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January 28, 2007
Loaded
Batting with the bases loaded, 2006:
| Team | AVG / OBP / SLG -- OPS |
AVG+ / OBP+ / SLG+ -- OPS+ |
Plate Apps. |
Runs |
Runs per PA |
Runs as % of Total |
| CLE | .382 / .385 / .737 -- 1.122 |
128 / 116 / 154 -- 170 |
187 |
176 |
94% |
20% |
| TEX | .358 / .392 / .623 -- 1.015 |
118 / 116 / 125 -- 141 |
171 |
153 |
89% |
18% |
| CHW | .336 / .363 / .656 -- 1.019 |
111 / 107 / 131 -- 138 |
157 |
144 |
92% |
17% |
| MIN | .333 / .359 / .570 -- .929 |
111 / 109 / 118 -- 127 |
167 |
149 |
89% |
19% |
| DET | .330 / .358 / .487 -- .845 |
108 / 107 / 101 -- 108 |
134 |
110 |
82% |
13% |
| NYY | .303 / .363 / .473 -- .836 |
100 / 109 / 96 -- 105 |
245 |
184 |
75% |
20% |
| OAK | .297 / .350 / .481 -- .831 |
98 / 105 / 99 -- 104 |
203 |
156 |
77% |
20% |
| LAA | .313 / .333 / .475 -- .808 |
103 / 100 / 99 -- 99 |
114 |
88 |
77% |
11% |
| SEA | .285 / .313 / .462 -- .775 |
96 / 94 / 97 -- 91 |
150 |
115 |
77% |
15% |
| KAN | .301 / .324 / .374 -- .698 |
97 / 95 / 75 -- 70 |
142 |
106 |
75% |
14% |
| TOR | .236 / .287 / .417 -- .704 |
77 / 86 / 82 -- 68 |
167 |
113 |
68% |
14% |
| TAM | .273 / .290 / .386 -- .676 |
91 / 87 / 79 -- 66 |
100 |
74 |
74% |
11% |
| BOS | .236 / .280 / .388 -- .668 |
77 / 83 / 79 -- 62 |
211 |
136 |
64% |
17% |
| BAL | .262 / .298 / .333 -- .631 |
86 / 89 / 68 -- 57 |
171 |
116 |
68% |
15% |
| AL Avg | .303 / .335 / .490 -- .826 |
-- |
166 |
130 |
79% |
16% |
The “+� numbers are relative to the park-adjusted AL line with the bases loaded. As you can see, it’s deluxe hitting territory. The last column represents the percentage of the team’s total runs scored in bases-loaded appearances.
This chart partially explains how Oakland manage to finish near the league average in (park-adjusted) run scored despite finishing next-to-last in average and slugging. Notice the 203 bases-loaded plate appearances, third behind New York and Boston. How did the Athletics do it? Perhaps some luck, but also 650 walks, 133 more than the league average. Yes, contrary to the opinion of some, clogging up the basepaths really does help.
Also, woe is Tampa Bay.
Posted by Lucas at January 28, 2007 11:17 PM