Scenarios

Here's a good explanation of the possible scenarios coming out of the Red Sox/Yankees and White Sox/Indians series this weekend. Also check out my article on THT on the White Sox winning the pennant in April.

Let me know if you think the graph format I'm using there is confusing. My intent was to get more information in one graph rather than post several graphs.

Rox 2005

Well, the Rockies 2005 season is at an end and so I thought I'd share my observations about the 2005 version and look forward to 2006.

First, here's the season summary in one graph.



Quick primer: The blue line tracks the winning percentage during the season while the purple line shows the pythagorean winning percentage (calculated based on the the ratio of runs scored to runs allowed. Both of these curves use the Y-Axis on the left side of the graph. The light blue line and the green line represent the cumulative runs scored per game and the runs allowed per game on each day of the season. Both of those curves use the Y-Axis on the right.


What this graph indicates is that the pitching out of the gate was so terrible (they gave up 10 or more runs in 5 of the first 9 games) that the Rockies dug themselves a hole (1-9 on April 16th) that turned out to be too large to dig out of. It also shows that their pitching continued to improve during the season as the Kim's (Byun-Yun and Sunny) stabilized the rotation and Brian Fuentes and company pitched better in the bullpen. The helped them to improve from 24-48 on June 22nd to play essentially .500 baseball the rest of the way, which as it turns out, in their division would have been more than enough to contend in September.

It also shows, however, that the offense did not improve at all throughout the season, mainly due to injuries to Clint Barmes, Matt Holliday, and Brad Hawpe and a mid-season slump by Todd Helton and the departure of Preston Wilson that stalled the offense for much of the summer.

As for the players I'll focus mostly on the young guns, Gen-R as the Rockies PR department says, the Rockies will be counting on for next season...

Clint Barmes - Barmes started out hot with a game-winning homerun on opening day off of Trevor Hoffman and continued to be so until he was placed on the DL June 7th with a fractured left clavicle. After returning from the injury he hit poorly as his average dipped under .300.

My observation of Barmes makes me wonder if he'll really be a major league hitter. The only pitch he can drive is a fastball down and in and often gets jammed, hitting broken bat dribblers to the right side. He's also not at all patient (just 16 walks in 333 at bats) although Clint Hurdle continued to bat him leadoff long after he had shown he wasn't suited for it. He'll also be 27 on opening day 2006 and so it's not likely he'll improve greatly.

In the field Barmes is below average (-6 runs above average according to Baseball Prospectus) and his arm is more like David Eckstein's than Khalil Greene. In short, I think the Rockies should keep looking.

Corey Sullivan - Sullivan didn't get much playing time early but after the Wilson deal and the injury to Larry Bigbie he was installed in centerfield and responded by hitting well over .300 in the final two months. His patience also improved as the season went on.

At the plate opposing pitcher would pitch him in, in, in and early on he would swing at everything inside off the plate and usually miss (he's struck out 78 times in 360 at bats). Later in the year teams didn't seem to pitch him quite the same way and Sullivan was able to take the outside pitch and slap it into left field for hits.

His defense is above average and so he'd make a decent fourth outfielder but I certainly wouldn't want him in the starting lineup in 2006. He'll be 26 on opening day 2006.

Matt Holliday - After being hurt much of the first half of the season Holliday came on in the second half and has led the league in RBIs with 59. Overall, he's the player that consistently hits the ball the hardest on the Rockies and the ball seems to jump off his bat. His weaknesses are his lack of patience in general (just 36 walks in 460 at bats but better patience down the stretch) and particularly his seeming need to chase sliders low and away, a weakness, I might add that opposing pitchers regularly exploit. If he can develop some patience and make pitchers come to him, he'll be a force to be reckoned with as he just hits pitches in the strike zone.

Of course, as with any Rockies hitter it's difficult to know how good he really is since his home line (.357/.409/.593) is so much better than his road line (.257/.316/.414). Still, he came from a long way back in his road numbers and so I would certainly expect the Rockies to give him every opportunity to become a hitting star.

His defense is poor to say the least. He often gets bad jumps and his arm is nothing to brag about. He'll be 26 at the beginning of next season.

Garrett Atkins - Atkins was the most consistent of the rookie class and was the RBI leader for much of the season. He ended with respectable numbers with a good August and September but a horrible road line (.234/.302/.347) and so it remains to be seen if he'll really be competent at the major league level. His problem is that he doesn't really hit with enough isolated power to hold down a position so far to the left of the defensive spectrum and his approach at the plate doesn't give one confidence that his power will improve. Still, next year he'll be just 24 and so there's certainly room for growth.

In the field he's far from outstanding and BP rates him at 13 runs below average.

Brad Hawpe - Hawpe had a pretty good season despite battling through injuries. He hasn't yet shown the power that everyone talks about (in fact he hit 4 homeruns in his first 50 at bats and then just 5 more the rest of the way) but like Atkins at 25, he has the time to improve. He was better than most of the other Rockies on the road (.259/.350/.393) and showed a good deal of patience (37 walks in 267 at bats). He was also very good in field racking up 11 assists in just half a season. Like Holliday, I think perhaps Hawpe can be an integral part of the future.

Luis Gonzales and Aaron Miles - I've included Miles in this discussion since he plays the same position as Gonzales although I don't view him as a part of the future since he's older. That said, my view is that Gonzales is the better and younger (26 to 28 for Miles) player and so should be looked at as the incumbent as the Rockies head to Spring Training next year.

In short, Gonzales, while not patient, has more power and can hit the ball with authority whereas Miles neither walks (7 in over 300 at bats) nor has any extra base hit power. The problem with Gonzales is that he hasn't shown he can hit right handed pitching well while he rakes lefties. Gonzales also hit much better on the road than Miles so it seems more likely that his numbers reflect real talent.

BP rates them both above average at second base although Gonzales is more versatile and can play both short and third.

J.D. Closser and Danny Ardoin - The Rockies soured on the 25 year-old Closser pretty early when he hit .170 in April and .205 in May and so GM Dan O'Dowd tried to land a catching prospect at the trade deadline only to be stiffed by the Red Sox and left holding the bag with Larry Bigbie in it. The Rockies owners have also publicly stated that they're looking for a catcher for next season as well. So that pretty much sums up his chances in 2006. In short, his walk rate isn't bad but he hits very poorly left-handed at .209/.307/.352 (he's a switch hitter). He's also a brutal fielder and threw out just 10 of 62 runners.

Ardoin on the other hand is good defender but an even worse hitter although final two months he picked it up a little. He's also pretty old at 31 and could be usable as a backup catcher because of his defense. He threw out 22 of 45 runners.

As an aside, here's something strange. Clint Hurdle would often pinch hit for Ardoin in the late innings with Closser during the second half of the season. I found this strange since he often had Jorge Piedra on the bench, a much better hitter (6 homeruns in 112 at bats), but it almost seemed like he felt the need to switch catcher for catcher for some reason. Closser as a pinch hitter isn't really much better than Ardoin.

Leo Mazzone Rocks

As usual on my bike ride into work on Monday morning I listen to the archived Baseball Prospectus Radio and Will Carroll recorded over the weekend. On Saturday's show Will had Jeff Merron of ESPN.com on to discuss his article on Leo Mazzone.

It was a great interview as Jeff discussed the secrets to Leo's success which he attributed to:

1. His throwing program inherited from his mentor Johnny Sain where Braves pitchers throw off the mound twice between starts whereas other teams have them throw once. The program was also adopted organization-wide by Bobby Cox when Mazzone first joined the Braves. I liked this quote from the original article.

"The throwing program is based on common sense. I don't think it's that big a deal, but you'd be amazed how people can't understand. Somebody told me one time that you can't do that because pitchers would break down late in the year. I asked him what he did. And he said that his pitchers played catch in the outfield. And I said, 'Well, explain the difference between playing catch in the outfield and playing catch on a mound when you're only 60 feet, six inches from your target.' He said, 'Well, they had a tendency to throw too hard.' I told him, 'That's what the hell they pay you for, to regulate the effort.'"

2. Stability. The fact that Cox, GM John Schuerholz, and Mazzone have been together for so long that it makes for a very stable environment. Mazzone also plans the rotation 40 days in advance and so a pitcher being taken out of the rotation is not typically based on a single start. I often wonder why teams don't make it a point to introduce stability. They seem to change managers and coaches often based only on won-loss record when their real problem is bad players. Change for the sake of change. Perhaps some commitment to a coaching staff's philosophy (or a coaching staff that implements the organizational philosophy per the A's and Red Sox) for an extended period of time might pay dividends. Seems to work for the teams that have tried it.

3. The fact that Mazzone is great at understanding a pitcher's mechanics when he's going well and getting back to that when he's not. Although Mazzone wasn't discussed in any detail in Bill Shanks book Scout's Honor (which I reviewed here), the need to have a coach who understands that every pitcher is not him was brought out in the book in the section where Shanks profiled Ken Dayley. The Braves pitching coach at the time was Bob Gibson who was trying to make every pitcher into a Gibson clone rather than helping them do what they do better. Gibson didn't last long and Dayley I think attributed some of his struggles to Gibson's "teaching".

He also mentions J.C. Bradbury analysis (of Sabernomics fame) of Mazzone, the links to which you can find here. As quoted in the article Bradbury has concluded that "working with Leo shaves off between .55 and .85 points of a pitcher's ERA." Great stuff.

More Bonds

I've gotten a variety of reactions on my article on Barry Bonds. While most have been very positive I wanted to address some of the issues that readers have brought up. And BTW, thanks for writing and please keep it up.


Why did you include Kimbery Bell?
I had considered whether I should even include the sentence on Bell but I ended up putting it in there with the intention of saying something like "and here's another problem for Bonds". It came across as using her as some sort of evidence but of course she's got a huge motive to be lying (not the least of which is simple revenge) and so I don't consider her allegations as definitive of anything. Her inclusion doesn't impact my argument since my conclusion that he knowningly used steroids is based on his relationship with Anderson, not on anything Bell said.

Does Barry still belong in the Hall of Fame? What about Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and others in the "lively player era"?
I guess I would say that even if Bonds is shown to have knowingly used steroids he still deserves to be in, not because baseball didn't have any rules in place against the use of steroids, but rather because of what he did pre 2000. He was already a Hall of Famer with 445 career homeruns, three MVPs, eight Gold Gloves, and on and on. Perhaps he should have to wait a few years as a sort of penalty for bad behavior but he certainly deserves to be inducted. However, had it been shown that he was using steriods for the majority of his career then he wouldn't be deserving and shouldn't be voted in because his performance was so tainted as not to be a reliable indicator of Hall of Fame talent.

Incidentally, this is the same stance I have on Pete Rose. He was a Hall of Fame player and so deserves induction. However, when he gambled on baseball he forfeited the right to be inducted on the first ballot and should have to wait awhile.

As a result I don't think the standard for not being is as simple as failing one or more drug tests but rather the conclusion of history based on information that comes out over time. That's why the five-year waiting period is important and becomes more so as those like McGwire and Bonds retire.

The same argument is in effect for McGwire and Palmeiro. In the case of McGwire his testimony before Congress this spring ("I'm not here to talk about the past") to me indicated that he used much more than andro and probably did since early in his career. If that's ever shown more definitively then he doesn't deserve induction at all, with or without a waiting period for bad behavior. I say that because without his 1996-1999 seasons he's clearly not a Hall of Famer. Palmeiro was also clearly a Hall of Famer before his positive test and so should be inducted as well unless it's shown (aside from Jose Canseco's book, which, despite everything's that come out, still don't take that much stock in) he had a history of using steroids over many years.

Isn't Bonds innocent until proven guilty? Isn't it just a case of guilt by association?
I guess for me the probability that he knowingly used and benefited from steroids far outweighs the probability that the stats, science, and circumstance I mentioned in the article are just coincidences.

He's innocent until proven guilty in a court of law but that doesn't mean rational people like you and I can't come to our own opinions given what we know. We do that everyday on a variety of issues.

