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Bye-Bye Brad Lidge, Part 2

A look at Brad Lidge's 48-for-48 2008 and some other odds and statistical ends.

More numbers on Brad Lidge, including a detailed breakdown of his 48-save performance in 2008:

♦ Lidge pitched in 22 postseason games in his Phillies career. He allowed runs in just two of them.

♦ Lidge in 2008 (regular season and postseason): 105 strikeouts in 78.2 innings.

♦ In his 48 save opportunities in 2008, Lidge's strikeouts-per-nine-innings number was 13.22.

♦ Nineteen of his 48 saves in 2008 were 1-2-3 innings.

♦ In addition to his 11 blown saves in 2009, Lidge was 0-8 (7.21). Only one player in Phillies history (Russ Miller 0-12 in 1928) had a worse record in one season without a victory.

Here are how his 48 saves in 2008 broke down: