A comment in the previous post suggested that fun in the playoffs was important. Here is the list of players who averaged four fun points per PA* in the post season since 1969, the start of division play.
(PA* = PA – IBB)
| Batter | Season | PA | FunPoints | FPPerPA |
| Rickey Henderson | 1989 | 44 | 212 | 4.82 |
| Juan Gonzalez | 1996 | 19 | 86 | 4.78 |
| Colby Rasmus | 2015 | 24 | 105 | 4.77 |
| Stephen Piscotty | 2015 | 18 | 85 | 4.72 |
| Donn Clendenon | 1969 | 16 | 75 | 4.69 |
| Chris Young | 2011 | 20 | 92 | 4.60 |
| Justin Turner | 2015 | 20 | 85 | 4.47 |
| Amos Otis | 1978 | 17 | 76 | 4.47 |
| Omar Vizquel | 1996 | 18 | 80 | 4.44 |
| Travis D’Arnaud | 2022 | 16 | 71 | 4.44 |
| Carlos Beltran | 2004 | 56 | 244 | 4.44 |
| Derek Jeter | 2006 | 17 | 75 | 4.41 |
| Mark Grace | 1989 | 22 | 88 | 4.40 |
| Carlos Gonzalez | 2009 | 19 | 83 | 4.37 |
| Jeff Mathis | 2009 | 16 | 69 | 4.31 |
| Giancarlo Stanton | 2020 | 31 | 131 | 4.23 |
| Vinny Castilla | 1995 | 16 | 67 | 4.19 |
| Trea Turner | 2022 | 18 | 75 | 4.17 |
| Dante Bichette | 1995 | 18 | 75 | 4.17 |
| Andruw Jones | 2004 | 21 | 87 | 4.14 |
| John Vander Wal | 1998 | 15 | 62 | 4.13 |
| George Brett | 1978 | 18 | 74 | 4.11 |
| Mo Vaughn | 1998 | 18 | 74 | 4.11 |
| Jorge Soler | 2015 | 25 | 102 | 4.08 |
| Ketel Marte | 2017 | 17 | 69 | 4.06 |
| Joc Pederson | 2017 | 26 | 105 | 4.04 |
| Johnny Bench | 1976 | 28 | 112 | 4.00 |
Impressively, Rickey Henderson comes out on top again.
The commentor noted that Randy Arozareana seemed to be a lot of fun in the 2020 post season, and he came in second to Stanton at 3.75 points per PA*, and he did it over 81 PA.
Thanks for the fun-points-per-PA table for playoffs.
In 89, Henderson was the MVP of the ALCS with a slash line of .400/.609/1.000 and stealing 8 bases. He was nearly as exciting in the WS .474/.524/.895 with 2 triples, a homer and 3 SB as the A’s swept the Giants in the earthquakes series by the bay. Talk about fun!
However, it clearly isn’t all rainbows and unicorns. Stephen Piscotty, in his rookie season of 2015, contributed with a slash line of .375 / .444 / 1.000, hitting 3 homers and a double in 4 games. Excitement! Except the Cards lost in 4 to the Cubs in an NLDS series.
One last request. Instead of FPperPA, I would be interested in a table listing the players (and year) with the most Fun Points.
Overall, this topic has been really…. enjoyable.