Kevin Dame

Today's Visual Box Score recaps Thursday night's Game 6 win for the Cardinals, highlighting the players who most affected the game's outcome. The sizes of the players' names represent each player's contribution to win expectancy, with white indicating positive contribution and red indicating negative contribution. Click on the images for a closer look!

Octobometer shines a spotlight on post-season performance. In this visual we examine the Rangers and Cardinals lineups, comparing regular season and post-season OPS. David Freese and Albert Pujols have come up huge for the Cardinals, while Michael Young and Josh Hamilton have disappointed. Click on the image for a closer look!

Here's a visual called Paintomatic. It shows CJ Wilson's repertoire of pitches, with circle size indicating how often he throws the pitch and color indicating how effective the pitch is. The big dollop of red gives you a sense of what hitters will see tonight - a heavy dose of filthy fastballs. Click on the image for a closer look!

Today's Visual Box Score recaps Saturday night's Game 3 win for the Cardinals, highlighting the game's heroes and goats in graphic (and sometimes gory) detail. The sizes of the players' names represent each player's contribution to win expectancy, with white indicating positive contribution and red indicating negative contribution. Click on the images for a closer look!

Let's use PlayerShaper to compare tonight's Game 3 starters. For pitchers, PlayerShaper looks at innings per start, walks allowed, strikeouts, and ground-ball percentage. PlayerShaper highlights control as Kyle Lohse's strength, while Matt Harrison thrives by generating ground ball outs. Click on the image for a closer look!

Head2Head explores a series matchup by visualizing both teams' strengths and weaknesses across all facets of the game. Click below for a closer look!

Here's a visual called Paintomatic. It shows a pitcher's repertoire of pitches, with circle size indicating how often he throws the pitch and color indicating how effective the pitch is. Click on the image for a closer look!

Rankometer evaluates a team's pitching staff (its 5 best starters and 3 best relievers) relative to the rest of the league. Starting on the left, you'll see each team's best starter, ranked from best to worst. The next column does the same for each team's second best starter, and so on through the rotation and bullpen. Click on the images for a closer look!

Let's use PlayerShaper to compare tonight's Game 5 starters. For pitchers, PlayerShaper looks at innings per start, walks allowed, strikeouts, and ground ball percentage. Click on the image for a closer look!

What are the Rangers' chances of returning to the World Series? On the heels of last night's win, they're on the brink. Here's a way to quantify what that "brink" really means, based on historical postseason data. Click on the image for a closer look!