Since even if Bonds was taking steroids from 1999-2002 he wasn't doing anything illegal since baseball had no policy, how can you criticize him?
It is absolutely correct that technically Barry wasn't breaking a baseball rule. The dullness of the owners, a weak commissioner, a recalcitrant players union, and a failure of the media and fans to call for accountability all conspired to ensure that testing was not implemented sooner and when it was it was ineffective. That of course is an article in itself and there is a great exploration of it in Bryant's book.

That said, steroids were and are illegal and more importantly the use of them is clearly unethical as there have been debates going on about them in sports for 30 plus years. That leaves today's athletes no moral or ethical wiggle room.

I also don't buy the argument that professional athletes should be held to a different standard than Olympic athletes merely because they’re professional, and therefore it is their job is to maximize performance. If anything, they should take it more seriously and understand the legal, moral, and health issues better than amateurs.

Why did you single out Bonds instead of focusing on the hundreds of other players or the baseball establishment itself?
My focus on Bonds was the result of my reaction to his 704th homerun. That reaction stems from the fact that it is Bonds whose statistics will impact the record books more than any other player of his era and have a lasting effect on the statistics we used to communicate about the game. I also mentioned 583 and 70 in my article as two more tainted numbers put up by Mark McGwire. I'm saddened in the same way about those numbers.

As to the baseball establishment I'm left without words to how negligant they've been. The ongoing war between the owners and players served to effectively quash this issue when it should have been fully discussed after the strike. The illogical and totally unreasonable stance of Donald Fehr and the player's union on privacy grounds ensured that nothing would be done. That was even after 5-7% of the players tested positive in a test that was easily beatable. Who know what the real numbers were. As it turned out only the threat of action by Congress got the parties as far as they've gotten.

That said, my article was about the stats and Bonds but certainly baseball deserves plenty of critcism.

Bonds is Back

My latest article has been published on THT. It discusses the return of Barry Bonds and how, in my humble opinion, it is overwhelmingly likely that he knowingly used steroids and benefited from them, and how as a result his assault on Ruth and Aaron is a sad and oh so permanent reminder of the "lively player era" (as George Will calls it).

I was listening to Dan Patrick's ESPN radio show yesterday and heard Bonds' comments to reporters when asked about steroids while in Washington to play the Nats. Patrick was right that Barry continues to try and put up smokescreens in order to avoid answering questions - first by bringing his son into it in spring training and now by inserting Katrina victims into the picture and asking reporters how much they've donated. It's pathetic.

Young Guns

Just getting set to score my last game of the season for MLB.com on a cool and breezy day in Denver where the Rockies will host the Padres. With last night's 5-2 win, the Padres moved to 76-75 and remained 5 games in front of the Giants in the western division.

Last night rookie Mike Esposito made his major league debut for the Rockies and pitched 5 decent innings giving up 7 hits and 3 runs. He was pretty aggressive in the strike zone I thought although he ended up walking 3. Jake Peavy was very sharp and although the Rockies weren't that far behind most of the game, it just didn't look they would have a chance.

That makes it 19 different rookies who have played for the Rox this season which ties the Dodgers. That is the Rockies franchise record.

Overall, the Rockies have had by far the most games played by rookies this season:

Colorado      869
Atlanta       676
Dodgers       607
Kansas City   499
San Francisco 451

Of course the Dodgers, Braves, and Giants weren't exactly planning to have to rely on rookies as much as the Rockies were but of course we know how well the Braves rookies have played overall with Jeff Francouer leading the way.

The most interesting play of last night's game was when rookie Corey Sullivan chose to slide into the catcher Ramon Hernandez who was actually behind the plate trying to field a throw in the first inning when trying to score on a Todd Helton double, instead of taking a more direct route and using a hook slide or a head first slide using his hand. It was bizarre and Sullivan was called out since he never actually reached the plate. That turned out to be the Rockies best chance to get to Peavy who then shut them down until the 8th.

Another Ankiel

Well, actually another Brooks Kieschnick. Steve Turner brought to my attention the career of Willie Smith in reference to my article on Ankiel, who pitched 21.7 innings for the Detroit Tigerss in 1963, and in 1964 pitched 31.7 innings for the Los Angeles Angels and played 87 games in the outfield hitting .301/.317/.465 in 359 at bats. He gave up pitching in 1965 and was a regular for the Angels hitting .261/.308/.423 in 136 games. After that it was all downhill and he retired after playing in 31 games for the Reds in 1971.

He fell under my radar of 50 games pitched but he did make the transition at the major league level.

Rick Ankiel's Quest

I have a new article on The Hardball Times summarizing Ankiel's season and his quest to make the transition from pitcher to hitter.

Also, make your plans to pre-order The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2006. There will be plenty of excellent articles from the THT writers as well as guest essays by the likes of Bill James among others. There's also lots of stats of course and even some new data on balls in play outcomes for you to peruse.

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

For Christmas last year I received the book Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt and just a couple weeks ago finally finished it (not because its a long book or difficult to digest - it's an easy read at just over 300 pages).

I was originally interested in the book because my knowledge of Roman history was very limited outside of the first century CE which intersects with the New Testament. In fact, my formal school exposure to any period before that is probably relegated to reading Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in seventh grade - which I didn't like and remember only because of Shakespeare's anachronistic insertion of a clock tower and chime which didn't begin to appear until the early to mid 14th century in Italy. And of course I knew almost nothing of Cicero (106-43 BCE) other than that some Christians like St. Jerome had referred to him an enlightened or "good pagan".

Anyway, I found the book thoroughly engaging and enjoyable. Everitt writes the book in a more or less chronological style with the exception of beginning the book at the fateful Ides of March. He then paints a picture of the Rome that Cicero was born into concentrating on the tumult in the before picking up the story of his early life in Arpinium 70 miles south of Rome.

Everitt then traces Cicero's rise an orator and lawyer centered around the spiritual, legal, and political center of the Roman Republic, the Forum before moving on to his climb up the political ladder and to his Consulship in January of 63 BC. As some of you may know, before the rise of Julius Caesar the Romans elected two Consuls each year to rule jointly. The Consuls would then usually be rewarded with a choice governorship somewhere in the empire in which he could line his pockets and recover the money he spent "campaigning" (which often consisted of bribing).

Although one would think that the Consulship would be highlight of a career and the apex of the book, Everitt spends most of the book on what happened after and Cicero's dealings with Pompey, Caesar, Mark Antony, and Cato through the end of the civil war in 46 BC and the death of Cicero three years later. I won't spoil it for you but the story is a fascinating one as it brings to the forefront the complexity and barbarity of Roman politics as well as the societal stability and political checks and balances we so take for granted in our form of government. Everitt mentions again and again how something as simple as the lack of a police force changes the entire political system as mobs of supporters would be free to intimidate voters into not voting and otherwise make life difficult for candidates trying to gain office.

At the same time I was struck by how many recognizable elements there were in Roman society to our own but also how different the thought patterns of the individuals must have been. The religious life was so deeply entwined with the public life that it is hard to envision how seriously or even if much of the ruling class actually believed in the collection of rituals, superstitions, and (to the post-enlightenment mind) simply bizarre ceremonies they engaged in. It was such that the Consul would/could declare bad omens that stopped public business (often used as a political device) and the Pontiff (the Pontifex Maximus, the chief religious official and authoritative predecessor of the Pope, a title held by Julius Caesar before the civil war) was in charge of populating the calendar with lucky (fastus) or unlucky (nefastus) days in which public business was interrupted. In one scene Everitt recounts how Cicero is trying to make a decision on a course of action and so of course he has his servants slaughter an animal and then hires someone to read the entrails in order to determine what he should do. To me, it's fascinating to try and conceive of how a person who believed in this superstition, or archaic theories of medicine and cosmology for example, thought and reasoned about even the most mundane matters. Probably too much "chronological snobbery" on my part as C.S. Lewis says but still interesting...

In the end Cicero is portrayed as a sympathetic figure who usually worked for the ideals of democracy and good government while not always having the courage of his convictions (unlike Cato who committed suicide rather than accept a form of pardon from Caesar). He's also painted as a man of his times who was not above sacrificing his convictions for financial gain from time to time.

Royals Rantings

And here's Ron's assessment of the Royals situation. Very insightful.

I would think that a team that was spouting the "small market mantra" as Ron says would develop some strategies that are successful for small market teams. Many have criticized Moneyball as simply a small market approach as in the book Scout's Honor but if it's successful then why wouldn't the Royals or other small market teams proactively try and emulate the A's?

I think Baird has done a good job of getting free or nearly free talent in the last couple years (Sisco, Huber, Bautista etc.) after screwing up big time his first couple years (Neifi, Tucker, Crosby, Griffin). That said, certainly one small market strategy is to try and develop a core of young players that mature at the same time so that you get a maximum window established before losing them to arbitration or free agency. Instead, what the Royals seem to be doing is rushing players that are too young, start their service clocks running, and then screw up their development (Costa, Bautista, Howell, Nunez, Gotay).

While I didn't really think that applied to Zack Greinke, now it would appear that he perhaps could also have used another year of seasoning. They also treat AAA as a wasteland where they send guys they don't think are prospects. I'm confused by what they're doing as well.

Their free agent signings haven't been anything to write home about either. And why are they spending another $1.35 million on soon to be 38 year-old Matt Stairs? They would be better off making sure they get Alex Gordon signed with that money (although it appears he'll sign anyway).

Pawelek Looking Good

Awhile back I noted the progress of Cubs 2005 first round draft choice Matt Pawelek in the Arizona Fall League.

For those interested, he ended his stint in the AFL by pitching 43 innings in 14 games (13 starts) and giving up just 25 hits. He walked 21 and struck out 56 and did not allow a homerun. His 2.72 ERA earned him a promotion to the Boise Hawks where he started in one game and gave up 6 hits in 3 innings. Looking good thus far...

More Sox

Cyril Morong he gave me permission to share a few more factoids related to his article on the White Sox and their offense.

I had remarked to him that I thought his stats on the number of low scoring games was very intriguing but mentioned that Dave Studeman had pointed out earlier this season that a team that consistently scores 4 or more runs and gets good pitching is going to win big time and that's just what the Sox had been doing through the end of June.

Cyril was then kind enough to share that:

"Through 131 games, last year the Sox had 83 games with 4 or more runs. This year it is 85. But last year, in the best 85 games, the Sox averaged 7.29 runs a game. This year, in the best 85 games, the Sox are averaging 6.22 runs a game. Last year, their 46 lowest games, the Sox averaged 1.65 runs a game. This year it is 1.72. So this year, when they have a low scoring game, they are only slightly better than last year. But they are much lower in high scoring games."

So it would seem that their run scoring distribution pattern has evened out a bit which helps to explain their 38-32 record since June 23rd. On June 20th they stood at 20-8 in one-run games and since have gone 10-8. Early on they played a tremendous number of one-run games and won them at a .714 clip. Both the frequency of the one-run games and the high winning percentage are tell-tale signs of good fortune rather than simply smart baseball.

They also remain six games ahead of their pythagorean record when they were five games ahead on June 20th. In other words, in the first 71 games of the season they won five more games that would have been expected and in the 70 games since they've essentially won the number of games you would expect given how many runs they've scored and how many they've given up.

Did they just get dumber or could it be that in the all too human need to identify a pattern of causation, the media latched onto an "explanation" that in the end was simply a ghost?

Counts for 2004

In my article this week on The Hardball Times I talked about hitting in different counts. Here's some supporting data for 2004 that shows what all players in the majors hit in different counts.

The columns AVG-SO and SLUG-SO illustrate what hitters hit in the count when strikeouts are taken out of the equation.

