Of course our beloved Phillies are headed to their fifth consecutive postseason which begins (for them) less than 48 hours from now. They accomplished this by virtue of claiming their fifth consecutive NL East crown—this one by a sizeable 13 games over their next closest competitor, the very nearly playoff worthy Atlanta Braves. Over the past five years the Phillies have won the NL East in dramatic, come from behind fashion (2007, 2008 and to a lesser extent, 2010) in steady, outcome never really in doubt fashion (2009) and now in soul-crushing dominance (2011).

I have been highly impressed by this run of success and I wanted to take a look out how it stacked up in recent baseball history, meaning the divisional play era (since 1969) and the expanded divisional play era (since 1995). Various stats and bits of info I found interesting below…

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The front page post provided us with the general statistical information concerning the pitchers scheduled to start for the Phillies and Reds in their NLDS matchup.  I thought I'd provide a little more statistical information--namely, how the scheduled starters have performed against their NLDS opponents over their careers.

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