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January 20, 2007
Pitchers OPS+ and Hitter Counterparts
Here’s a fun little game: turning every pitcher’s performance into a comparable batter. Below are the opposing batting lines for Ranger pitcher who faced at least 100 batters. The three hitters who most closely match that line are listed to the right. If none of the three qualified for the batting title, I listed a fourth who did. Just in case you're curious, I determined comparability by ranking the sums of the squares of the differences in average, on-base percentage and slugging between pitcher and hitter. Now that I’ve put you to sleep with the previous sentence, the list:
| Pitcher | Opposing AVG/OBP/SLG -- OPS |
Opposing AVG+/OBP+/SLG+ -- OPS+ |
Most Comparable Batters ('06 Stats Only) |
| W. Littleton | .189/.275/.262 -- .538 |
68 / 81 / 59 -- 40 |
Jerry Hairston, Abraham Nunez, Paul Bako, (Clint Barmes) |
| A. Otsuka | .241/.276/.318 -- .594 |
87 / 81 / 71 -- 52 |
Miguel Cairo, Neifi Perez, Cesar Izturis, (Ronny Cedeno) |
| J. Benoit | .224/.314/.310 -- .624 |
81 / 92 / 70 -- 62 |
Brandon Fahey, Matt Treanor, Alex Cora, (Adam Everett) |
| S. Feldman | .266/.324/.373 -- .697 |
96 / 95 / 84 -- 79 |
Julio Franco, Jack Wilson, Chone Figgins |
| F. Cordero | .265/.325/.395 -- .720 |
96 / 95 / 89 -- 84 |
Randy Winn, Jason Michaels, Jeff Conine |
| C. Wilson | .234/.326/.395 -- .722 |
85 / 96 / 89 -- 85 |
Jason Varitek, Joe Borchard, Chuck Finley, (Jhonny Peralta) |
| R. Bauer | .272/.338/.381 -- .718 |
99 / 99 / 85 -- 84 |
Adam Kennedy, Sean Casey, Chone Figgins |
| J. Rupe | .287/.344/.374 -- .718 |
104 / 101 / 84 -- 85 |
Nick Punto, Shannon Stewart, Mark Loretta |
| K. Millwood | .272/.317/.418 -- .735 |
99 / 93 / 94 -- 87 |
Kevin Mench, Jesse Barfield, Omar Infante |
| R. Mahay | .250/.335/.412 -- .747 |
91 / 98 / 92 -- 90 |
Matt Stairs, Cliff Floyd, Jose Bautista, (Hank Blalock) |
| V. Padilla | .266/.338/.419 -- .757 |
96 / 99 / 94 -- 93 |
Julio Lugo, Chris Burke, Cory Snyder, (Tony Graffanino) |
| R. Tejeda | .288/.360/.438 -- .797 |
104 / 106 / 98 -- 104 |
Edgar Renteria, Russ Martin, Connor Jackson |
| J. Wasdin | .266/.355/.468 -- .822 |
96 / 104 / 105 -- 109 |
Austin Kearns, Jim Edmonds, Aubrey Huff |
| J. Koronka | .294/.356/.468 -- .824 |
107 / 104 / 105 -- 109 |
Ryan Garko, Ryan Zimmerman, Magglio Ordonez |
| K. Loe | .317/.359/.486 -- .845 |
115 / 105 / 109 -- 114 |
Andrew Ethier, Mike Lamb, Gary Matthews |
| A. Eaton | .299/.366/.483 -- .848 |
108 / 107 / 108 -- 115 |
Andrew Ethier, Mike Lamb, Jose Reyes |
| J. Rheinecker | .349/.393/.477 -- .869 |
126 / 115 / 107 -- 122 |
Freddy Sanchez, Derek Jeter, Russ Johnson |
| E. Volquez | .359/.427/.538 -- .965 |
130 / 125 / 121 -- 146 |
Joe Mauer, Miguel Cabrera, Joe Bard |
UPDATE: Oops. Anyone notice that C.J. Wilson's third comparable is Chuck Finley? That should be Steve.
Posted by Lucas at January 20, 2007 12:33 PM