Count   PA      AB    H    2B   3B   HR   TB   BB  IBB  HBP   SO   AVG  SLUG  AVG-SO SLUG-SO
 0-2  14325   14029 2314   448   49  199 3457    0    0  185 6483 0.165 0.246   0.307   0.458
 1-2  25600   25187 4462   788   80  427 6691    0    0  28310847 0.177 0.266   0.311   0.467
 2-2  24396   24064 4735   897   95  525 7397    0    0  187 9286 0.197 0.307   0.320   0.501
 3-2  23146   15914 3599   746   82  518 6063 7047    5   76 5212 0.226 0.381   0.336   0.567
 0-1  17034   16265 5116   998   90  489 7761    0    0  305    0 0.315 0.477   0.315   0.477
 1-1  16925   16382 5331  1056   96  602 8385    0    0  199    0 0.325 0.512   0.325   0.512
 1-0  14195   13736 4643  1009  107  651 7819    0    0  118    0 0.338 0.569   0.338   0.569
 0-0  23249   21732 7387  1457  147  95912015    0    0  376    0 0.340 0.553   0.340   0.553
 2-1  10651   10408 3539   738   78  485 5888    0    0   76    0 0.340 0.566   0.340   0.566
 2-0   5074    4952 1706   408   37  273 3007    0    0   25    0 0.345 0.607   0.345   0.607
 3-1   9358    4397 1579   351   36  288 2866 4809   79   15    0 0.359 0.652   0.359   0.652
 3-0   4586     287  111    23    1   35  241 2985 1297    5    0 0.387 0.840   0.387   0.840

I also talked about the frequency of hitting in different counts that showed the leaders in working themselves into hitter's counts did so at a rate of around 30-33%. Below are the averages in 2004.

Count   PA     Pct      Counts
 0-2  14325   0.076     Hitters  0.233
 1-2  25600   0.136     Pitchers 0.302
 2-2  24396   0.129     Neutral  0.465
 3-2  23146   0.123
 0-1  17034   0.090
 1-1  16925   0.090
 1-0  14195   0.075
 0-0  23249   0.123
 2-1  10651   0.056
 2-0   5074   0.027
 3-1   9358   0.050
 3-0   4586   0.024

New Articles on Pitch Data

In case you hadn't seen them here are my two most recent articles on The Hardball Times relating to pitch data.

You Can Count on It
September 08, 2005
Controlling the strike zone and the justification of Lloyd McClendon.

And Here's the Pitch ...
September 06, 2005
Just how useful is pitch data in assessing performance? Dan takes a quick look.

Pickoff

I was told by my friend Ron that Calvin Pickering was designated for assignment on Tuesday and is therefore off the Royals 40-man roster.

It's no secret that I've been a big fan of Pickering because of his ability to walk and mash the ball which he showed in AAA last year. This year he made the club out of spring training over Ken Harvey but was then sent back down after only 16 games and 27 at bats. Clearly he was horrible in those 27 at bats striking out 14 times but 16 games is not a real trial and it makes me wonder whether they brought him up more as a way to light a fire under Harvey than to really see what he could do.

Anyway, Pickering hit very poorly at Omaha in his first 50-100 at bats and at one point was 3 for 33 with 7 walks. He ended at .275 with 23 homeruns and 67 RBIs in 92 games. [Quick Rant: Why don't minor league teams keep their entire team's statistics on their web sites (or Baseball America for that matter)? Once a player is released or moved to another team his stats go away making it very hard to find out what he did at a different level? I can't wait for MLBAM to consolidate the minor league stats on their web site, hopefully they'll do a better job.]

At 28, Pickering could still be valuable off the bench for somebody who wants to take a chance on him. I think the Royals made a big mistake by not bringing him up early last year and seeing what he could really do when he was swinging the bat well. Instead he got just 140 major league plate appearances (and has still had only 280 or so in his career) and was not used regularly when he was up.

Cubs Leaders

With the major league team sputtering to a finish it seemed like a good time to honor Cubs minor leaguers who led their leagues this season.

In the AA southern league...

HR  - Brandon Sing, WTN (CHC)         26

      Chris Young, BIR (CWS)          26

And in the A Midwest league...

AVG - Eric Patterson, PEO (CHC)     .333

HR  - Ryan Harvey, PEO (CHC)          24

W   - Ryan Ford, KCC (OAK)            14

      Sean Gallagher, PEO (CHC)       14

Maybe Eric will end up being the better Patterson?

Wives and Husbands

Perhaps I'm just being surly but here's something that bothers me. This weekend we went to a church where the pastor preached on Colossions 3:17-24 in which Paul lays down some rules for Christian households.

As is typical the pastor spent the time focusing on what men often do wrong and how they could be better husbands to their wives, in this instance by listing a few questions men could regularly ask their wives to keep the communication flowing. While I'm certainly a man who could use a few pointers, it gets tiring hearing only one side of the equation and I think it gives women the false impression that only men have to change their behavior and strive to "live at peace" with their spouse.

And of course the reason for this is that most men, pastors included, feel very uncomfortable being critical of any woman and more so in public. I just wish a pastor would for once give equal time to the other side or just not preach this passage.

EOR (end of rant).

Smart Ball Consistency

Here's an interesting study done by fellow SABR member Cyril Morong regarding the White Sox and the consistency of run scoring.

Cyril's conclusion is that the Sox of 2005 have been successul because of their run prevention, not their stated attempt to create a more consistent offense that doens't rely on the homerun as much. In fact, this year:

"the Sox have scored 3 or fewer runs 46 times, while last year it was 48 times. That tiny difference might be due to luck. And if we look at games with 2 runs or less, the Sox actually have more this year (39 vs. 37)"

Cyril then went on to see if consistent teams actually do win more games than inconsistnet ones using a regression analysis. He found that they do but the difference is small in comparison to simply looking at the aggregate runs scored and runs allowed. His conclusion is that "consistency did not help explain a team’s winning pct very much and the most consistent teams did not win more than expected."

Since June 1st

In a previous post I mentioned that the Rockies had the best record in the NL West since June 1st.

              W   L   Pct
Rockies      39  46  .459
Giants       38  46  .452
Padres       35  48  .422
Dodgers      35  49  .417
Diamondbacks 31  54  .365

I didn't say they were good, just better than the rest of the squalid division.

Unfortunately for the Rockies they went 6-15 in April and 9-20 in May. Since then, 12-15 in June, 10-17 in July, 15-14 in August, and 2-0 in September heading into today's game against the Dodgers.

Baseball Weekend

Two weekends ago the Cubs made their annual trek to the Mile High City and my family and I made the most of it.

On Friday the game started at 3:05PM and I was scoring for MLB.com. Before the game in the press box I was hoping to run into Ron Santo in order to procure an autograph (I had brought a ball) but the closest I came was rubbing shoulders with his broadcast partner Pat Hughes in the cafeteria.

Mark Prior pitched for the Cubs and had excellent stuff from the start. He went on to pitch 6 strong innings, giving up two earned runs and striking out 10. What I found most interesting about the outing, however, was the way he continually nibbled at the corners with two strikes. He was ahead of most of the hitters but would end up with a lot of 2-2 and 3-2 counts after wasting a slider away in the dirt or trying to be too fine with his fastball. As a result he threw 118 pitches in those six innings. It seems to me he should trust his stuff a little more and be a bit more aggressive in going after hitters.

On the offensive side the Cubs jumped on Byung-Hyun Kim early with a Jeremy Burnitz single that scored Todd Walker in the first. The Cubs got another run in the fourth and two in the fifth courtesy of a Todd Walker homerun and Aramis Ramirez single that scored Derrek Lee. That was all the Cubs needed as they went on to win 5-3.

Kerry Wood pitched an impressive 8th inning striking out two while throwing 98 mph fastballs and 88 mph sliders. Pitching out of the stretch he looked much more in control of his body and didn't fall off the mound as he's prone to do from the windup. It's nice to see that his surgery was a success and so it looks as if he'll be back in the rotation in 2006.

On Saturday afternoon I headed to the SABR Rocky Mountain chapter meeting held from 12:30-3:30PM at a building down the street from Coors Field. It was the first meeting of this chapter I had attended since moving to the Front Range. Although the meeting was delayed by a mix-up that left the 20 or so attendees out on the street until almost 1PM, I had a good time.

The featured speaker was Rockies radio broadcaster Jeff Kingery who was very cordial and had prepared a bit for his talk. Kingery has been with the Rockies since the beginning and is the only original broadcaster remaining. He started by discussing how statistics do and don't translate to the radio by giving an example of how it would be difficult to discuss some of Todd Helton's accomplishments without simplifying by making comparisons to other players rather than reading off a list of numbers. Interestingly, in talking about Helton's big numbers he didn't allude at all to park effects which made me wonder how much or if that ever enters his commentary when discussing Rockies hitters.

He also noted that he'll open a file on his laptop for a player when he talks with them and gleans an interesting anecdote that he can relate on the air. Of course, they have to be short and to the point in order to get it in during an at bat and because of the transient nature of the listeners who are often in the car for a few minutes and picking up just short snippets.

One story he related was of Luis Gonzales of the Diamondbacks in left field at Wrigley when a fan came running down the aisle and dumped something onto the field. Gonzales, thinking at first he was target, moved under the basket and when security arrived realized that the man had dumped his father's ashes on the field per his father's request. After pleading his case the security guard said drly, "well, your Dad can stay but you have to go" before escorting him out of the park. He mentioned that the worst thing for him is to have to try and continue a story or finish a point across innings.

When asked about his use of statistics and the pregame notes provided by the teams he said that he would consider it amazing if they used even 20% of the information and he doesn't rigorously go through them each night. Having seen those pregame notes I'll attest to the fact that they're long indeed and contain lots of pretty useless information based on very small sample sizes along with a few gems. When I was at Kauffman Stadium I noticed that Paul Splittorf went through the notes and highlighted various things before going on the air. I saw the Rockies TV broadcaster doing the same last night before the Rockies/Dodgers game. He also said that during the broadcast they'll use BaseballReference.com (he called it Baseball Research but I'm pretty sure that's what he meant).

In talking about scouting and how reports are put together he also had collected some funny assessments made by scouts on scouting reports such as the one for one player that read, "sets low personal goals and consistently fails to achieve them".

During the question and answer time he was inevitably asked about winning at altitude. His take was familiar in that he thought the Rockies needed four or five big homerun hitters ala the "Blake Street Bombers" and that the Rockies simply need better players. This mantra has been repeated ad nauseum in the local papers this season. He was hopeful that Matt Holliday, Brad Hawpe, Todd Helton, and Ian Stewart would fill the bill. However, he also pointed out that a deep bullpen is important and pointed to this season where early on the bullpen blew game after game because it was filled with rookies and just not very good pitchers. Sadly, had the Rockies had their act together in April, they would still likely be in the race since they've had the best record in the NL West since June 1st. He then noted that the Rockies have said they're going to try and shore up the catching position along with the bullpen for next year. They also, of course, desparately need a centerfielder in case the Larry Bigbie experiment flops.

In all, he was a great speaker and I appreciated Ray Luurs being able to get him. This chapter is also having it's annual banquet in November where the SABR president, Jim Burris (assistant to Ford Frick and one-time GM of the Denver Bears), Jack Corrigan (Kingery's broadcast partner), and Ed Henderson (well known scout in the Denver area) would all be speaking. Most interesting, however, was the plan to put a plaque near Invesco field that points out the location Mile High Stadium as the home of professional baseball in Denver during much of the 20th century with hopes to put plaques at the other six locations in the area where pro baseball was played. Hopefully, the project will move forward as I can't think of a better project for SABR to engage in.

Have I ever mentioned that you should become a SABR memebr if you're not already? Just checking.

After the meeting adjourned around 3:30 I headed over to Coors Field where the gate behind centerfield allowing fans to watch batting practice in left field opens two hours prior to game time. The weather had turned threatening and so the Cubs weren't hitting on the field. So I took a leisurely stroll through the park before the entire park was made accessible at 4:30. After an excellent burger and fries at the restaurant in the right field corner of the park I headed to my seat behind home plate in the upper deck where the rest of the SABRites were to congregate. At game time it was 65 degrees and drizzling although the rain held off for the remainder of the game.

