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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