http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/183 This and that about baseball stats. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:34:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/183/comment-page-1#comment-273 birtelcom Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:03:06 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/183#comment-273 I checked the lead-off split for Tim McCarver. http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/bsplit.cgi?n1=mccarti01&year=c He fit into the leadoff role quite nicely. In 75 career PAs in the #1 spot in the order (including not just starts at that spot but also PH appearances in which he slotted into the #1 spot), his OBP was .387 and his BA was .343. That's compared to his overall career BA of .271 and OBP of .337. Maybe the guy should've been a leadoff man all along! I checked the lead-off split for Tim McCarver. http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/bsplit.cgi?n1=mccarti01&year=c He fit into the leadoff role quite nicely. In 75 career PAs in the #1 spot in the order (including not just starts at that spot but also PH appearances in which he slotted into the #1 spot), his OBP was .387 and his BA was .343. That's compared to his overall career BA of .271 and OBP of .337. Maybe the guy should've been a leadoff man all along!

]]> http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/183/comment-page-1#comment-269 skyking162 » Blog Archive » B-R’s Play Index Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:28:28 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/183#comment-269 [...] also a Stat of the Day Blog with a handful contributors highlighting the power of the tool. I just posted an entry listing the most games in a season batting lead-off by unusual positions — catcher, third [...] [...] also a Stat of the Day Blog with a handful contributors highlighting the power of the tool. I just posted an entry listing the most games in a season batting lead-off by unusual positions — catcher, third [...]

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