I took my seat in the "mile high row" that is marked as being 5,280 feet above sea level and soon 10 to 15 other members found their way as well. From the Cubs perspective the game was a bit lackluster. Aaron Cook was in control from the start used his off speed pitches effectively to keep the Cub hitters off balance in his 7 innings giving up one run, walking only one, while failing to strike out a batter. Glendon Rusch for the Cubs looked better than in his previous starts and pitched 6 innings giving up 2 earned runs and unearned run courtesy of a Todd Walker error in the first. With runs in the 7th and 8th the Cubs were able to get Walker on as the tying run in the 9th before Derrek Lee facing Brian Fuentes grounded weakly to Helton at first to end the game and sealing the Rockies 4-2 win.

Kerry Wood once again got into the game but didn't look quite as sharp. After falling behind to Dustan Mohr in the 8th the fellow SABR member sitting next to me remarked that Wood better not groove a fastball knowing that Mohr hits little that is not a fastball out over the plate. Of course he did and Mohr deposited it some 420 feet over the center field fence. It was great to sit with such knowledgable fans and enjoy the baseball discussion.

On Sunday the sun was bright and the weather warm as I packed the entire family, clad in our Cubs gear, in the car after church and headed to the park. We arrived just before the first pitch and took our seats down the first base line in the lower level. I was excited to point my two daughters attention to the fact that Greg Maddux, perhaps the last 300 game winner in a generation, was pitching for the Cubs. They nodded politely as their thoughts returned to dip'n dots. Just as well I suppose as Maddux didn't have it and gave up 6 runs in his 6 innings of work including homeruns to Mohr in the 4th and back to back homers by Matt Holliday and Garrett Atkins in the 5th.

The Cubs kept it close by getting five runs in the 5th off of rookie Jeff Francis on homeruns by Neifi Perez and Jeremy Burnitz. Of course my wife, who complains she never actually sees the action, was taking a walk with one of our daughters. But just as soon as the Cubs were back in it Scott Williamson gave up a three-run homer to Jorge Piedra in the 8th giving the rockies a 9-5 lead.

In the 9th Derrek Lee hit a 435 foot leadoff homerun off of Brian Fuentes (the blow the Cubs needed the night before) followed by a 400 foot homerun to right by Aramis Ramirez to make it 9-7. Over half the crowd of 40,000 were Cubs fans and so Coors Field was as lively as I've seen it this season. Unfortunately, Nomar Garciapara (who had hit two doubles and looked good returning from the groin injury), and Jeremy Burnitz made outs. Michael Barrett, however, hit a triple off the right field foul pole that Clint Hurdle briefly protested. Todd Walker then came in to pinch hit against the lefty Fuentes. The lack of a credible right-handed bat on the bench cost the Cubs as Walker did not have good swings and finally struck out to end the game.

The Cubs dropped two of three, which all but ended their hopes of a wild card spot. But still it was a great weekend of baseball.

Hurricane Help

The Rockies announced tonight that all day of game ticket sales for this Sunday's game (September 4th) against the Dodgers will go to the relief effort for hurricane Katrina victims.

So if you haven't had a chance to do your part yet, you can come out to Coors Field on Sunday afternoon, take in a ballgame, and help out at the same time. I'll be scoring the game for MLB.com so give me a wave in the middle of the lower press box.

Pitches and more Pitches

For an upcoming article on The Hardball Times I did a little digging into pitch data from Retrosheet. What follows are the 473 players with more than 500 plate appearances from 2000-2004 and a few stats related to pitches.

We have:

Pitches per plate appearance (P/PA)

Swinging at the first pitch (1stPitch/PA)

Swinging and missing percentage (Miss/P)

Fouls per plate appearance (Foul/PA)

Balls taken percentage (Balls/P)

