Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Great Defenders Who Can Rake

(My definition for "Great Defender" is an Ex range with under an 80 error rate).

Catchers
Mickey Cochrane - Ex/47 with an Ex Arm.  .368 OBP with 31 2B

First Base
Buck Leonard - Ex/67.  .310 / .360 / .443 with 30 2B and 17 HR

Second Base
Eddie Collins - Ex/61.  .295 / .360 / .378 with 25 2B

Third Base
None

Shortstop
Willie Wells - Ex/79.  .351 OBP, .490 SLG, 36 HR and 31 2B
Honus Wagner - Ex/74.  .302 / .345 / .464 with 43 2B, 13 3B, and 11 HR

Left Field
Fred Clarke - Ex/70.  .297 AVG, .353 OBP, 25 2B (admittedly a stretch)

Center Field
Oscar Charleston - Ex/55.  .338 / .442 / .625 with 49 2B and 39 HR
Joe DiMaggio - Ex/71.  .838 OPS with 34 2B and 28 HR
Pete Hill - Ex/76.  .376 OBP, .426 SLG
Tris Speaker - Ex/74  .385 OBP, 42 2B
Hugh Duffy - Ex/73. .309 AVG, .809 OPS, 46 2B, 14 3B

Right Field
Larry Walker - Ex/33.  .834 OPS, 35 2B and 35 HR

  • There really aren't many great defender/hitter combinations.  For the most part, you are lucky if you draft one of these guys.
  • Center Field has always been underrated.  The position is stacked even more with the negro league entrants.
  • Which led me to wonder what the average OPS is for the Top 10 and Top 20 batters at each position:

Well, there you go... sort of.  The elite center fielders hit every bit as well as right fielders and first basemen, but there is are stark drop off in talent the deeper you get.

Also interesting is second base, where the Top 5 are incredible.  Once you move into the top 10 however, they gain parity with third base, and moving down to the Top 20 they are among the weakest in the game.

Note:  I have a few entrants for the Commissioner's challenge.  Thanks!  Keep em coming.

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