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December 28, 2006
Reviewing the Ranger Lineup: Right Fielders
Here’s your disaster.
Name | % of Team PA |
OPS |
P-OPS+ |
OBP |
P-OBP+ |
SLG |
P-SLG+ |
R |
HR |
RBI |
BB% |
SO% |
M. DeRosa | 37% |
.783 |
90 |
.347 |
99 |
.436 |
91 |
30 |
4 |
29 |
7.3% |
19.6% |
K. Mench | 35% |
.824 |
99 |
.345 |
99 |
.479 |
100 |
26 |
10 |
36 |
6.6% |
14.0% |
N. Cruz | 20% |
.626 |
51 |
.261 |
75 |
.365 |
76 |
14 |
5 |
21 |
5.3% |
22.6% |
9 others | 7% |
.485 |
17 |
.208 |
60 |
.277 |
58 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
TEAM | .743 |
80 |
.319 |
91 |
.424 |
89 |
73 |
19 |
95 |
6.3% |
19.4% |
|
AL Average | - |
.828 |
- |
.350 |
- |
.478 |
- |
92 |
24 |
94 |
8.2% |
16.7% |
Team Rank in AL | - |
- |
14 |
- |
13 |
- |
14 |
14 |
10 |
7 |
14 |
11 |
Texas’s variety pack of right fielders posted a line of .271/.319/.424. That may only sound “bad,” not “really really bad,” but right field is for offense. Among the eight fielding positions plus DH, AL right fielders ranked first in batting average, third in OBP and second in slugging percentage.
The Rangers did not keep up. They ranked next-to-last in the league in on-base percentage, last in slugging, last in runs scored, and last in walk rate. Mark DeRosa batted .295/.347/.436, mostly later in the season after he’d cooled off. Now, that line compares quite favorably to DeRosa’s previous output from 1998 to 2005, but as an American League right fielder in 2006, not so much. Kevin Mench basically held his ground, and Nelson Cruz had a tough rookie season.
AL Right Fielders
TEAM | OPS |
P-OPS+ |
OBP |
P-OBP+ |
SLG |
P-SLG+ |
R |
HR |
RBI |
Chicago Sox | .958 |
129 |
.376 |
107 |
.582 |
122 |
111 |
44 |
129 |
LA Angels | .885 |
118 |
.363 |
104 |
.522 |
114 |
91 |
33 |
116 |
Toronto | .876 |
110 |
.354 |
102 |
.522 |
108 |
104 |
28 |
111 |
Baltimore | .851 |
108 |
.354 |
102 |
.497 |
106 |
89 |
26 |
86 |
NY Yankees | .814 |
100 |
.357 |
103 |
.456 |
97 |
93 |
22 |
101 |
Detroit | .808 |
99 |
.344 |
99 |
.463 |
101 |
90 |
26 |
103 |
Minnesota | .796 |
99 |
.348 |
102 |
.447 |
97 |
109 |
20 |
104 |
Oakland | .793 |
98 |
.358 |
104 |
.435 |
94 |
87 |
18 |
93 |
Seattle | .778 |
97 |
.371 |
108 |
.407 |
90 |
99 |
10 |
53 |
Cleveland | .784 |
96 |
.339 |
98 |
.445 |
97 |
91 |
20 |
89 |
Tampa Bay | .795 |
93 |
.310 |
89 |
.485 |
103 |
83 |
33 |
76 |
Boston | .777 |
92 |
.352 |
101 |
.425 |
91 |
84 |
17 |
77 |
Kansas City | .777 |
87 |
.332 |
93 |
.445 |
94 |
88 |
16 |
81 |
Texas | .743 |
80 |
.319 |
91 |
.424 |
89 |
73 |
19 |
95 |
Best-hitting right fielders: Chicago’s Jermaine Dye lapped the field, including LA’s Vlad.
Worst: See above.
Posted by Lucas at December 28, 2006 01:37 PM