        Name                PA     OPS Pitches    P/PA 1stPitch1stP/PA    Miss  Miss/P    Foul Foul/PA    Ball  Ball/P
   1    Johnny Damon       3554     794   13889    3.91     544   0.153     715   0.051    2380   0.670    5124   0.369
   2    Alex Rodriguez     3542     989   14105    3.98     875   0.247    1442   0.102    2142   0.605    5523   0.392
   3    Jeff Bagwell       3508     934   14006    3.99    1115   0.318    1451   0.104    2288   0.652    5829   0.416
   4    Miguel Tejada      3507     839   13143    3.75     569   0.162     908   0.069    2148   0.612    4778   0.364
   5    Bobby Abreu        3477     938   14823    4.26     448   0.129     966   0.065    1949   0.561    6219   0.420
   6    Shawn Green        3462     876   12950    3.74    1180   0.341    1313   0.101    2211   0.639    5075   0.392
   7    Todd Helton        3448    1093   13931    4.04    1009   0.293     751   0.054    2561   0.743    5566   0.400
   8    Andruw Jones       3385     849   12690    3.75    1222   0.361    1617   0.127    2069   0.611    4750   0.374
   9    Rafael Palmeiro    3360     906   13231    3.94     812   0.242     778   0.059    2159   0.643    5471   0.413
   10   Derek Jeter        3358     842   12434    3.70    1253   0.373    1046   0.084    2444   0.728    4654   0.374
   11   Brian Giles        3326     974   12445    3.74     923   0.278     455   0.037    1860   0.559    5355   0.430
   12   Carlos Delgado     3299     997   13285    4.03     917   0.278    1293   0.097    1970   0.597    5444   0.410
   13   Tony Batista       3288     740   12755    3.88     689   0.210    1187   0.093    2381   0.724    4642   0.364
   14   Jason Kendall      3279     778   12842    3.92     341   0.104     508   0.040    1741   0.531    4805   0.374
   15   Jim Thome          3257    1002   13499    4.14     963   0.296    1760   0.130    2013   0.618    5707   0.423
   16   Craig Biggio       3255     786   11500    3.53    1037   0.319    1113   0.097    1864   0.573    4009   0.349
   17   Bret Boone         3253     833   12510    3.85     796   0.245    1202   0.096    1809   0.556    4702   0.376
   18   Chipper Jones      3248     952   11792    3.63    1087   0.335     932   0.079    1672   0.515    5038   0.427
   19   Luis Castillo      3231     743   13015    4.03     572   0.177     389   0.030    1943   0.601    5073   0.390
   20   Jeff Kent          3230     917   11650    3.61    1104   0.342    1058   0.091    1929   0.597    4526   0.388
   21   Luis Gonzalez      3213     959   12424    3.87     547   0.170     746   0.060    2022   0.629    5084   0.409
   22   Garret Anderson    3211     835   10670    3.32    1082   0.337     957   0.090    1858   0.579    3451   0.323
   23   Sammy Sosa         3210    1002   13069    4.07     875   0.273    1894   0.145    1987   0.619    5221   0.399
   24   Derrek Lee         3190     863   12858    4.03     872   0.273    1326   0.103    1949   0.611    5127   0.399
   25   Gary Sheffield     3171     989   12016    3.79     661   0.208     782   0.065    1723   0.543    4980   0.414
   26   Vladimir Guerre    3168    1005   10399    3.28    1500   0.473    1187   0.114    2084   0.658    3533   0.340
   27   John Olerud        3164     823   12277    3.88     531   0.168     500   0.041    1525   0.482    5113   0.416
   28   Lance Berkman      3142     989   12263    3.90    1081   0.344    1087   0.089    1888   0.601    5182   0.423
   29   Carlos Lee         3129     837   11854    3.79     916   0.293     799   0.067    2300   0.735    4246   0.358
   30   Orlando Cabrera    3128     729   11025    3.52     948   0.303     684   0.062    1839   0.588    3841   0.348
   31   Carlos Beltran     3125     857   11860    3.80     883   0.283     949   0.080    2019   0.646    4627   0.390
   32   Bernie Williams    3120     875   11816    3.79     830   0.266     792   0.067    1618   0.519    4932   0.417
   33   Jose Cruz Jr.      3115     791   11722    3.76    1131   0.363    1241   0.106    1859   0.597    4646   0.396
   34   Scott Rolen        3111     912   12523    4.03     955   0.307    1031   0.082    2343   0.753    4808   0.384
   35   Edgar Renteria     3106     775   11104    3.58     984   0.317     762   0.069    1850   0.596    4003   0.361
   36   Mike Lowell        3103     834   11626    3.75     751   0.242     782   0.067    2056   0.663    4357   0.375
   37   Mike Cameron       3090     798   12608    4.08     759   0.246    1187   0.094    1883   0.609    5059   0.401
   38   Cristian Guzman    3082     706   10377    3.37     925   0.300     697   0.067    1561   0.506    3574   0.344
   39   Ray Durham         3070     818   12394    4.04     588   0.192     776   0.063    1853   0.604    4935   0.398
   40   Eric Chavez        3057     870   11885    3.89     867   0.284    1066   0.090    2044   0.669    4391   0.369
   41   Barry Bonds        3050    1316   12060    3.95     728   0.239     608   0.050    1527   0.501    5377   0.446
   42   Shannon Stewart    3044     837   11154    3.66     767   0.252     732   0.066    2083   0.684    3964   0.355
   43   Juan Pierre        3037     742   10160    3.35     707   0.233     287   0.028    1608   0.529    3383   0.333
   44   Jason Giambi       3036    1020   12622    4.16     568   0.187     851   0.067    1813   0.597    5468   0.433
   45   Steve Finley       3036     846   11470    3.78     553   0.182     784   0.068    1697   0.559    4316   0.376
   46   Joe Randa          3023     758   11282    3.73     655   0.217     629   0.056    1902   0.629    4172   0.370
   47   Manny Ramirez      3012    1051   12137    4.03     952   0.316    1029   0.085    2243   0.745    4725   0.389
   48   Omar Vizquel       3009     721   11612    3.86     522   0.173     408   0.035    1623   0.539    4462   0.384
   49   Paul Konerko       3004     837   11358    3.78     649   0.216     777   0.068    1620   0.539    4325   0.381
   50   Jeromy Burnitz     2998     813   12106    4.04     994   0.332    1563   0.129    2094   0.698    4694   0.388
   51   Adrian Beltre      2990     808   11409    3.82     679   0.227    1078   0.094    2084   0.697    3906   0.342
   52   Jim Edmonds        2970    1003   12410    4.18     910   0.306    1318   0.106    1944   0.655    5081   0.409
   53   Rafael Furcal      2960     751   11551    3.90     677   0.229     585   0.051    1842   0.622    4331   0.375
   54   Ichiro Suzuki      2953     828   10357    3.51     697   0.236     474   0.046    1899   0.643    3525   0.340
   55   Darin Erstad       2953     765   11046    3.74     487   0.165     718   0.065    1698   0.575    3921   0.355
   56   Moises Alou        2944     894   10078    3.42    1240   0.421     867   0.086    1852   0.629    3889   0.386
   57   Jose Vidro         2934     870   11010    3.75     805   0.274     636   0.058    1935   0.660    4199   0.381
   58   Tino Martinez      2928     792   10779    3.68     638   0.218     683   0.063    1703   0.582    4058   0.376
   59   Jorge Posada       2914     885   11555    3.97     742   0.255    1010   0.087    1680   0.577    4844   0.419
   60   Matt Lawton        2914     796   11253    3.86     732   0.251     567   0.050    1658   0.569    4693   0.417
   61   Pat Burrell        2909     821   12064    4.15     836   0.287    1205   0.100    1874   0.644    4882   0.405
   62   Mark Kotsay        2897     794   10398    3.59    1027   0.355     733   0.070    1851   0.639    3868   0.372
   63   Jimmy Rollins      2894     735   10572    3.65     800   0.276     682   0.065    1645   0.568    3900   0.369
   64   Edgardo Alfonzo    2893     809   11074    3.83     561   0.194     665   0.060    1841   0.636    4247   0.384
   65   Magglio Ordonez    2886     926   10564    3.66    1002   0.347     793   0.075    1844   0.639    4051   0.383
   66   Bobby Higginson    2882     792   11144    3.87     680   0.236     545   0.049    1718   0.596    4605   0.413
   67   Juan Encarnacio    2876     744   10327    3.59     925   0.322    1092   0.106    1805   0.628    3608   0.349
   68   Sean Casey         2871     824    9914    3.45     785   0.273     604   0.061    1792   0.624    3545   0.358
   69   Eric Young         2858     737   10258    3.59     634   0.222     354   0.035    1338   0.468    3930   0.383
   70   Jacque Jones       2854     786   10025    3.51    1223   0.429    1500   0.150    1766   0.619    3473   0.346
   71   Rich Aurilia       2844     781   10168    3.58     847   0.298     819   0.081    1641   0.577    3766   0.370
   72   Richard Hidalgo    2840     864   10859    3.82     849   0.299     955   0.088    1855   0.653    4093   0.377
   73   Corey Koskie       2834     838   11077    3.91     955   0.337    1167   0.105    1779   0.628    4343   0.392
   74   Roberto Alomar     2817     797   11248    3.99     585   0.208     634   0.056    1847   0.656    4278   0.380
   75   Mike Sweeney       2809     912   10293    3.66     771   0.274     770   0.075    1781   0.634    3900   0.379
   76   Ryan Klesko        2807     889   10382    3.70    1030   0.367     867   0.084    1725   0.615    4241   0.408
   77   Edgar Martinez     2805     900   11585    4.13     414   0.148     706   0.061    1561   0.557    4790   0.413
   78   Alfonso Soriano    2800     821   10197    3.64     863   0.308    1332   0.131    2053   0.733    3192   0.313
   79   Tony Womack        2799     673   10571    3.78     503   0.180     606   0.057    1815   0.648    3509   0.332
   80   Terrence Long      2793     731   10358    3.71     519   0.186     719   0.069    1695   0.607    3765   0.363
   81   Aramis Ramirez     2775     812   10121    3.65     992   0.357    1027   0.101    2016   0.726    3509   0.347
   82   Torii Hunter       2775     792    9852    3.55     929   0.335    1257   0.128    1752   0.631    3360   0.341
   83   Alex Gonzalez      2767     702   10253    3.71     945   0.342    1174   0.115    1585   0.573    3706   0.361
   84   Jeff Conine        2766     788   10073    3.64     988   0.357     610   0.061    1701   0.615    3720   0.369
   85   Jermaine Dye       2752     811   11166    4.06     522   0.190     864   0.077    1746   0.634    4243   0.380
   86   Jose Valentin      2750     802   10885    3.96     737   0.268    1036   0.095    1981   0.720    4129   0.379
   87   Kenny Lofton       2750     767   10132    3.68     685   0.249     433   0.043    1609   0.585    4022   0.397
   88   Richie Sexson      2748     885   10756    3.91     866   0.315    1502   0.140    1742   0.634    4203   0.391
   89   Vinny Castilla     2738     734    8870    3.24    1306   0.477    1199   0.135    1584   0.579    2895   0.326
   90   Albert Pujols      2728    1037   10315    3.78     695   0.255     687   0.067    1558   0.571    4043   0.392
   91   Adam Kennedy       2725     736   10211    3.75     763   0.280     815   0.080    1917   0.703    3464   0.339
   92   Randy Winn         2707     771   10191    3.76     602   0.222     771   0.076    1658   0.612    3696   0.363
   93   Marquis Grissom    2703     733    9596    3.55     774   0.286     901   0.094    1610   0.596    3445   0.359
   94   Neifi Perez        2680     662    8880    3.31     975   0.364     511   0.058    1749   0.653    2879   0.324
   95   Melvin Mora        2667     818   10648    3.99     467   0.175     810   0.076    1598   0.599    4039   0.379
   96   Troy Glaus         2666     892   10851    4.07     624   0.234    1144   0.105    1569   0.589    4441   0.409
   97   Placido Polanco    2664     760    8821    3.31     695   0.261     351   0.040    1399   0.525    3084   0.350
   98   Tim Salmon         2656     839   10533    3.97     787   0.296    1039   0.099    1789   0.674    4328   0.411
   99   Preston Wilson     2652     813    9970    3.76     926   0.349    1338   0.134    1789   0.675    3532   0.354
  100   Todd Walker        2639     796    9992    3.79     758   0.287     594   0.059    1846   0.700    3707   0.371
  101   Mark Grudzielan    2637     726    9249    3.51     738   0.280     632   0.068    1661   0.630    3159   0.342
  102   Royce Clayton      2629     687    9740    3.70     894   0.340     935   0.096    1904   0.724    3368   0.346
  103   Julio Lugo         2621     732   10131    3.87     717   0.274     815   0.080    1509   0.576    3779   0.373
  104   Cliff Floyd        2607     907    9430    3.62    1032   0.396    1152   0.122    1805   0.692    3398   0.360
  105   Deivi Cruz         2603     699    8197    3.15     781   0.300     620   0.076    1343   0.516    2527   0.308
  106   David Bell         2601     730    9902    3.81     737   0.283     613   0.062    1758   0.676    3726   0.376
  107   Jay Payton         2565     778    8586    3.35     963   0.375     664   0.077    1571   0.612    2917   0.340
  108   Ron Belliard       2562     737    9626    3.76     657   0.256     679   0.071    1458   0.569    3575   0.371
  109   Todd Zeile         2552     751   10953    4.29     263   0.103     575   0.052    1350   0.529    4382   0.400
  110   Phil Nevin         2550     879   10074    3.95     760   0.298    1178   0.117    1704   0.668    3810   0.378
  111   Javy Lopez         2524     846    8890    3.52     856   0.339     972   0.109    1546   0.613    3101   0.349
  112   David Eckstein     2520     700    9531    3.78     325   0.129     291   0.031    1480   0.587    3189   0.335
  113   Brad Ausmus        2518     653    9137    3.63     839   0.333     568   0.062    1520   0.604    3329   0.364
  114   Geoff Jenkins      2517     855    9279    3.69    1011   0.402    1388   0.150    1814   0.721    3181   0.343
  115   Mark Loretta       2517     802    9634    3.83     540   0.215     376   0.039    1630   0.648    3467   0.360
  116   Mike Young         2516     762    9614    3.82     634   0.252     762   0.079    1590   0.632    3456   0.359
  117   Kevin Millar       2495     867    9817    3.93     681   0.273     703   0.072    1798   0.721    3648   0.372
  118   Jose Hernandez     2479     744    9906    4.00     683   0.276    1442   0.146    1546   0.624    3657   0.369
