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Player

 Current Projected
Brian Bruney
11 G
15 G
12 IP
16 IP
Dan Giese
11 G
15 G
21.7 IP
29 IP
Damaso Marte
5 G
7 G
4.7 IP
6 IP
Edwar Ramirez
37 G
49 G
40.7 IP
54 IP
Mariano Rivera
44 G
58 G
48.3 IP
64 IP
David Robertson
14 G
19 G
16.3 IP
22 IP
Jose Veras
38 G
50 G
38.7 IP
51 IP
Total
274 G
364 G
328.3 IP
435 IP
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Sunday, June 22, 2008

AL Centerfield Offense and Defense through June 21

Last First Tm Lg Pos PA BA OBP SLG pBRAA pBRAA/650
Hamilton Josh H TEX AL CF 340 .316 .362 .583 19 37
Sizemore Grady CLE AL CF 336 .267 .375 .519 18 34
Upton B.J. TB AL CF 316 .288 .400 .431 11 22
Suzuki Ichiro SEA AL CF 339 .293 .355 .378 3 6
Hunter Torii LAA AL CF 296 .273 .334 .461 2 4
Granderson Curtis DET AL CF 213 .265 .319 .469 1 2
Sweeney Ryan J OAK AL CF 178 .299 .352 .401 0 1
Fiorentino Jeff OAK AL CF 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0
Byrd Marlon TEX AL CF 132 .263 .351 .412 0 0
Van Every Jonathan E BOS AL CF 3 .333 .333 .333 0 -23
Thomas Clete DET AL CF 76 .290 .338 .391 0 -2
Wise Dewayne CHA AL CF 16 .214 .313 .429 0 -10
Gonzalez Carlos OAK AL CF 78 .247 .286 .411 -2 -15
Davis Rajai OAK AL CF 64 .258 .266 .371 -2 -23
Wells Vernon TOR AL CF 210 .281 .329 .438 -3 -8
Crisp Coco BOS AL CF 193 .260 .300 .412 -3 -9
Swisher Nick T CHA AL CF 297 .235 .350 .390 -3 -7
Anderson Brian N CHA AL CF 111 .236 .270 .396 -4 -25
Jones Adam L BAL AL CF 276 .261 .302 .381 -8 -18
Cabrera Melky NYA AL CF 282 .253 .312 .372 -8 -18
Gomez Carlos A MIN AL CF 313 .272 .304 .383 -9 -19
Gathright Joey R KC AL CF 214 .245 .290 .266 -12 -36


pBRAA: Position-adjusted batting runs above average using linear weights
pBRAA/650: pBRAA pro-rated to 650 plate appearances


Player TM LG Pos G GS INN Ch A E ZR PM Avg ZR AvgPM Diff RS RS/162
Gomez, Carlos Min AL CF 69 67 597 230 6 6 .939 216 .897 206 10 8 20
Jones, Adam Bal AL CF 72 69 624 197 1 1 .934 184 .897 177 7 6 14
Cabrera, Melky NYY AL CF 72 69 613 177 3 3 .921 163 .897 159 4 4 8
Swisher, Nick CWS AL CF 42 42 336.1 99 2 3 .939 93 .897 89 4 4 15
Sizemore, Grady Cle AL CF 71 71 628 174 1 1 .920 160 .897 156 4 3 8
Granderson, Curtis Det AL CF 52 45 412 133 2 2 .917 122 .897 119 3 2 8
Rios, Alex Tor AL CF 30 28 246.1 72 3 1 .917 66 .897 65 1 1 7
Gathright, Joey KC AL CF 61 50 468 132 4 0 .902 119 .897 118 1 1 2
Sweeney, Ryan Oak AL CF 42 37 293.1 85 0 0 .894 76 .897 76 0 0 -1
Anderson, Brian CWS AL CF 40 24 243.1 51 0 0 .882 45 .897 46 -1 -1 -4
Wells, Vernon Tor AL CF 49 48 437.2 109 3 2 .881 96 .897 98 -2 -1 -5
Ellsbury, Jacoby Bos AL CF 32 29 251.1 97 2 0 .876 85 .897 87 -2 -2 -10
Upton, B.J. TB AL CF 71 71 627.2 211 8 4 .886 187 .897 189 -2 -2 -4
Hamilton, Josh Tex AL CF 51 50 445 129 2 3 .876 113 .897 116 -3 -2 -7
Crisp, Coco Bos AL CF 58 47 416 121 3 1 .868 105 .897 109 -4 -3 -10
Suzuki, Ichiro Sea AL CF 69 69 601.2 214 4 1 .879 188 .897 192 -4 -3 -8
Hunter, Torii LAA AL CF 64 64 567 186 3 0 .866 161 .897 167 -6 -5 -12


*Minimum of 250 innings played in center.

G: Games
GS: Games Started
INN: Defensive Innings at Position
Ch: Playable Chances
A: Assists
E: Errors
ZR: Zone Rating (PM/Ch)
PM: Plays Made
Avg ZR: ZR by average defender at the same position and in the same league
AvgPM: Estimated Plays Made over the same # of chances by an average defender
Diff: Difference between PM and AvgPM
RS: Runs Saved
RS/162: Runs Saved pro-rated to 162 games

As bad as Melky has been offensively, his defense has been good enough to make his overall value -3 -4 runs so far. I am as frustrated as anyone with his offensive funk, but the numbers say that his overall contributions are just slightly below average.

Update: Forgot to list the combined rankings:

Last First Tm Lg Pos pBRAA RS Total
Sizemore Grady CLE AL CF 18 3 21
Hamilton Josh H TEX AL CF 19 -2 17
Upton B.J. TB AL CF 11 -2 9
Granderson Curtis DET AL CF 1 2 3
Swisher Nick T CHA AL CF -3 4 1
Suzuki Ichiro SEA AL CF 3 -3 0
Gomez Carlos A MIN AL CF -9 8 -1
Jones Adam L BAL AL CF -8 6 -2
Hunter Torii LAA AL CF 2 -5 -3
Cabrera Melky NYA AL CF -8 4 -4
Wells Vernon TOR AL CF -3 -1 -4
Anderson Brian N CHA AL CF -4 -1 -5
Crisp Coco BOS AL CF -3 -3 -6
Gathright Joey R KC AL CF -12 1 -11

--Posted at 10:05 am by SG / 15 Comments | - (77)


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