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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