Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Stat of the Week

Yesterday's Recap

Ughhh can it get any worse? With Tulo injured the wackiness of a short bench surfaced yesterday. With Tulo out, Hurdle shifted Atkins to 2B and brought Ianetta in to play 3B! That left Hurdle with 2 men on the bench (Spilborghs and Podsednik). Cook again pitched a masterful gem (he has become the Stopper having stopped the last losing streak and this one)! A balk scored the winning run. Unusual game! At least we got a win.



Stat of the Week

VORP - Value Over Replacement Player. The number of runs contributed beyond what a replacement-level player at the same position would contribute if given the same percentage of team plate appearances. Great article here. VORP also demonstrates how much a hitter contributes offensively or how much a pitcher contributes to his team in comparison to a fictitious "replacement player," who is an average fielder at his position and a below average hitter. So below is the NL leaders and Ramirez produced 89.5 more runs than the average SS.

National League Leaders

1. SS Hanley Ramirez, FLA 89.5
2. 3B David Wright, NYM 81.1
3. 3B Chipper Jones, ATL 76.0
4. LF Matt Holliday, COL 74.4
5. 1B Albert Pujols, STL 72.1
6. 3B Miguel Cabrera, FLA 71.4
7. 1B Prince Fielder, MIL 69.2
8. 2B Chase Utley, PHI 68.8
9. SS Jimmy Rollins, PHI 66.2
10. 3B Ryan Braun, MIL 57.2

2007 Rockies
1B Helton 51.9
2B Matsui 16.0
3B Atkins 34.8
SS Tulo 37.8
LF Holliday 74.4
CF Taveras 16.4
RF Hawpe 37.4
C Torrealba 4.6

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