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December 18, 2006
Reviewing the Ranger Lineup: Shortstops
| Name | % of Team PA |
OPS |
P-OPS+ |
OBP |
P-OBP+ |
SLG |
P-SLG+ |
R |
HR |
RBI |
BB% |
SO% |
| M. Young | 95% |
.785 |
109 |
.346 |
104 |
.438 |
105 |
86 |
12 |
93 |
6.7% |
13.2% |
| 4 others | 5% |
.897 |
140 |
.412 |
124 |
.485 |
116 |
10 |
0 |
5 |
2.9% |
8.8% |
| TEAM | - |
.790 |
110 |
.349 |
105 |
.441 |
105 |
96 |
12 |
98 |
6.5% |
13.0% |
| AL Average | - |
.751 |
- |
.333 |
- |
.418 |
- |
85 |
13 |
74 |
6.9% |
14.5% |
| Team Rank in AL | - |
- |
4 |
- |
5 |
- |
4 |
5 |
8 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
After four consecutive years of increasingly stunning improvement culminating in last year’s astounding line of .331/.385/.513, Michael Young finally regressed, hitting .314/.356/.459 overall and “only” .303/.346/.438 as a shortstop. As such, he declined from brilliant to very good, lagging only behind the Big Three of Jeter, Tejada, and Carlos Guillen.
Young doesn’t require a backup, but those who did squeeze in a few innings at shortstop hit very well (dollops of Mark DeRosa, Joaquin Arias, and Jerry Hairston).
AL Shortstops
| TEAM | OPS |
P-OPS+ |
OBP |
P-OBP+ |
SLG |
P-SLG+ |
R |
HR |
RBI |
| Detroit | .893 |
143 |
.393 |
118 |
.500 |
124 |
105 |
19 |
81 |
| NY Yankees | .893 |
142 |
.412 |
125 |
.481 |
117 |
126 |
15 |
100 |
| Baltimore | .866 |
133 |
.382 |
115 |
.484 |
118 |
101 |
22 |
91 |
| Texas | .790 |
110 |
.349 |
105 |
.441 |
105 |
96 |
12 |
98 |
| LA Angels | .742 |
102 |
.338 |
102 |
.403 |
100 |
102 |
9 |
79 |
| Minnesota | .713 |
97 |
.342 |
105 |
.372 |
92 |
60 |
3 |
50 |
| Seattle | .708 |
95 |
.310 |
94 |
.398 |
100 |
72 |
8 |
48 |
| Oakland | .710 |
94 |
.333 |
101 |
.376 |
93 |
82 |
13 |
65 |
| Cleveland | .699 |
92 |
.315 |
96 |
.384 |
96 |
88 |
14 |
78 |
| Toronto | .716 |
90 |
.321 |
97 |
.395 |
93 |
81 |
12 |
67 |
| Chicago Sox | .712 |
87 |
.271 |
81 |
.442 |
105 |
66 |
24 |
92 |
| Tampa Bay | .690 |
86 |
.305 |
92 |
.386 |
94 |
80 |
16 |
53 |
| Boston | .674 |
82 |
.306 |
92 |
.368 |
90 |
70 |
10 |
63 |
| Kansas City | .575 |
53 |
.261 |
77 |
.314 |
76 |
58 |
9 |
68 |
Best-hitting shortstops: Detroit (mostly the aforementioned Guillen, who hit .320/.400/.519) bested New York (Derek Jeter) in OPS, but the Yankees’ advantage in OBP makes him best by a slight margin.
Worst: Kansas City’s Angel Berroa just barely qualified for the batting title with 503 plate appearances and still managed to make almost 400 outs. KC’s team line of .229/.261/.314 and P-OPS+ 53 were the worst in the American League at any position. In essence, Kansas City’s shortstop’s hit about as well as Eric Milton (.224/.250/.327).
Posted by Lucas at December 18, 2006 06:31 PM