Giancarlo Stanton has established himself as one of the best New York Yankees postseason players in modern history. with the game-winning home run against Kansas City On Wednesday night, Stanton helped the Royals take a 2-1 lead over the Yankees in the American League Division Series.
Stanton found himself in the exclusive segment of postseason hits with the franchise's most iconic player. Stanton's single gave up a home run in the eighth inning. The Yankees' 3-2 lead marked his 12th career postseason homer in just 108 at-bats. This gave Stanton a career postseason home run for an at-bat rate of 9.4. That's the second-best mark in MLB history, behind only Yankees legend Babe Ruth, whose best ratio was 8.6. Stanton and Ruth are the only players whose coefficient is lower than 10.
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New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton (27) hits a single in the sixth inning against the Kansas City Royals during Game 3 of the NLDS 2024 MLB Playoffs at Kauffman Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff – obrazy Imagon)
“This is the biggest moment, you have to be ready for it, you want it,” Stanton said after the game about how well he performed in the playoffs. “You won't always succeed, but you can't be shocked at the most important moments.”
However, all of Ruth's postseason hosts were in the World Series, as it was the only postseason series he played in during the 1920s and 1930s. All of Stanton's postseason home runs came in the previous inning, as the Yankees had yet to reach the World Series with him.
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Giancarlo Stanton, #27 of the New York Yankees, watches Game 1 of the ALCS between the New York Yankees and Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2022, in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Logan Riely/MLB via Getty Images)
Stanton is done A game with three hits, two RBIs, one run, and even a rare stolen base. When Stanton stole second base in the sixth inning, it was his first stolen base of the season and first since August 2020.
“He didn't hold on to me and he was slow with the ball,” Stanton said of stealing a base from Royals pitcher Jon Schreiber.
Meanwhile, fellow Yankees star and captain Aaron Judge finished 0-for-4, dropping his 2024 postseason batting average to .091. Judge currently has the worst strikeout rate in MLB postseason history at 34.3%.
Now with a 2-1 series lead, the Yankees are just one win away from eliminating Kansas City and advancing to the American League Championship Series.
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New York ace pitcher Gerrit Cole is scheduled to take the mound in Game 4 on Thursday as the Yankees look to end the series without returning home for Game 5.
If the Yankees win on Thursday, they will have home-field advantage in the championship series for the first time since 2012.
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