tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post2506993119253834474..comments2024-03-28T07:19:18.670-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Loadedallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-28513071180552109312007-11-11T16:33:00.000-08:002007-11-11T16:33:00.000-08:00Thanks, Allan. It does seem that Tek had the lowe...Thanks, Allan. It does seem that Tek had the lowest BA of the Sox players on that list when there were two outs and RISP.<BR/><BR/>Next season I have to learn how to use that statistics site. This season I learned how to blog and how to insert HTML text into a post. Next season, bigger and better things!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-446566048162017182007-11-10T07:38:00.000-08:002007-11-10T07:38:00.000-08:00Here are all MLB players in 2007 arranged by most ...<A HREF="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting?split=185&league=mlb&season=2007&seasonType=2&sort=atBats&type=reg&ageMin=17&ageMax=51&state=0&college=0&country=0&hand=a&pos=all" REL="nofollow">Here</A> are all MLB players in 2007 arranged by most AB with 2 outs and RISP.<BR/><BR/>Torii Hunter had 93 to top all players. <BR/><BR/>Varitek was 36th with 74 AB. Yes, he hit .162 and slugged .270.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-10487202756134570212007-11-10T05:17:00.000-08:002007-11-10T05:17:00.000-08:00If I am reading this page of stats correctly, it l...If I am reading this page of stats correctly, it looks like Tek batted .162 with two out and RISP. Pretty miserable, which was my sense. What I can't figure out from these statistics is whether he was in that position more than other players generally are. It would make sense, given where he is in the batting order.<BR/><BR/>I just am not very statistics literate and get overwhelmed by all those numbers on one page.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the info!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-84221901510636092272007-11-10T04:44:00.000-08:002007-11-10T04:44:00.000-08:00Very CoolEvery time you post a link to BB Ref. I f...Very Cool<BR/>Every time you post a link to BB Ref. I find myself hanging around there playing for a while. Tweaking your report, trying things of my own. I am something of a stat freak, after all. I still have LL scorebooks piled up in here from 15 - 18 yrs ago.<BR/>I guess I'm going to break down and subscribe, altho the last thing I need is something else to distract me from business.<BR/>Also cool that I saw 3 ML game this year, and got to see 2 of the Silver Slugger winners hit home runs - Flo & Beltran<BR/>LaterSoSockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982944966573089279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-48010115954503793512007-11-09T20:31:00.000-08:002007-11-09T20:31:00.000-08:00You can click here for his 2007 batting splits.Abo...You can click <A HREF="http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/bsplit.cgi?n1=varitja01&year=2007" REL="nofollow">here</A> for his 2007 batting splits.<BR/><BR/>About halfway down is his "bases occupied" stats. .227 average with men on base and .286 with the bases clean. A whopping .219 average with RISP and .132 with a man on second. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/Statistics/Team/playerstats?sortField=atBats&team=bos&seasonYear=2007&split=39&seasonType=2&type=reg&pagetype=batting&stub=/mlb/Statistics/HTML/Table" REL="nofollow">Here</A> is the entire Sox roster batting with RISP, arranged by AB. Tek had the 7th most AB (not sure where he ranks with PA, probably about the same from looking at everyone's BB totals).allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-7302093630154842192007-11-09T20:09:00.000-08:002007-11-09T20:09:00.000-08:00So it was not just my imagination. Tek really did...So it was not just my imagination. Tek really did seem to be always at bat when the bases were loaded. I cannot begin to decipher that page of stats, but I wonder how many times he was up with the bases loaded or at least with RISP and two outs. It seemed to happen again and again (and sadly, rarely did he get the hit or walk in those situations).Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-23287209724807694572007-11-09T18:46:00.000-08:002007-11-09T18:46:00.000-08:00despite the greatness of David Ortiz and Manny Ram...<I> despite the greatness of David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, they remain light-years away from Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig</I><BR/><BR/>Lou Gehrig must be the most underrated player of all time. People even forget to mention him when they talk about underrated players!laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-27775593286735574262007-11-09T17:32:00.000-08:002007-11-09T17:32:00.000-08:00Silver Slugger Awards were announced, and guess wh...Silver Slugger Awards were announced, and guess who wins #4. THE BEDAZZLER!<BR/><BR/>AL:<BR/><BR/>1B - Carlos Pena, TB<BR/>2B - Placido Polanco, DET<BR/>3B - Alex Rodriguez, MFY<BR/>SS - Derek Jeter, MFY<BR/>OF - Magglio Ordonez, DET<BR/>OF - Ichiro, SEA<BR/>OF - Vladimir Guerrero, LAA<BR/>C - Jorge Posada, MFY<BR/>DH - FLO<BR/>____________________<BR/><BR/>NL:<BR/><BR/>1B - Prince Fielder, MIL<BR/>2B - Chase Utley, PHI<BR/>3B - David Wright, NYM<BR/>SS - Jimmy Rollins, PHI<BR/>OF - Carlos Beltran, NYM<BR/>OF - Carlos Lee, HOU<BR/>OF - Matt Holliday, COL<BR/>C - Russell Martin, LAD<BR/>P - Micah Owings, ARI<BR/><BR/><BR/>Heh. Silver slugger for pitchers. Owings certainly deserved his, though.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809080115678512743noreply@blogger.com