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December 31, 2006
Reviewing the Ranger Lineup: Designated Hitters
Name | % of Team PA |
OPS |
P-OPS+ |
OBP |
P-OBP+ |
SLG |
P-SLG+ |
R |
HR |
RBI |
BB% |
SO% |
P. Nevin | 30% |
.730 |
75 |
.309 |
88 |
.421 |
88 |
25 |
9 |
31 |
10.9% |
19.3% |
H. Blalock | 20% |
.532 |
29 |
.244 |
69 |
.288 |
60 |
9 |
2 |
9 |
6.3% |
22.2% |
M. Stairs | 12% |
.653 |
57 |
.273 |
78 |
.380 |
79 |
6 |
3 |
10 |
6.6% |
25.0% |
K. Mench | 9% |
.701 |
70 |
.321 |
91 |
.380 |
79 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
9.1% |
7.3% |
J. Botts | 8% |
.693 |
69 |
.321 |
91 |
.372 |
77 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
15.7% |
33.3% |
B. Wilkerson | 7% |
.527 |
27 |
.227 |
65 |
.300 |
62 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
9.1% |
31.8% |
M. Young | 5% |
1.396 |
232 |
.543 |
155 |
.853 |
177 |
7 |
2 |
10 |
2.9% |
8.6% |
C. Lee | 5% |
.981 |
135 |
.400 |
114 |
.581 |
121 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
8.8% |
2.9% |
5 others | 4% |
.839 |
102 |
.357 |
102 |
.481 |
100 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.0% |
0.0% |
TEAM | .719 |
73 |
.309 |
88 |
.410 |
85 |
71 |
21 |
76 |
8.7% |
19.7% |
|
AL Average | - |
.832 |
- |
.351 |
- |
.481 |
- |
83 |
28 |
93 |
11.1% |
18.8% |
Team Rank in AL | - |
- |
12 |
- |
13 |
- |
12 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
Texas DHes leapt from the worst OPS+ in the American League in 2005 to third-worst last season. Are you not suitably impressed? This next bit of information won’t help. Erase Michael Young’s softball line (.529/.543/.853 in seven games) and the remainder drops to – yikes -- .220/.290/.383. Remember, these are “designated hitters.”
As I’d mentioned in May, Nevin’s everyday presence in the middle of the order was a gloomily foregone conclusion despite mounting evidence that he wouldn’t perform. Texas relieved him of his duties just past the season’s one-quarter mark, after which time, for the most part, the situation worsened.
With nothing left to prove in the minors, Jason Botts received only a handful of starts over several weeks before management shuttled him back to Oklahoma. Wilkerson and Mench split the majority of DH starts for a month in a quasi-platoon while Mark DeRosa started every day (deservedly). Matt Stairs came, did nothing, and left. An injured Hank Blalock started mostly at DH during the final three weeks and reached his nadir as a batter. Only Young and Carlos Lee hit with authority.
AL Designated Hitters
TEAM | OPS |
P-OPS+ |
OBP |
P-OBP+ |
SLG |
P-SLG+ |
R |
HR |
RBI |
Cleveland | 1.016 |
150 |
.412 |
119 |
.604 |
131 |
114 |
45 |
137 |
Boston | 1.003 |
143 |
.406 |
116 |
.597 |
127 |
109 |
50 |
131 |
Chicago Sox | .975 |
133 |
.408 |
116 |
.566 |
117 |
117 |
42 |
112 |
Oakland | .881 |
116 |
.368 |
106 |
.513 |
110 |
87 |
40 |
121 |
LA Angels | .849 |
108 |
.356 |
102 |
.492 |
106 |
84 |
28 |
96 |
NY Yankees | .842 |
106 |
.369 |
106 |
.473 |
100 |
104 |
30 |
114 |
Toronto | .811 |
94 |
.338 |
97 |
.473 |
97 |
65 |
16 |
69 |
Kansas City | .787 |
89 |
.348 |
97 |
.439 |
92 |
70 |
21 |
87 |
Detroit | .768 |
88 |
.309 |
88 |
.460 |
99 |
85 |
27 |
90 |
Baltimore | .754 |
85 |
.333 |
95 |
.421 |
90 |
63 |
16 |
71 |
Tampa Bay | .745 |
82 |
.323 |
92 |
.422 |
89 |
74 |
25 |
78 |
Texas | .719 |
73 |
.309 |
88 |
.410 |
85 |
71 |
21 |
76 |
Minnesota | .680 |
71 |
.316 |
92 |
.364 |
78 |
61 |
8 |
60 |
Seattle | .667 |
67 |
.300 |
87 |
.366 |
80 |
59 |
17 |
61 |
Best-hitting DHes: Cleveland has some guy named Hafner. I hear he's pretty good.
Worst: Seattle, a ghastly amalgam of Carl Everett, Ben Broussard, Eduardo Perez, and assorted others. Not to suggest Seattle’s acquisition of Jose Vidro was wise, but he will be an upgrade.
Posted by Lucas at December 31, 2006 05:39 PM