  119   David Ortiz        2469     892   10056    4.07     654   0.265     968   0.096    1788   0.724    3959   0.394
  120   Dmitri Young       2462     846    8418    3.42    1127   0.458    1011   0.120    1785   0.725    2837   0.337
  121   Mike Piazza        2459     915    9092    3.70     623   0.253     921   0.101    1496   0.608    3394   0.373
  122   Nomar Garciapar    2456     906    7638    3.11    1202   0.489     715   0.094    1501   0.611    2593   0.339
  123   Ivan Rodriguez     2452     905    8446    3.44    1015   0.414    1016   0.120    1794   0.732    2780   0.329
  124   Paul Lo Duca       2450     770    8802    3.59     576   0.235     349   0.040    1451   0.592    3196   0.363
  125   Raul Mondesi       2449     792    9180    3.75     890   0.363    1028   0.112    1393   0.569    3615   0.394
  126   Aubrey Huff        2430     839    8628    3.55     703   0.289     693   0.080    1364   0.561    3040   0.352
  127   Reggie Sanders     2429     821    9133    3.76     938   0.386    1239   0.136    1640   0.675    3342   0.366
  128   Trot Nixon         2427     872    9588    3.95     398   0.164     741   0.077    1255   0.517    3949   0.412
  129   Scott Spiezio      2415     761    8566    3.55     850   0.352     549   0.064    1522   0.630    3255   0.380
  130   Scott Hatteberg    2415     763    9828    4.07     229   0.095     316   0.032    1233   0.511    4077   0.415
  131   Carlos Guillen     2413     769    9289    3.85     640   0.265     684   0.074    1726   0.715    3466   0.373
  132   Ramon Hernandez    2413     736    9004    3.73     683   0.283     609   0.068    1444   0.598    3314   0.368
  133   Larry Walker       2406     998    8738    3.63     979   0.407     794   0.091    1345   0.559    3533   0.404
  134   J.D. Drew          2398     920    9210    3.84     773   0.322     846   0.092    1420   0.592    3803   0.413
  135   Frank Thomas       2387     952    9971    4.18     426   0.178     573   0.057    1482   0.621    4271   0.428
  136   Bill Mueller       2375     811    8903    3.75     574   0.242     353   0.040    1522   0.641    3538   0.397
  137   Ben Grieve         2374     790    9253    3.90     593   0.250     774   0.084    1260   0.531    3809   0.412
  138   Fernando Vina      2352     724    7612    3.24     733   0.312     294   0.039    1187   0.505    2591   0.340
  139   Michael Tucker     2350     771    9138    3.89     823   0.350     983   0.108    1464   0.623    3487   0.382
  140   Carl Everett       2339     834    8965    3.83     862   0.369    1156   0.129    1634   0.699    3111   0.347
  141   Travis Lee         2338     753    8806    3.77     825   0.353     737   0.084    1527   0.653    3424   0.389
  142   Shea Hillenbran    2327     770    7929    3.41     507   0.218     562   0.071    1366   0.587    2580   0.325
  143   Alex Gonzalez      2321     674    8289    3.57     717   0.309    1012   0.122    1717   0.740    2410   0.291
  144   Jack Wilson        2319     674    8463    3.65     590   0.254     547   0.065    1522   0.656    2750   0.325
  145   Jason Varitek      2293     803    8832    3.85     658   0.287     883   0.100    1546   0.674    3228   0.365
  146   Robin Ventura      2290     776    9015    3.94     643   0.281     793   0.088    1309   0.572    3724   0.413
  147   J.T. Snow          2282     808    9253    4.05     568   0.249     697   0.075    1594   0.699    3810   0.412
  148   Rondell White      2279     803    8389    3.68     660   0.290     812   0.097    1450   0.636    2989   0.356
  149   Doug Glanville     2256     647    7987    3.54     516   0.229     631   0.079    1316   0.583    2502   0.313
  150   Fred McGriff       2255     841    8510    3.77     866   0.384     889   0.104    1326   0.588    3477   0.409
  151   Doug Mientkiewi    2216     790    8516    3.84     426   0.192     429   0.050    1359   0.613    3402   0.399
  152   Raul Ibanez        2207     821    8696    3.94     486   0.220     642   0.074    1574   0.713    3193   0.367
  153   Desi Relaford      2206     691    8225    3.73     539   0.244     526   0.064    1370   0.621    3105   0.378
  154   Eric Karros        2196     734    8190    3.73     701   0.319     743   0.091    1350   0.615    3092   0.378
  155   Rey Sanchez        2196     627    6876    3.13     759   0.346     366   0.053    1224   0.557    2280   0.332
  156   Mike Lieberthal    2194     796    7912    3.61     669   0.305     580   0.073    1452   0.662    2907   0.367
  157   Jeff Cirillo       2191     747    7917    3.61     562   0.257     522   0.066    1326   0.605    2894   0.366
  158   Roger Cedeno       2188     710    8112    3.71     655   0.299     622   0.077    1245   0.569    3030   0.374
  159   Mike Matheny       2168     644    7726    3.56     759   0.350     787   0.102    1332   0.614    2582   0.334
  160   Marlon Anderson    2146     700    7730    3.60     672   0.313     606   0.078    1319   0.615    2633   0.341
  161   Brian Jordan       2143     777    7503    3.50     802   0.374     816   0.109    1422   0.664    2661   0.355
  162   Alex Cora          2134     675    7920    3.71     473   0.222     380   0.048    1447   0.678    2562   0.323
  163   Matt Stairs        2133     818    8546    4.01     570   0.267     831   0.097    1142   0.535    3592   0.420
  164   Geoff Blum         2132     707    8149    3.82     531   0.249     657   0.081    1474   0.691    2903   0.356
  165   D'Angelo Jimene    2122     735    8644    4.07     318   0.150     382   0.044    1309   0.617    3529   0.408
  166   Ben Molina         2120     693    6832    3.22     766   0.361     446   0.065    1445   0.682    2141   0.313
  167   Mark McLemore      2119     712    8417    3.97     392   0.185     449   0.053     982   0.463    3645   0.433
  168   Adam Dunn          2112     893    9039    4.28     558   0.264     929   0.103    1377   0.652    3808   0.421
  169   Craig Counsell     2105     689    8548    4.06     301   0.143     369   0.043    1161   0.552    3308   0.387
  170   Brad Fullmer       2101     840    7234    3.44     755   0.359     648   0.090    1484   0.706    2541   0.351
  171   Aaron Boone        2100     789    7613    3.63     725   0.345     808   0.106    1239   0.590    2757   0.362
  172   Vernon Wells       2079     827    7016    3.37     789   0.380     638   0.091    1229   0.591    2443   0.348
  173   Charles Johnson    2031     804    7805    3.84     766   0.377    1115   0.143    1387   0.683    3023   0.387
  174   Brad Wilkerson     2029     838    8740    4.31     327   0.161     825   0.094    1335   0.658    3527   0.404
  175   A.J. Pierzynski    2015     775    6430    3.19     949   0.471     608   0.095    1508   0.748    1893   0.294
  176   Michael Barrett    1989     708    7065    3.55     716   0.360     568   0.080    1198   0.602    2419   0.342
  177   Damian Miller      1971     748    7517    3.81     651   0.330     889   0.118    1350   0.685    2793   0.372
  178   Robert Fick        1963     747    7746    3.95     450   0.229     450   0.058    1277   0.651    2946   0.380
  179   Gabe Kapler        1947     759    7446    3.82     428   0.220     449   0.060    1222   0.628    2761   0.371
  180   Erubiel Durazo     1939     871    7542    3.89     535   0.276     722   0.096    1140   0.588    3008   0.399
  181   B.J. Surhoff       1935     762    6916    3.57     512   0.265     348   0.050    1250   0.646    2481   0.359
  182   Benito Santiago    1932     727    6519    3.37     858   0.444     612   0.094    1249   0.646    2180   0.334
  183   Cesar Izturis      1929     635    6338    3.29     564   0.292     313   0.049    1101   0.571    1966   0.310
  184   Pokey Reese        1914     651    7634    3.99     294   0.154     651   0.085    1157   0.604    2814   0.369
  185   Jose Guillen       1909     814    6727    3.52     604   0.316     723   0.107    1250   0.655    2280   0.339
  186   Luis Rivas         1908     695    6850    3.59     532   0.279     513   0.075    1185   0.621    2373   0.346
  187   Damion Easley      1906     709    6872    3.61     515   0.270     505   0.073     974   0.511    2519   0.367
  188   Frank Catalanot    1897     826    7131    3.76     484   0.255     364   0.051    1327   0.700    2511   0.352
  189   Jerry Hairston     1886     704    7262    3.85     315   0.167     305   0.042    1183   0.627    2547   0.351
  190   Gary Matthews      1875     717    7058    3.76     480   0.256     656   0.093     963   0.514    2740   0.388
  191   Juan Gonzalez      1871     874    6811    3.64     531   0.284     793   0.116    1239   0.662    2421   0.355
  192   Corey Patterson    1854     734    6338    3.42     691   0.373     884   0.139    1129   0.609    2020   0.319
  193   Barry Larkin       1850     757    6767    3.66     354   0.191     361   0.053    1098   0.594    2587   0.382
  194   Jay Gibbons        1849     766    6560    3.55     675   0.365     588   0.090    1380   0.746    2185   0.333
  195   Chris Singleton    1841     700    6599    3.58     662   0.360     641   0.097    1242   0.675    2145   0.325
  196   Milton Bradley     1840     766    7101    3.86     654   0.355     633   0.089    1267   0.689    2793   0.393
  197   Brian Daubach      1833     798    7372    4.02     574   0.313     812   0.110    1368   0.746    2799   0.380
  198   Ken Griffey Jr.    1829     896    7096    3.88     560   0.306     670   0.094    1254   0.686    2806   0.395
  199   Ellis Burks        1808     913    7000    3.87     518   0.287     594   0.085    1163   0.643    2800   0.400
  200   Dan Wilson         1801     661    6587    3.66     477   0.265     582   0.088    1213   0.674    2262   0.343
  201   Eric Hinske        1798     766    7069    3.93     478   0.266     696   0.098    1230   0.684    2692   0.381
  202   Juan Uribe         1797     744    6655    3.70     600   0.334     739   0.111    1281   0.713    2214   0.333
  203   Jason LaRue        1788     736    6656    3.72     726   0.406    1107   0.166    1195   0.668    2266   0.340
  204   Brent Mayne        1762     673    6477    3.68     464   0.263     431   0.067    1074   0.610    2416   0.373
  205   Eric Owens         1753     678    6100    3.48     480   0.274     329   0.054    1014   0.578    2129   0.349
  206   Shane Halter       1744     700    6540    3.75     529   0.303     682   0.104    1146   0.657    2374   0.363
  207   Chris Stynes       1707     751    6239    3.65     409   0.240     414   0.066     980   0.574    2273   0.364
  208   Ricky Gutierrez    1700     718    5954    3.50     458   0.269     358   0.060     900   0.529    2134   0.358
  209   Mike Bordick       1693     731    6559    3.87     332   0.196     403   0.061    1095   0.647    2423   0.369
  210   Brian Roberts      1689     688    6599    3.91     390   0.231     264   0.040    1168   0.692    2420   0.367
  211   Danny Bautista     1689     769    5782    3.42     517   0.306     462   0.080     933   0.552    2001   0.346
  212   Mark Grace         1676     793    6078    3.63     427   0.255     227   0.037     787   0.470    2581   0.425
  213   Kevin Young        1669     722    6699    4.01     564   0.338     702   0.105    1370   0.821    2475   0.369
  214   John Vander Wal    1662     834    6777    4.08     350   0.211     749   0.111    1017   0.612    2673   0.394
  215   Jose Offerman      1649     708    6438    3.90     367   0.223     322   0.050     959   0.582    2598   0.404
  216   Andres Galarrag    1631     824    5994    3.68     564   0.346     921   0.154    1014   0.622    2166   0.361
  217   Einar Diaz         1624     648    5526    3.40     406   0.250     325   0.059     885   0.545    1751   0.317
  218   Carl Crawford      1611     715    5512    3.42     590   0.366     511   0.093    1082   0.672    1705   0.309
  219   Craig Wilson       1609     857    6076    3.78     648   0.403     874   0.144    1007   0.626    2182   0.359
  220   Jose Vizcaino      1605     678    5367    3.34     662   0.412     337   0.063    1119   0.697    1693   0.315
  221   Jose Macias        1595     677    5580    3.50     575   0.361     503   0.090    1035   0.649    1774   0.318
  222   Carlos Pena        1593     787    6305    3.96     508   0.319     739   0.117    1122   0.704    2423   0.384
  223   Tony Clark         1590     769    6284    3.95     560   0.352     891   0.142    1152   0.725    2310   0.368
  224   Marcus Giles       1584     834    5715    3.61     591   0.373     489   0.086    1108   0.699    2102   0.368
  225   Wil Cordero        1583     756    6087    3.85     363   0.229     555   0.091    1071   0.677    2254   0.370
  226   Shane Spencer      1568     736    6124    3.91     494   0.315     538   0.088    1144   0.730    2265   0.370
  227   Ruben Sierra       1559     770    5509    3.53     409   0.262     482   0.087     821   0.527    2028   0.368
  228   Mark Bellhorn      1554     784    6524    4.20     313   0.201     678   0.104     946   0.609    2731   0.419
  229   Mike Lamb          1553     750    5768    3.71     421   0.271     435   0.075    1017   0.655    2086   0.362
  230   Lee Stevens        1546     770    5857    3.79     641   0.415     815   0.139    1000   0.647    2265   0.387
  231   Ricky Ledee        1540     728    6027    3.91     436   0.283     535   0.089     888   0.577    2415   0.401
  232   David Justice      1516     849    6104    4.03     387   0.255     507   0.083    1028   0.678    2515   0.412
  233   Damian Jackson     1516     676    6062    4.00     405   0.267     541   0.089    1005   0.663    2268   0.374
  234   Miguel Cairo       1504     698    5533    3.68     330   0.219     274   0.050     967   0.643    1919   0.347
  235   Toby Hall          1501     683    5024    3.35     530   0.353     323   0.064    1118   0.745    1505   0.300
  236   Hank Blalock       1500     837    5697    3.80     524   0.349     640   0.112    1032   0.688    2152   0.378
