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San Francisco’s Barry Bonds went five for 17 against Atlanta in the National League division series to push his career postseason batting average above .200 to .212 (25 for 118). A look at the lowest career postseason batting averages with a minimum of 100 at-bats:

*--* Player (Teams) BA AB Hits Gene Tenace (Oakland, St. Louis) 158 114 18 Candy Maldonado (Dodgers, S.F., Toronto) 165 103 17 Cesar Geronimo (Cincinnati, Kansas City) 167 120 20 Frankie Crosetti (N.Y. Yankees) 174 115 20 Robin Ventura (Chic. White Sox, N.Y. Mets, N.Y. 181 121 22 Yankees) Joe Morgan (Cincinnati, Houston, Philadelphia) 182 181 33 Mark Belanger (Baltimore) 183 126 23 Joe Girardi (Chicago, Colorado, N.Y. Yankees) 184 114 21 Jose Canseco (Oakland, Boston, N.Y. Yankees) 184 103 19 Andy Van Slyke (St. Louis, Pittsburgh) 190 100 19 Walt Weiss (Oakland, Colorado, Atlanta) 190 147 28 Vince Coleman (St. Louis, Seattle) 198 111 22

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