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December 25, 2006
Reviewing the Ranger Lineup: Center Fielders
| Name | % of Team PA |
OPS |
P-OPS+ |
OBP |
P-OBP+ |
SLG |
P-SLG+ |
R |
HR |
RBI |
BB% |
SO% |
| G. Matthews | 89% |
.875 |
125 |
.375 |
112 |
.500 |
113 |
102 |
19 |
75 |
8.6% |
13.8% |
| 6 others | 11% |
.272 |
(29) |
.134 |
40 |
.138 |
31 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
2.4% |
40.2% |
| TEAM | - |
.807 |
107 |
.349 |
104 |
.457 |
103 |
106 |
19 |
82 |
8.0% |
16.7% |
| AL Average | - |
.778 |
- |
.335 |
- |
.443 |
- |
95 |
19 |
74 |
7.5% |
16.9% |
| Team Rank in AL | - |
- |
5 |
- |
4 |
- |
6 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
I’d guess Gary Matthews has no more than a 10% chance of justifying his contract. That’s not to diminish his outstanding final season in Texas. Center field has plagued the Rangers since the team logo was a cowboy hat perched on a baseball (see upper left). For one season, Matthews eradicated that plague with solid defense and an astonishing bat. New center fielder Kenny Lofton may outhit Matthews next year, but he won’t surpass Matthews’s 2006.
Laynce Nix, Adrian Brown, Jerry Hairston, Freddy Guzman, and Brad Wilkerson (1 at-bat) combined to go 9-for-80 (.113) with two walks. Good times.
AL Center Fielders
| TEAM | OPS |
OPS+ |
OBP |
OBP+ |
SLG |
SLG+ |
R |
HR |
RBI |
| Cleveland | 0.920 |
142 |
0.378 |
115 |
0.541 |
127 |
136 |
29 |
78 |
| Toronto | 0.915 |
132 |
0.364 |
109 |
0.551 |
123 |
106 |
34 |
113 |
| Minnesota | 0.803 |
112 |
0.334 |
102 |
0.468 |
109 |
102 |
32 |
99 |
| NY Yankees | 0.806 |
110 |
0.345 |
104 |
0.461 |
106 |
121 |
26 |
84 |
| Texas | 0.807 |
107 |
0.349 |
104 |
0.457 |
103 |
106 |
19 |
82 |
| Detroit | 0.777 |
104 |
0.330 |
99 |
0.447 |
105 |
101 |
22 |
76 |
| Tampa Bay | 0.758 |
96 |
0.314 |
94 |
0.443 |
102 |
94 |
21 |
79 |
| LA Angels | 0.733 |
95 |
0.345 |
104 |
0.388 |
91 |
87 |
10 |
71 |
| Oakland | 0.736 |
95 |
0.333 |
101 |
0.403 |
94 |
83 |
11 |
76 |
| Kansas City | 0.741 |
92 |
0.351 |
103 |
0.390 |
89 |
83 |
8 |
62 |
| Boston | 0.713 |
87 |
0.326 |
98 |
0.388 |
89 |
87 |
13 |
66 |
| Baltimore | 0.714 |
85 |
0.297 |
89 |
0.418 |
96 |
83 |
21 |
67 |
| Seattle | 0.656 |
75 |
0.294 |
89 |
0.362 |
86 |
80 |
11 |
42 |
| Chicago Sox | 0.672 |
73 |
0.302 |
90 |
0.370 |
83 |
67 |
12 |
47 |
Best-hitting center fielders: Cleveland, in the form of Grady Sizemore.
Worst: The Chicago White Sox, a combination of Brian Anderson (a terrific fielder who couldn’t hit) and Rob Mackowiak (overmatched in center but adequate at the plate). Seattle gets dishonorable mention with its three-headed monster of Jeremy Reed, Willie Bloomquist and Adam Jones (until Ichiro! took over).
Posted by Lucas at December 25, 2006 02:01 AM