Growing Pains: Fundamental baseball (September 7, 2003)
Robert Dudek checks in with an excellent view at how the AL teams, and the Jays specifically, perform in 3 categories: WP/PB, SB/CS, and Errors.
--posted by TangoTiger at 10:54 AM EDT
Posted 1:44 p.m.,
September 8, 2003
(#1) -
bob mong
One thing to add to his list would be double-plays vs. double-play opportunities. That, it seems to me, would fall in the "fundamentals" category.
Also interesting that Seattle ends up on top of his particular list. They are, mostly, an older team defensively:
C: 34 (Wilson) & 26 (Davis)
1B: 34 (Olerud)
2B: 34 (Boone)
SS: 27 (Guillen) & 35 (Sanchez)
3B: 33 (Cirillo), 27 (Guillen), 25 (Bloomquist), & 38 (McLemore)
LF: 29 (Winn)
CF: 30 (Cameron)
RF: 29 (Ichiro!)
Starters: 40 (Moyer), 27 (Garcia), 30 (Franklin), 24 (Piņeiro), 24 (Meche)
Relievers: 35 (Sasaki), 34 (Hasegawa), 33 (Rhodes), 36 (Nelson), 23 (Soriano), 25 (Mateo), 30 (Benitez)
The only defensive regulars under 27 are half-timer Ben Davis and one-time-3B Willie Bloomquist (who is now a backup UT again).
The only pitchers under 27 are Piņeiro, Meche, Soriano, and Mateo.