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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