I consider postseason records in all sports fairly meaningless since they play so many games now. In baseball you can play 19 playoff games a year. Before expansion of the playoffs (1969?) it was the World Series, 4-7 games, and that was it.

Mike, the comparison between Victorino and Schmidt is closer than you think. Granted, Schmidt played in an era where you had a best of 5 NLCS and then the World Series. However, Shane Victorino has 35 hits in 33 post-season games and 123 ABs with Philly - Schmidt had 33 hits in 36 post-season games and 140 ABs.

Schmidt was terribly inconsistent as a post-season performer. In the 1977 and 1978 and 1980 NLCS, he was dreadful....strikeouts all over the place. But in the 1980 World Series and 1983 NLCS, he was on fire. And then in the 1983 series, he was ice-cold again. There was just no middle ground with him.

Many Philly fans have argued that 2 bad calls against Philly in the 1977 NLCS wound up screwing the Phillies. But those fans forget Schmidt went 1-16 in the series and didn't handle a key ground ball (granted, a hot shot) from Davey Lopes at third base that led to the infamous "Black Friday" Game 3 of that series. (I'm sure Tamar remembers all this, since she's a Philly fan and we're close in age).

Also...a shocker...the "Flying Hawaiian" has 6 home runs, 2 more than Schmidt, in post-season play. So 2 more HRs for Victorino and a third of the strikeouts.

Victorino has been a much better post-season performer. His grand slam against C.C. Sabathia and home run in the Dodger series (both in 2008) were keys to Philly getting to the World Series.

Never argue history with a Phillies fan. :)