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December 14, 2006
Reviewing the Ranger Lineup: Third Basemen
Name | % of Team PA |
OPS |
P-OPS+ |
OBP |
P-OBP+ |
SLG |
P-SLG+ |
R |
HR |
RBI |
BB% |
SO% |
H. Blalock | 75% |
.777 |
98 |
.346 |
102 |
.431 |
96 |
67 |
14 |
80 |
8.4% |
13.6% |
M. DeRosa | 24% |
.767 |
95 |
.345 |
102 |
.422 |
94 |
21 |
5 |
22 |
9.8% |
19.0% |
3 others | 2% |
.899 |
132 |
.455 |
134 |
.444 |
99 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
TEAM | - |
.777 |
98 |
.348 |
102 |
.429 |
95 |
90 |
19 |
102 |
8.9% |
14.7% |
AL Average | - |
.790 |
- |
.340 |
- |
.451 |
- |
91 |
22 |
89 |
8.8% |
16.1% |
Team Rank in AL | - |
- |
8 |
- |
4 |
- |
9 |
8 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
Texas third basemen performed slightly better than I expected, finishing in the middle of the AL pack. Most of Hank Blalock’s death spiral occurred while DH’ing, and at third he at least reached base at an acceptable rate. Much more on him to come. Mark DeRosa spent much of the last month at third and had cooled off by then.
AL Third Basemen
TEAM | OPS |
OPS+ |
OBP |
OBP+ |
SLG |
SLG+ |
R |
HR |
RBI |
NY Yankees | .909 |
133 |
.389 |
116 |
.520 |
117 |
117 |
36 |
124 |
Kansas City | .859 |
116 |
.366 |
106 |
.493 |
110 |
96 |
21 |
96 |
Boston | .823 |
110 |
.341 |
101 |
.482 |
109 |
88 |
24 |
90 |
Toronto | .820 |
107 |
.349 |
103 |
.472 |
104 |
105 |
35 |
110 |
Seattle | .775 |
102 |
.322 |
96 |
.453 |
106 |
91 |
25 |
91 |
Detroit | .785 |
102 |
.318 |
94 |
.467 |
108 |
86 |
27 |
85 |
Chicago Sox | .796 |
99 |
.320 |
94 |
.476 |
105 |
83 |
30 |
97 |
Texas | .777 |
98 |
.348 |
102 |
.429 |
95 |
90 |
19 |
102 |
Tampa Bay | .768 |
97 |
.334 |
99 |
.434 |
98 |
71 |
20 |
78 |
Oakland | .742 |
93 |
.335 |
100 |
.408 |
93 |
84 |
24 |
81 |
LA Angels | .736 |
91 |
.330 |
98 |
.405 |
93 |
99 |
16 |
69 |
Baltimore | .735 |
90 |
.342 |
101 |
.393 |
89 |
99 |
16 |
89 |
Minnesota | .703 |
85 |
.329 |
99 |
.374 |
86 |
93 |
8 |
64 |
Cleveland | .688 |
80 |
.309 |
92 |
.379 |
88 |
73 |
12 |
75 |
Best-hitting AL third basemen: Alex Rodriguez had a poor season (by his lofty standards) and was still, easily, the best-hitting third baseman in the league. Incidentally, the Silver Slugger award went to Joe Crede, who trailed Rodriguez in average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs, home runs, runs batted in, and walks. Voters consist of an apparently unengaged collection of league managers and coaches.
Worst: Cleveland scored 80 more runs than in 2005 in spite of Aaron Boone (.248/.311/.369) and Andy Marte (.226/.287/.421).
Posted by Lucas at December 14, 2006 12:10 PM