His squad, the Newark Slam Dumps, do in fact have a great bench this season. (For the purposes of this article, I am considering a bench player someone who has started in 15 games or less this year, roughly 40%). Consider Sherre Magee and his .391 OBP in 54 at bats or backup catcher Johnny Bassler and his .405 OBP in 30 at bats. Even better, Will Clark has started just 4 games but still has 33 at bats and a sweet line of .333 / .421 / .394. As a team, the "bench players" on the Slam Dumps are batting .312 / .407 / .348.
Two other squads are in a similar situation. The Kakadu Didgeridoos are batting .312 / .407 / .348 thanks to Jack Clark (.968 OPS) and Zack Wheat (.943 OPS); while Big Dan and the Lady's have compiled a "bench" line of .291 / .381 / .393. The Lady's may get an asterisk as their three main contributers are clear platoon players - Frank Fennely (.420 OBP), Joe Gordon (.952 OPS), and Charley Jones (.883 OPS)
Leaving all three of this teams in the dust however is the Rusty Kuntz Travelling All-Stars. This team has compiled a league leading "bench" line of .339 / .420 / .441. Their backup catcher Jorge Posada is batting .340 / .403 / .472 while Chicken Wolf has a .385 OBP and Elmer Flick a 1.050 OPS.
In order of OPS here are the team by team results, with slash stats listed second.
RKA - 0.861 OPS - 0.339 / 0.420 / 0.441
BDL - 0.774 OPS - 0.291 / 0.381 / 0.393
K D - 0.757 OPS - 0.291 / 0.358 / 0.399
NSD - 0.755 OPS - 0.312 / 0.407 / 0.348
WPM - 0.749 OPS - 0.269 / 0.344 / 0.405
D C - 0.715 OPS - 0.269 / 0.354 / 0.361
P10 - 0.704 OPS - 0.275 / 0.350 / 0.355
H H - 0.675 OPS - 0.240 / 0.275 / 0.400
OFB - 0.674 OPS - 0.251 / 0.295 / 0.379
L M - 0.660 OPS - 0.256 / 0.307 / 0.352
ICB - 0.657 OPS - 0.203 / 0.272 / 0.385
BBB - 0.655 OPS - 0.243 / 0.333 / 0.322
H S - 0.652 OPS - 0.250 / 0.296 / 0.356
JMF - 0.641 OPS - 0.221 / 0.305 / 0.336
T G - 0.601 OPS - 0.212 / 0.279 / 0.322
GCG - 0.599 OPS - 0.250 / 0.310 / 0.289
N O - 0.594 OPS - 0.245 / 0.315 / 0.279
D B - 0.553 OPS - 0.227 / 0.270 / 0.283
In a similar vein, here are the league leading pinch hitters (min 15 PA's):
1.172 OPS - Frank Thomas (HS)
1.167 OPS - Eddie Murray (DB)
1.167 OPS - Boog Powell (TG)
1.111 OPS - Elmer Flick (RKA)
1.079 OPS - Cap Anson (NO)
And team OPS on pinch hitting plays only:
1.088 OPS - 10
1.042 OPS - Gringos
1.032 OPS - Slam Dumps
0.918 OPS - Brews
0.875 OPS - Didgeridoos
0.775 OPS - Handbasket
0.768 OPS - Traveling All S
0.765 OPS - "Mechanics"
0.763 OPS - Survivors
0.745 OPS - Machine
0.669 OPS - Fanclub
0.654 OPS - Gossamers
0.654 OPS - Bivalves
0.650 OPS - Chips
0.634 OPS - Brazen Beanball
0.621 OPS - Outlaws
0.591 OPS - and the Lady's
0.527 OPS - Fish Biscuits
Now if only the Rusty Kuntz' starting pitchers would take the lead of the bench guys.
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