  237   Timo Perez         1498     691    5196    3.47     463   0.309     217   0.042     924   0.617    1687   0.325
  238   Todd Hollandswo    1493     825    5404    3.62     506   0.339     646   0.120     973   0.652    1881   0.348
  239   Junior Spivey      1492     809    5857    3.93     368   0.247     551   0.094     939   0.629    2264   0.387
  240   Ramon Martinez     1487     714    5489    3.69     301   0.202     304   0.055     826   0.555    2038   0.371
  241   Jeffrey Hammond    1477     798    5488    3.72     529   0.358     543   0.099    1022   0.692    2059   0.375
  242   Travis Fryman      1467     765    5842    3.98     372   0.254     437   0.075     979   0.667    2313   0.396
  243   Alex Sanchez       1459     691    4749    3.25     594   0.407     335   0.071     884   0.606    1469   0.309
  244   Chris Gomez        1455     685    5219    3.59     415   0.285     250   0.048     859   0.590    1903   0.365
  245   Henry Blanco       1450     632    5444    3.75     469   0.323     475   0.087     934   0.644    1977   0.363
  246   Greg Vaughn        1450     771    5742    3.96     520   0.359     749   0.130     932   0.643    2433   0.424
  247   Troy O'Leary       1447     723    5264    3.64     415   0.287     482   0.092     832   0.575    1966   0.373
  248   Daryle Ward        1442     750    5446    3.78     466   0.323     599   0.110    1030   0.714    1873   0.344
  249   Herb Perry         1439     775    5034    3.50     488   0.339     471   0.094     980   0.681    1735   0.345
  250   Randall Simon      1425     733    4310    3.02     642   0.451     417   0.097     874   0.613    1325   0.307
  251   Rob Mackowiak      1424     748    5315    3.73     549   0.386     743   0.140    1028   0.722    1822   0.343
  252   Ray Lankford       1406     816    5864    4.17     435   0.309     824   0.141     944   0.671    2351   0.401
  253   David Segui        1405     845    5344    3.80     475   0.338     500   0.094     940   0.669    2100   0.393
  254   Dennis Hocking     1405     678    5538    3.94     344   0.245     345   0.062     797   0.567    2135   0.386
  255   Ben Davis          1404     673    5164    3.68     495   0.353     614   0.119     854   0.608    1961   0.380
  256   Russ Branyan       1403     805    5774    4.12     524   0.373    1087   0.188     974   0.694    2261   0.392
  257   Joe Crede          1402     738    4902    3.50     460   0.328     452   0.092     982   0.700    1586   0.324
  258   Chuck Knoblauch    1393     685    5484    3.94     235   0.169     172   0.031     961   0.690    2025   0.369
  259   Tom Goodwin        1388     661    5364    3.86     297   0.214     394   0.073     644   0.464    2075   0.387
  260   Orlando Palmeir    1386     707    5872    4.24     259   0.187     191   0.033    1028   0.742    2118   0.361
  261   Steve Cox          1380     761    5126    3.71     397   0.288     494   0.096     824   0.597    2003   0.391
  262   Brandon Inge       1377     642    5524    4.01     339   0.246     562   0.102     913   0.663    2049   0.371
  263   Casey Blake        1373     773    5619    4.09     228   0.166     370   0.066     910   0.663    2106   0.375
  264   Scott Podsednik    1372     743    5478    3.99     197   0.144     234   0.043     699   0.509    2144   0.391
  265   Mo Vaughn          1366     825    5380    3.94     452   0.331     695   0.129     873   0.639    2129   0.396
  266   Jolbert Cabrera    1364     674    4897    3.59     412   0.302     418   0.085     922   0.676    1625   0.332
  267   Jay Bell           1356     734    5729    4.22     269   0.198     395   0.069     912   0.673    2297   0.401
  268   Bubba Trammell     1350     771    4906    3.63     457   0.339     459   0.094     801   0.593    1934   0.394
  269   Rey Ordonez        1350     622    4514    3.34     370   0.274     293   0.065     683   0.506    1458   0.323
  270   Sean Burroughs     1348     719    4836    3.59     346   0.257     304   0.063     920   0.682    1646   0.340
  271   Carlos Febles      1339     649    5095    3.81     304   0.227     347   0.068     752   0.562    1931   0.379
  272   Brook Fordyce      1335     677    4807    3.60     461   0.345     363   0.076     921   0.690    1643   0.342
  273   Angel Berroa       1328     735    4819    3.63     354   0.267     442   0.092     939   0.707    1496   0.310
  274   Frank Menechino    1321     749    5353    4.05     243   0.184     293   0.055     682   0.516    2198   0.411
  275   Wes Helms          1317     732    5023    3.81     464   0.352     619   0.123     956   0.726    1820   0.362
  276   Dave Roberts       1316     690    5057    3.84     216   0.164     194   0.038     583   0.443    1900   0.376
  277   Luis Alicea        1310     710    4854    3.71     323   0.247     280   0.058     731   0.558    1910   0.393
  278   Ty Wigginton       1305     748    4596    3.52     532   0.408     496   0.108     835   0.640    1611   0.351
  279   Jeremy Giambi      1299     828    5574    4.29     312   0.240     508   0.091     975   0.751    2295   0.412
  280   Endy Chavez        1291     668    4701    3.64     275   0.213     231   0.049     672   0.521    1589   0.338
  281   Rickey Henderso    1290     694    5595    4.34     229   0.178     257   0.046     827   0.641    2437   0.436
  282   Sandy Alomar Jr    1287     686    4197    3.26     404   0.314     319   0.076     801   0.622    1355   0.323
  283   Orlando Hudson     1279     753    4913    3.84     301   0.235     336   0.068     843   0.659    1895   0.386
  284   Marvin Benard      1270     730    4760    3.75     357   0.281     394   0.083     824   0.649    1730   0.363
  285   Brian Schneider    1268     720    4649    3.67     343   0.271     441   0.095     797   0.629    1663   0.358
  286   Ron Coomer         1268     709    4366    3.44     405   0.319     395   0.090     778   0.614    1557   0.357
  287   Abraham Nunez      1266     636    4463    3.53     493   0.389     340   0.076     791   0.625    1600   0.359
  288   Juan Castro        1260     638    4257    3.38     472   0.375     359   0.084     789   0.626    1390   0.327
  289   Bobby Kielty       1253     772    4985    3.98     344   0.275     414   0.083     648   0.517    2071   0.415
  290   Eric Byrnes        1251     797    4701    3.76     286   0.229     319   0.068     786   0.628    1666   0.354
  291   John Flaherty      1237     679    4214    3.41     422   0.341     392   0.093     786   0.635    1398   0.332
  292   Delino DeShield    1234     745    4766    3.86     332   0.269     330   0.069     663   0.537    1977   0.415
  293   Dave Berg          1230     675    4791    3.90     298   0.242     319   0.067     924   0.751    1734   0.362
  294   Matt Williams      1227     767    4226    3.44     479   0.390     459   0.109     700   0.570    1562   0.370
  295   Nick Johnson       1220     790    5128    4.20     175   0.143     371   0.072     753   0.617    2089   0.407
  296   Brady Anderson     1219     701    4946    4.06     320   0.263     336   0.068     840   0.689    2031   0.411
  297   Tony Graffanino    1217     731    4627    3.80     237   0.195     258   0.056     603   0.495    1757   0.380
  298   Marty Cordova      1215     777    4480    3.69     446   0.367     564   0.126     718   0.591    1645   0.367
  299   Gregg Zaun         1203     743    4834    4.02     277   0.230     278   0.058     847   0.704    1895   0.392
  300   Peter Bergeron     1201     609    4556    3.79     356   0.296     361   0.079     782   0.651    1691   0.371
  301   Alex Cintron       1197     738    4064    3.40     354   0.296     218   0.054     817   0.683    1314   0.323
  302   Alex Ochoa         1193     797    4244    3.56     428   0.359     401   0.094     728   0.610    1557   0.367
  303   Paul O'Neill       1191     774    4281    3.59     387   0.325     323   0.075     731   0.614    1638   0.383
  304   David Dellucci     1191     752    4715    3.96     307   0.258     492   0.104     670   0.563    1835   0.389
  305   Luis Matos         1190     688    4553    3.83     255   0.214     361   0.079     770   0.647    1599   0.351
  306   Fernando Tatis     1188     729    4785    4.03     374   0.315     619   0.129     802   0.675    1839   0.384
  307   Dustan Mohr        1185     754    4502    3.80     384   0.324     537   0.119     777   0.656    1672   0.371
  308   Aaron Rowand       1183     817    4207    3.56     428   0.362     475   0.113     821   0.694    1391   0.331
  309   Eli Marrero        1182     779    4354    3.68     373   0.316     433   0.099     760   0.643    1500   0.345
  310   Gerald Williams    1180     669    4286    3.63     499   0.423     491   0.115     804   0.681    1348   0.315
  311   Pedro Feliz        1178     736    3936    3.34     478   0.406     415   0.105     708   0.601    1294   0.329
  312   Ron Gant           1176     803    4588    3.90     381   0.324     520   0.113     665   0.565    1862   0.406
  313   Joe McEwing        1169     644    4739    4.05     173   0.148     413   0.087     933   0.798    1547   0.326
  314   Josh Phelps        1156     818    4231    3.66     438   0.379     620   0.147     673   0.582    1500   0.355
  315   Chris Woodward     1149     702    4439    3.86     278   0.242     408   0.092     790   0.688    1575   0.355
  316   Gary Bennett       1135     645    4092    3.61     322   0.284     257   0.063     696   0.613    1460   0.357
  317   Coco Crisp         1128     725    4054    3.59     315   0.279     226   0.056     583   0.517    1413   0.349
  318   Ramon Vazquez      1127     678    4325    3.84     305   0.271     302   0.070     702   0.623    1595   0.369
  319   Al Martin          1105     738    3966    3.59     462   0.418     469   0.118     715   0.647    1463   0.369
  320   Mark Quinn         1101     786    3807    3.46     441   0.401     427   0.112     719   0.653    1288   0.338
  321   Warren Morris      1099     669    3757    3.42     325   0.296     252   0.067     591   0.538    1419   0.378
  322   Mike Redmond       1097     690    3900    3.56     253   0.231     223   0.057     729   0.665    1310   0.336
  323   Randy Velarde      1090     749    4358    4.00     130   0.119     318   0.073     540   0.495    1727   0.396
  324   Matt LeCroy        1089     766    4015    3.69     365   0.335     518   0.129     716   0.657    1440   0.359
  325   Craig Paquette     1089     686    3699    3.40     477   0.438     570   0.154     665   0.611    1246   0.337
  326   Julio Franco       1068     791    4226    3.96     249   0.233     359   0.085     768   0.719    1567   0.371
  327   Mark DeRosa        1064     695    3702    3.48     349   0.328     291   0.079     623   0.586    1284   0.347
  328   Morgan Ensberg     1058     809    3876    3.66     355   0.336     275   0.071     550   0.520    1529   0.394
  329   Tomas Perez        1051     692    3947    3.76     322   0.306     402   0.102     815   0.775    1258   0.319
  330   Dante Bichette     1051     810    3762    3.58     418   0.398     439   0.117     796   0.757    1206   0.321
  331   Andy Fox           1051     618    3913    3.72     320   0.304     358   0.091     688   0.655    1413   0.361
  332   John Mabry         1049     758    3862    3.68     415   0.396     543   0.141     732   0.698    1342   0.347
  333   Larry Bigbie       1035     753    3898    3.77     301   0.291     393   0.101     637   0.615    1443   0.370
  334   Paul Bako          1035     623    3860    3.73     390   0.377     475   0.123     619   0.598    1384   0.359
  335   Ben Broussard      1034     793    3859    3.73     311   0.301     365   0.095     634   0.613    1448   0.375
  336   Darrin Fletcher    1033     726    3556    3.44     322   0.312     222   0.062     676   0.654    1235   0.347
  337   Kevin Mench        1032     831    4016    3.89     190   0.184     318   0.079     678   0.657    1440   0.359
  338   Enrique Wilson     1032     616    3732    3.62     333   0.323     206   0.055     644   0.624    1360   0.364
  339   Brady Clark        1031     742    4219    4.09     160   0.155     199   0.047     647   0.628    1612   0.382
  340   Ken Harvey         1029     738    3633    3.53     290   0.282     401   0.110     612   0.595    1229   0.338
  341   Doug Mirabelli     1028     768    4087    3.98     256   0.249     466   0.114     634   0.617    1551   0.379
  342   Mark Ellis         1026     711    4167    4.06     121   0.118     195   0.047     648   0.632    1476   0.354
  343   Felipe Lopez       1025     683    4077    3.98     248   0.242     442   0.108     643   0.627    1451   0.356
  344   Craig Monroe       1023     765    3842    3.76     310   0.303     427   0.111     701   0.685    1335   0.347
  345   Austin Kearns      1019     837    4107    4.03     353   0.346     434   0.106     674   0.661    1651   0.402
  346   Ruben Rivera       1010     690    3840    3.80     399   0.395     646   0.168     635   0.629    1407   0.366
  347   Tyler Houston      1009     775    3502    3.47     401   0.397     416   0.119     572   0.567    1241   0.354
  348   Scott Brosius       997     729    3578    3.59     317   0.318     307   0.086     597   0.599    1293   0.361
  349   Chris Richard       983     777    3559    3.62     285   0.290     392   0.110     585   0.595    1297   0.364
  350   Tike Redman         978     713    3375    3.45     258   0.264     163   0.048     544   0.556    1140   0.338
  351   Adam Everett        977     681    3552    3.64     246   0.252     265   0.075     598   0.612    1183   0.333
  352   Todd Hundley        973     782    4133    4.25     198   0.203     502   0.121     630   0.647    1662   0.402
  353   Lyle Overbay        973     827    3673    3.77     317   0.326     355   0.097     626   0.643    1421   0.387
  354   Travis Hafner       970     911    3849    3.97     304   0.313     439   0.114     655   0.675    1464   0.380
