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December 08, 2006

Reviewing the Ranger Lineup: First Basemen

Name
% of Team PA
OPS
P-OPS+
OBP
P-OBP+
SLG
P-SLG+
R
HR
RBI
BB%
SO%
M. Teixeira
98%
.885
113
.370
105
.515
108
99
33
110
12.5%
18.1%
4 others
2%
.143
(65)
.071
20
.071
15
1
0
0
0.0%
28.6%
TEAM
-
.869
109
.364
103
.505
106
100
33
110
12.2%
18.3%
AL Average
-
.829
-
.353
-
.476
-
85
25
96
9.3%
17.5%
Team Rank in AL
-
-
6
-
5
-
6
3
4
4
1
10

Through the season’s first 84 games, Mark Teixeira had eight homers and a .432 slugging percentage. Afterwards, 25 and .607. Despite his posting the worst rate stats since his rookie season, Texas 1Bs finished among the top half in OBP and slugging and fourth or better in runs, homers and RBI. Which is to say, a slightly down year from Teixeira is still pretty special. He turns 27 next April and may produce the titanic season I expected in 2006.

Teixeira drew twelve intentional walks last year, eighth-most in the AL. I cursorily attributed most of them to opponents wanting a desirable matchup against Hank Blalock, who followed Teixeira in the order in 71 games and batted .216/.281/.315 against lefthanders. In fact, only once did a team intentionally walk Teixeira to have a lefty face Blalock:

Date
Inning
Score
Outs
Runners
Next Batter
Result
Apr-09
b6
+2
2
-2-
Nevin
groundout
Apr-11
t7
+3
2
--3
Nevin
lineout
Apr-20
t6
+1
1
-2-
Nevin
walk; Mench later doubled home a run
May-08
b5
+2
0
-2-
Nevin
flyout; Teixeira later scored
May-18
t7
+4
2
-2-
Nevin
groundout
May-22
b7
+1
2
-2-
Nevin
groundout
Jun-02
t7
tie
2
-2-
Blalock
groundout against lefty reliever Neal Cotts
Jul-03
b7
+2
1
-23
DeRosa
single, 2 RBI
Jul-21
t8
+3
0
-2-
DeRosa
lineout; Teixeira later scored
Jul-30
b4
+5
1
-2-
Laird
groundout; Teixeira later scored
Aug-08
t1
tie
1
-23
Blalock
grounded into double play against righty starter
Sep-15
b6
tie
2
-2-
Lee
lineout

Texas batted .090/.167/.090 immediately following IBBs to Teixeira, though he did score three runs.

AL First Basemen

TEAM
OPS
OPS+
OBP
OBP+
SLG
SLG+
R
HR
RBI
Minnesota
.970
139
.384
111
.586
128
101
38
140
Chicago Sox
.943
126
.387
109
.556
117
102
35
123
Cleveland
.910
125
.376
108
.534
117
99
31
118
Toronto
.905
117
.380
108
.524
109
93
26
95
Seattle
.847
110
.340
98
.507
112
78
36
110
Texas
.869
109
.364
103
.505
106
100
33
110
NY Yankees
.804
97
.348
100
.455
97
86
29
94
Baltimore
.785
94
.359
102
.426
92
79
18
84
Boston
.773
91
.359
102
.414
89
97
16
86
Kansas City
.774
87
.351
98
.423
90
82
13
96
Detroit
.754
86
.320
91
.434
95
76
23
89
Oakland
.737
83
.337
97
.400
87
77
23
79
Tampa Bay
.715
75
.315
90
.400
86
64
21
63
LA Angels
.664
65
.297
85
.367
80
59
11
61

Best-hitting 1Bs: Minnesota. AL MVP Justin Morneau led the way, and Mike Cuddyer had a small but significant assist (.455/.520/.1.045 in 25 appearances).

Worst: Los Angeles wisely moved Darin Erstad back to the outfield, but his replacements were even worse at the plate. Kendry Morales, Robb Quinlan, Howie Kendrick and Casey Kotchman combined to hit an abominable .255/.297/.367. LA’s first-sackers ranked last in the league in OBP, slugging, runs, homers and RBI. Good for them.

Posted by Lucas at December 8, 2006 11:15 PM