June 23, 2005

A petition I just can't sign.:
As a Blue Jay fan, I'm tempted to start a petition to ignore this petition.

posted by grum@work to baseball at 10:37 AM - 5 comments

(from Larry M., on http://www.baseball-primer.com) Some stats about Womack:

  • The Yankees are 31-33 in games Tony Womack plays, 6-1 in games he does not play.
  • Tony Womack's 32 runs scored put him in a six-way tie for 54th in the American League. The three players who most often bat behind him have a .955 OPS, .847 OPS and 1.025 OPS.
  • Among qualified players, Tony Womack ranks 171st in the Major Leagues in OPS. There are 172 qualified players.
  • Tony Womack ranks 165th in OBP in the Major Leauges among qualified players.
  • 85 Major Leaguers have a higher Batting Average than Tony Womack's OBP.
  • 108 Major Leaguers have a higher Batting Average than Tony Womack's SLG.
  • Of the Top 25 base stealers in MLB, only Dave Roberts and Nook Logan, who play in extreme pitchers parks, have scored fewer runs than Tony Womack.
  • Among Major League left fielders with 100 PAs in left, Tony Womack ranks 32nd out of 32 in OPS, .119 OPS points behind #31, Brian Jordan.
  • No batter on the Yankees with more than 60 PAs has a lower OPS than Tony Womack. The second-lowest OPS on the Yankees is that of Bernie Williams -- it's .162 points higher.
  • Tony Womack has the lowest Isolated Power in the majors, .025.
  • Tony Womack has the fourth-lowest Secondary Average (a measure of all things a player does other than batting average) in the Majors .
  • Tony Womack has the third-worst Runs Created per 27 outs in the Majors .
  • Tony Womack has more sacrifice bunts than extra-base hits (6-5).
  • The average AL Left Fielder is batting: .281/.338/.437.
  • Tony Womack as a Left Fielder is batting: .224/.252/.237.
  • The average AL #2 hitter is batting: .265/.322/.373.
  • Tony Womack as a #2 hitter is batting: .237/.268/.252.

posted by grum@work at 10:41 AM on June 23, 2005

I will print these out on a cue card for the next time I get in an argument about Tony Womack.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:42 AM on June 23, 2005

So, what they are really saying that is that Tony Womack is a number two hitter.

posted by gspm at 01:27 PM on June 23, 2005

No, that's he's Tony LaRussa's wet dream of a #8 hitter. If LaRussa has a gift, it is the singular genius for making opposing pitchers and managers think, "Is it worth pitching around this shitbird to get to the pitcher?"

posted by yerfatma at 01:35 PM on June 23, 2005

So, what they are really saying that is that Tony Womack is a number two hitter. they don't call him shitmack for nothing.

posted by goddam at 01:38 PM on June 23, 2005

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