  355   Greg Norton         968     739    3868    4.00     256   0.264     422   0.109     623   0.644    1512   0.391
  356   Marlon Byrd         967     709    3617    3.74     203   0.210     327   0.090     572   0.592    1257   0.348
  357   Armando Rios        966     746    3588    3.71     284   0.294     349   0.097     589   0.610    1317   0.367
  358   Keith Ginter        962     793    4014    4.17     141   0.147     303   0.075     588   0.611    1539   0.383
  359   Dean Palmer         961     740    3835    3.99     252   0.262     459   0.120     656   0.683    1507   0.393
  360   Tsuyoshi Shinjo     960     668    3464    3.61     323   0.336     322   0.093     697   0.726    1159   0.335
  361   Keith Lockhart      954     648    3352    3.51     275   0.288     252   0.075     621   0.651    1173   0.350
  362   Rusty Greer         951     800    3844    4.04     174   0.183     199   0.052     577   0.607    1573   0.409
  363   Lou Merloni         947     735    3387    3.58     209   0.221     250   0.074     484   0.511    1246   0.368
  364   Chad Moeller        943     660    3462    3.67     339   0.359     426   0.123     580   0.615    1239   0.358
  365   Joe Girardi         942     649    3268    3.47     318   0.338     305   0.093     523   0.555    1171   0.358
  366   Terry Shumpert      932     742    3517    3.77     257   0.276     304   0.086     603   0.647    1285   0.365
  367   Mike Lansing        930     665    3366    3.62     254   0.273     198   0.059     541   0.582    1251   0.372
  368   Quinton McCrack     927     697    3469    3.74     203   0.219     256   0.074     520   0.561    1264   0.364
  369   Benny Agbayani      925     788    3712    4.01     206   0.223     357   0.096     604   0.653    1464   0.394
  370   Rod Barajas         924     645    3292    3.56     291   0.315     371   0.113     650   0.703     979   0.297
  371   Chone Figgins       920     748    3688    4.01     181   0.197     225   0.061     630   0.685    1355   0.367
  372   Johnny Estrada      899     741    2999    3.34     366   0.407     231   0.077     736   0.819     880   0.293
  373   Benji Gil           895     696    3180    3.55     316   0.353     413   0.130     558   0.623    1096   0.345
  374   Jason Phillips      894     727    3245    3.63     284   0.318     246   0.076     596   0.667    1179   0.363
  375   Olmedo Saenz        894     796    3251    3.64     200   0.224     339   0.104     484   0.541    1168   0.359
  376   Chris Truby         884     657    3183    3.60     297   0.336     466   0.146     542   0.613    1034   0.325
  377   Damian Rolls        883     628    3219    3.65     256   0.290     303   0.094     542   0.614    1058   0.329
  378   Brent Abernathy     876     623    3036    3.47     214   0.244     178   0.059     523   0.597     997   0.328
  379   Greg Myers          875     776    3372    3.85     302   0.345     331   0.098     539   0.616    1338   0.397
  380   Omar Infante        875     703    3364    3.84     191   0.218     241   0.072     443   0.506    1224   0.364
  381   Lenny Harris        868     633    3024    3.48     227   0.262     187   0.062     409   0.471    1170   0.387
  382   Kelly Stinnett      860     704    3233    3.76     298   0.347     449   0.139     588   0.684    1120   0.346
  383   Brian Buchanan      858     767    3087    3.60     357   0.416     498   0.161     505   0.589    1120   0.363
  384   Eric Munson         855     701    3251    3.80     254   0.297     356   0.110     560   0.655    1187   0.365
  385   Cal Ripken Jr.      855     687    2931    3.43     270   0.316     250   0.085     514   0.601    1054   0.360
  386   Jeff Davanon        852     777    3163    3.71     304   0.357     255   0.081     490   0.575    1248   0.395
  387   Jason Tyner         844     594    2743    3.25     234   0.277     155   0.057     390   0.462     878   0.320
  388   Todd Pratt          843     786    3465    4.11     240   0.285     435   0.126     495   0.587    1414   0.408
  389   Dee Brown           841     630    3094    3.68     288   0.342     429   0.139     644   0.766    1002   0.324
  390   Mike Difelice       840     632    3132    3.73     301   0.358     348   0.111     648   0.771    1007   0.322
  391   Karim Garcia        830     741    2813    3.39     403   0.486     426   0.151     547   0.659     901   0.320
  392   Aaron Guiel         827     717    3257    3.94     124   0.150     263   0.081     514   0.622    1200   0.368
  393   Mike Mordecai       827     685    3051    3.69     265   0.320     217   0.071     494   0.597    1093   0.358
  394   Ruben Mateo         824     684    3033    3.68     216   0.262     334   0.110     637   0.773     972   0.320
  395   David McCarty       824     745    3133    3.80     255   0.309     362   0.116     465   0.564    1223   0.390
  396   Willie Harris       824     601    3186    3.87     209   0.254     162   0.051     425   0.516    1193   0.374
  397   Jeff Reboulet       822     667    3501    4.26     175   0.213     182   0.052     540   0.657    1301   0.372
  398   Mark L. Johnson     812     624    3114    3.83     198   0.244     154   0.049     394   0.485    1253   0.402
  399   Derek Bell          805     729    3072    3.82     301   0.374     305   0.099     482   0.599    1228   0.400
  400   Victor Martinez     801     807    2939    3.67     267   0.333     162   0.055     519   0.648    1116   0.380
  401   Ramon Santiago      801     600    2642    3.30     276   0.345     160   0.061     460   0.574     877   0.332
  402   Bobby Estalella     798     762    3141    3.94     328   0.411     477   0.152     584   0.732    1193   0.380
  403   Pat Meares          798     635    2816    3.53     182   0.228     255   0.091     494   0.619     899   0.319
  404   Wendell Magee       795     689    2952    3.71     244   0.307     288   0.098     530   0.667    1019   0.345
  405   Dave Martinez       772     721    3108    4.03     145   0.188     163   0.052     517   0.670    1197   0.385
  406   Greg Colbrunn       770     903    2878    3.74     261   0.339     269   0.093     550   0.714    1088   0.378
  407   Darren Bragg        770     663    3082    4.00     218   0.283     313   0.102     517   0.671    1162   0.377
  408   Ryan Freel          769     747    3041    3.95     178   0.231     156   0.051     460   0.598    1159   0.381
  409   Brian Hunter        768     683    2969    3.87     195   0.254     235   0.079     463   0.603    1053   0.355
  410   Homer Bush          765     597    2643    3.45     282   0.369     316   0.120     496   0.648     800   0.303
  411   Wiki Gonzalez       762     672    2773    3.64     208   0.273     216   0.078     398   0.522    1057   0.381
  412   Dave Hansen         745     772    3154    4.23     152   0.204     190   0.060     452   0.607    1321   0.419
  413   Geronimo Gil        737     636    2703    3.67     283   0.384     361   0.134     556   0.754     870   0.322
  414   Todd Greene         726     734    2460    3.39     322   0.444     425   0.173     461   0.635     740   0.301
  415   Kerry Robinson      724     647    2428    3.35     227   0.314     153   0.063     405   0.559     814   0.335
  416   Eddie Perez         720     659    2439    3.39     250   0.347     286   0.117     483   0.671     734   0.301
  417   Shawn Wooten        719     713    2652    3.69     217   0.302     247   0.093     511   0.711     902   0.340
  418   Hee Seop Choi       718     784    2924    4.07     224   0.312     355   0.121     501   0.698    1190   0.407
  419   Stan Javier         715     758    2724    3.81     237   0.331     195   0.072     456   0.638    1020   0.374
  420   Vance Wilson        714     692    2709    3.79     174   0.244     247   0.091     559   0.783     877   0.324
  421   Jose Canseco        707     830    2955    4.18     186   0.263     357   0.121     422   0.597    1236   0.418
  422   Jared Sandberg      706     703    2796    3.96     232   0.329     498   0.178     407   0.576    1002   0.358
  423   Juan Rivera         706     790    2331    3.30     247   0.350     186   0.080     404   0.572     803   0.344
  424   Calvin Murray       698     646    2726    3.91     188   0.269     198   0.073     443   0.635    1063   0.390
  425   Miguel Olivo        696     685    2637    3.79     180   0.259     315   0.119     379   0.545     911   0.345
  426   Ben Petrick         692     765    2700    3.90     195   0.282     325   0.120     437   0.632    1012   0.375
  427   Luis Lopez          691     653    2319    3.36     242   0.350     202   0.087     455   0.658     753   0.325
  428   Keith Osik          691     634    2560    3.70     208   0.301     148   0.058     413   0.598     979   0.382
  429   Mark McGwire        685     998    2695    3.93     248   0.362     394   0.146     320   0.467    1158   0.430
  430   Russ Johnson        681     701    2769    4.07     157   0.231     160   0.058     453   0.665    1100   0.397
  431   Tom Lampkin         675     703    2610    3.87     155   0.230     247   0.095     409   0.606     961   0.368
  432   Jeff Liefer         665     706    2493    3.75     247   0.371     345   0.138     448   0.674     871   0.349
  433   Orlando Merced      664     739    2511    3.78     153   0.230     238   0.095     418   0.630     923   0.368
  434   Quilvio Veras       659     761    2528    3.84     165   0.250     136   0.054     432   0.656    1011   0.400
  435   Ken Caminiti        656     825    2541    3.87     216   0.329     225   0.089     425   0.648    1041   0.410
  436   John McDonald       655     574    2205    3.37     243   0.371     168   0.076     387   0.591     696   0.316
  437   Wilton Guerrero     649     629    2096    3.23     247   0.381     205   0.098     370   0.570     621   0.296
  438   Damon Buford        645     686    2570    3.98     123   0.191     244   0.095     459   0.712     962   0.374
  439   Mike Cuddyer        639     763    2413    3.78     170   0.266     239   0.099     343   0.537     902   0.374
  440   Chad Kreuter        634     757    2643    4.17     165   0.260     211   0.080     393   0.620    1166   0.441
  441   Adrian Brown        633     696    2309    3.65     126   0.199     103   0.045     358   0.566     832   0.360
  442   Tom Wilson          626     714    2676    4.27     126   0.201     227   0.085     410   0.655    1040   0.389
  443   Albert Belle        622     817    2251    3.62     236   0.379     138   0.061     411   0.661     875   0.389
  444   Eduardo Perez       610     790    2269    3.72     185   0.303     271   0.119     379   0.621     844   0.372
  445   Bill Hall           609     675    2284    3.75     190   0.312     307   0.134     369   0.606     767   0.336
  446   Marco Scutaro       606     682    2233    3.68     174   0.287     115   0.052     405   0.668     762   0.341
  447   Donnie Sadler       606     496    2151    3.55     175   0.289     152   0.071     312   0.515     746   0.347
  448   Devon White         600     772    2300    3.83     169   0.282     298   0.130     359   0.598     841   0.366
  449   Jason Michaels      598     826    2417    4.04     135   0.226     220   0.091     363   0.607     954   0.395
  450   Brent Butler        597     664    1810    3.03     224   0.375     125   0.069     292   0.489     598   0.330
  451   Jamey Carroll       595     720    2465    4.14     104   0.175     105   0.043     444   0.746     883   0.358
  452   Felix Martinez      591     611    2068    3.50     222   0.376     192   0.093     283   0.479     740   0.358
  453   Adam Piatt          588     745    2298    3.91     161   0.274     268   0.117     341   0.580     894   0.389
  454   Mark Sweeney        580     753    2358    4.07     170   0.293     229   0.097     431   0.743     916   0.388
  455   Shawon Dunston      577     716    1965    3.41     195   0.338     257   0.131     404   0.700     587   0.299
  456   Yorvit Torrealb     576     724    2027    3.52     164   0.285     189   0.093     289   0.502     726   0.358
  457   Darren Lewis        574     640    2010    3.50     148   0.258      74   0.037     290   0.505     703   0.350
  458   Raul Casanova       573     715    1987    3.47     185   0.323     189   0.095     319   0.557     723   0.364
  459   Jeff Frye           565     710    2307    4.08      70   0.124      99   0.043     317   0.561     877   0.380
  460   Wily Mo Pena        563     771    2047    3.64     276   0.490     400   0.195     337   0.599     691   0.338
  461   Tom Prince          560     673    2111    3.77     172   0.307     194   0.092     375   0.670     761   0.360
  462   Mike Darr           559     721    2191    3.92     178   0.318     186   0.085     410   0.733     852   0.389
  463   Bill Haselman       546     714    1916    3.51     154   0.282     177   0.092     244   0.447     661   0.345
  464   Matt Franco         538     765    2020    3.75     144   0.268     143   0.071     337   0.626     797   0.395
  465   Billy McMillon      529     746    2031    3.84     177   0.335     160   0.079     368   0.696     789   0.388
  466   Robert Machado      526     630    1831    3.48     202   0.384     223   0.122     320   0.608     609   0.333
  467   Reggie Taylor       524     660    1949    3.72     186   0.355     322   0.165     349   0.666     633   0.325
  468   Carlos Baerga       519     757    1752    3.38      96   0.185     114   0.065     259   0.499     645   0.368
  469   Alberto Castill     518     567    1980    3.82     140   0.270     152   0.077     319   0.616     737   0.372
  470   Chad Curtis         511     749    2023    3.96     137   0.268     163   0.081     279   0.546     806   0.398
  471   Will Clark          507     964    1951    3.85     164   0.323     154   0.079     303   0.598     823   0.422
  472   Mark Smith          505     713    1947    3.86     154   0.305     202   0.104     337   0.667     735   0.378
  473   Chris Widger        504     708    1884    3.74     151   0.300     214   0.114     322   0.639     665   0.353