name is Cabrera, you definitely want to change it before you enter the post-season. [ADD: Unless your first name is Miguel, that is...]
