From: Gnork on 13 Dec 2009 00:53 On Dec 12, 6:40 pm, maaaack <mark04...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 12, 12:52 pm, Gnork <gn...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks to a nudge from the redoubtable Mr. Soames I looked up the EqA > > ratings for major league players. I filtered my search to show only > > those with 300 or more plate appearances so only players with > > significant playing time would show. > > > There were 274 players with 300 or more PA in 2009. Not surprisingly > > Albert Pujols and Joe Mauer wer number 1 and number 2 by significant > > margins. Here are the Red Sox on the list: > > > 17 Youkilis > > 35 Bay > > 52 Drew > > 89 Scutaro (with Toronto) > > 109 Pedroia > > 135 Ellsbury > > 148 Lowell > > 165 Ortiz > > 249 Varitek (would be worst on an after May list) > > 267 Green > > > A few others of interest: > > 241 Beltre (please DO NOT sign him) > > 262 Renteria (paying for lousy shortstops all over baseball) > > 274 D. Navarro (don't wonder why Tampa got another catcher) > > Who were the other top 34? Taken from baseball prospectus https://baseballprospectus.com/statistics/sortable/index.php?cid=94234 Eqa PA 1. .362 2009 Albert Pujols SLN NL 700 1b 2. .342 2009 Joe Mauer MIN AL 606 c 3. .341 2009 Adrian Gonzalez SDN NL 681 1b 4. .341 2009 Prince Fielder MIL NL 719 1b 5. .330 2009 Joey Votto CIN NL 544 1b 6. .327 2009 Manny Ramirez LAN NL 431 lf 7. .324 2009 Carlos Beltran NYN NL 357 cf 8. .323 2009 Ryan Braun MIL NL 708 lf 9. .322 2009 Hanley Ramirez FLO NL 652 ss 10. .318 2009 Derrek Lee CHN NL 615 1b 11. .317 2009 Garrett Jones PIT NL 358 rf 12. .317 2009 Ben Zobrist TBA AL 599 2b 13. .316 2009 Chase Utley PHI NL 687 2b 14. .315 2009 Alex Rodriguez NYA AL 535 3b 15. .313 2009 Lance Berkman HOU NL 563 1b 16. .313 2009 Adam Dunn WAS NL 668 1b 17. .313 2009 Kevin Youkilis BOS AL 588 1b 18. .313 2009 Mark Teixeira NYA AL 707 1b 19. .312 2009 Pablo Sandoval SFN NL 633 3b 20. .309 2009 Shin-soo Choo CLE AL 685 rf 21. .309 2009 Ryan Howard PHI NL 703 1b 22. .307 2009 Matt Diaz ATL NL 425 rf 23. .307 2009 Adam Lind TOR AL 654 dh 24. .306 2009 Miguel Cabrera DET AL 685 1b 25. .306 2009 Todd Helton COL NL 645 1b 26. .304 2009 Derek Jeter NYA AL 716 ss 27. .302 2009 Aramis Ramirez CHN NL 342 3b 28. .302 2009 Jason Bartlett TBA AL 567 ss 29. .302 2009 Jayson Werth PHI NL 676 rf 30. .301 2009 Ryan Zimmerman WAS NL 694 3b 31. .301 2009 Andre Ethier LAN NL 685 rf 32. .301 2009 David Wright NYN NL 618 3b 33. .300 2009 Troy Tulowitzki COL NL 628 ss 34. .299 2009 Raul Ibanez PHI NL 565 lf 35. .299 2009 Jason Bay BOS AL 638 lf
From: PETER SHORTS on 14 Dec 2009 12:37
On Dec 12, 6:02 pm, "Dano" <janeandd...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > "McDuck" <wallyDELETEMEMcD...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > > news:t658i5ta9msuukullurcevhhoko1tmpbvv(a)4ax.com... > > > > > Here is the EqA formula. It is a poor mans OPS <g>: > > > H + TB + 1.5*(BB + HBP) + SB > > EqA = ---------------------------- > > AB + BB + HBP + CS + SB/3 > > Seriously? What? Not factoring in shoe size and IQ? Give me a friggin' > break! don't get so upset. just add it to the long list of things that you don't understand and move along. |