Stuff
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:53 am
Terry Haney pm'ed and asked why I posted so much.
I told him that if I say enough stuff, sooner or later I'll say something smart.... I'm still trying.
Perry, thank you for the Jerry Beckham league. It gives a guy who is jonesing for fantasy baseball hope in November. Thanksgiving, again?
Greg, here's hoping you get all those contracts and site stuff taken care of pronto. If last year was any indication, there will be a lot of guys who will want to start slo-drafts sooner than later.
To all that participated in the Mock. Thank you. I believe that was the first one with absolutely minimal moaning and groaning, a great job.
The stolen base thing still blows me away. It is incredible about the personal numbers for these players. It would be hard to fathom that players would have stolen base numbers in their contracts. Maybe an agent saying that his client stole 20 bases instead of 19 sounds better, but in the end, it has to be more about players knowing their numbers and going for the brass ring.
For those of you who are lost, go back to the October 20 post about stolen bases.
On to some more Stuff...
Andrew McCutchen hit .600 last year with the bases loaded.... Not stunned that he hit that well with the bases loaded, I am, however, stunned that the Pirates loaded the bases often enough for him to HAVE a .600 average with the bases loaded.
If I said this guy had at least 40 home runs and led the NL in bb's, nine of ten people would think Albert Pujols...In fact, it's Adrian Gonzalez.
Gonzalez hit 28 of those 40 homers on the road.
Speaking of the Pads...As a team at home they hit, are you ready?.... .219!
15 pitchers with over 10 ab's hit at least .220 last year, including San Diego's own Chris Young, .263( Arizona's Chris Young hit .212)
On the other side of the spectrum the Angels hit .288 at home.
If one player had to perform emergency surgery on a family member, besides maybe Moonlight Graham, I would select Placido Polanco. The guy made two errors all year at 2nd base. Waitresses drop two trays in a day and this guy makes two errors over 151 games. Incredible.
I would say having less errors than a hat size is great, but not in Polanco's case. That noggin is large!
Besides two shortstops named Cabrera, who made the most errors in the Bigs last year?
Think about it, the answer will surprise you and be at the bottom of this post.
Joe Mauer had 606 plate appearances. Amazing enough considering that he missed the first month of the season. But in those 606 plate appearances, he swung at the first pitch only 40 times. He put the ball in play 19 of those 40 times. He was 9-19, good for a .474 average with three home runs.
Bobby Abreu and Luis Castillo were the only two players who took twice as many pitches as they swung at.
Do you think making zero errors last year will add to Jason Bay's $$$ this year?
Me neither.
Over Manage much, Dusty?
Dusty Baker called 55 pitch outs last year. In contrast, Dean Wakamatsu called four.
Good field, no hit?
Randy Winn and Jeremy Hermida were the only regular rf'ers not to make an error this year.
Protection for Ichiro?
Ichiro led the AL in intentional bb's last year.
Ever try it with the other hand?
Alexis Ramirez hit .370 vs. lefties, .248 vs righties.
Has anybody told Lou?
Kosuke Fukudome had a .404 on base pctg leading off last year. Alfonso Soriano, .295
A lot of people, including baseball fans do not know who Brian Bass is.
Brian Bass did a couple of things that no other player came very close to doing last year.
He entered the game as a reliever before the game was past the 6th inning...29 times!
He also threw more than 25 pitches in 30 differnt games.
Mike Hampton has won five silver slugger awards, a record for pitchers. This year, batting .226 with four home runs, Carlos Zambrano won the award.
Guess who paced all pitchers with more than 25 at bats with a .324 average? That's right, Hampton.
If one stat could answer why the Rockies made the playoffs, it may be this one.
Todd Helton had 1349 putouts in 1275 innings played. In contrast, Derek Lee had 1088 put outs in 1231 innings. Fielding prowess of Helton and Lee aside, this stat speaks volumes for how Rockies pitchers kept the ball down...sorry Cubby fans.
Two out of three, ain't bad.
Mark Reynolds, Chris Davis, Miguel Olivo, Carlos Pena, and Russell Branyan.
These five players are the only five players to have swung and missed over a third of the time.
Philadelphia is a bandbox though!
Ryan Howard only hit 18 of his 45 home runs at home.
Raul Ibanez only hit 13 of his 31 home runs at home.
The most home runs allowed by a ballpark in each league?
Look no further than the World Series participants.
The answer to an above question...
Despite playing 3rd base with less chances than a ss or 2b AND despite taking more than a few days off most months, Chipper Jones managed to make 22 errors this past season.
I told him that if I say enough stuff, sooner or later I'll say something smart.... I'm still trying.
Perry, thank you for the Jerry Beckham league. It gives a guy who is jonesing for fantasy baseball hope in November. Thanksgiving, again?
Greg, here's hoping you get all those contracts and site stuff taken care of pronto. If last year was any indication, there will be a lot of guys who will want to start slo-drafts sooner than later.
To all that participated in the Mock. Thank you. I believe that was the first one with absolutely minimal moaning and groaning, a great job.
The stolen base thing still blows me away. It is incredible about the personal numbers for these players. It would be hard to fathom that players would have stolen base numbers in their contracts. Maybe an agent saying that his client stole 20 bases instead of 19 sounds better, but in the end, it has to be more about players knowing their numbers and going for the brass ring.
For those of you who are lost, go back to the October 20 post about stolen bases.
On to some more Stuff...
Andrew McCutchen hit .600 last year with the bases loaded.... Not stunned that he hit that well with the bases loaded, I am, however, stunned that the Pirates loaded the bases often enough for him to HAVE a .600 average with the bases loaded.
If I said this guy had at least 40 home runs and led the NL in bb's, nine of ten people would think Albert Pujols...In fact, it's Adrian Gonzalez.
Gonzalez hit 28 of those 40 homers on the road.
Speaking of the Pads...As a team at home they hit, are you ready?.... .219!
15 pitchers with over 10 ab's hit at least .220 last year, including San Diego's own Chris Young, .263( Arizona's Chris Young hit .212)
On the other side of the spectrum the Angels hit .288 at home.
If one player had to perform emergency surgery on a family member, besides maybe Moonlight Graham, I would select Placido Polanco. The guy made two errors all year at 2nd base. Waitresses drop two trays in a day and this guy makes two errors over 151 games. Incredible.
I would say having less errors than a hat size is great, but not in Polanco's case. That noggin is large!
Besides two shortstops named Cabrera, who made the most errors in the Bigs last year?
Think about it, the answer will surprise you and be at the bottom of this post.
Joe Mauer had 606 plate appearances. Amazing enough considering that he missed the first month of the season. But in those 606 plate appearances, he swung at the first pitch only 40 times. He put the ball in play 19 of those 40 times. He was 9-19, good for a .474 average with three home runs.
Bobby Abreu and Luis Castillo were the only two players who took twice as many pitches as they swung at.
Do you think making zero errors last year will add to Jason Bay's $$$ this year?
Me neither.
Over Manage much, Dusty?
Dusty Baker called 55 pitch outs last year. In contrast, Dean Wakamatsu called four.
Good field, no hit?
Randy Winn and Jeremy Hermida were the only regular rf'ers not to make an error this year.
Protection for Ichiro?
Ichiro led the AL in intentional bb's last year.
Ever try it with the other hand?
Alexis Ramirez hit .370 vs. lefties, .248 vs righties.
Has anybody told Lou?
Kosuke Fukudome had a .404 on base pctg leading off last year. Alfonso Soriano, .295
A lot of people, including baseball fans do not know who Brian Bass is.
Brian Bass did a couple of things that no other player came very close to doing last year.
He entered the game as a reliever before the game was past the 6th inning...29 times!
He also threw more than 25 pitches in 30 differnt games.
Mike Hampton has won five silver slugger awards, a record for pitchers. This year, batting .226 with four home runs, Carlos Zambrano won the award.
Guess who paced all pitchers with more than 25 at bats with a .324 average? That's right, Hampton.
If one stat could answer why the Rockies made the playoffs, it may be this one.
Todd Helton had 1349 putouts in 1275 innings played. In contrast, Derek Lee had 1088 put outs in 1231 innings. Fielding prowess of Helton and Lee aside, this stat speaks volumes for how Rockies pitchers kept the ball down...sorry Cubby fans.
Two out of three, ain't bad.
Mark Reynolds, Chris Davis, Miguel Olivo, Carlos Pena, and Russell Branyan.
These five players are the only five players to have swung and missed over a third of the time.
Philadelphia is a bandbox though!
Ryan Howard only hit 18 of his 45 home runs at home.
Raul Ibanez only hit 13 of his 31 home runs at home.
The most home runs allowed by a ballpark in each league?
Look no further than the World Series participants.
The answer to an above question...
Despite playing 3rd base with less chances than a ss or 2b AND despite taking more than a few days off most months, Chipper Jones managed to make 22 errors this past season.
