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Marco Scutaro

Posted by Neil Paine on December 4, 2009
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As you probably saw in the news already, the Red Sox signed Marco Scutaro Thursday to be their new starting SS. I don't want to get into the merits of the deal (others have already covered that ground) or how Scooter is almost certain to regress after a career year, but instead I want to look at how anomalous a player Scutaro is. He's basically a guy who draws a ton of walks but has no power -- last year he was one of only 22 players to have a BB% (BB/PA) of at least 13.2%:

Rk Player BB PA Year Age Tm Lg H 2B 3B HR RBI IBB BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Adrian Gonzalez 119 681 2009 27 SDP NL 153 27 2 40 99 22 .277 .407 .551 .958 *3/D
2 Adam Dunn 116 668 2009 29 WSN NL 146 29 0 38 105 16 .267 .398 .529 .928 379/D
3 Albert Pujols 115 700 2009 29 STL NL 186 45 1 47 135 44 .327 .443 .658 1.101 *3/D
4 Prince Fielder 110 719 2009 25 MIL NL 177 35 3 46 141 21 .299 .412 .602 1.014 *3
5 Chone Figgins 101 729 2009 31 LAA AL 183 30 7 5 54 0 .298 .395 .393 .789 *5/4D7
6 Chipper Jones 101 596 2009 37 ATL NL 129 23 2 18 71 18 .264 .388 .430 .818 *5/D
7 Nick Johnson 99 574 2009 30 TOT NL 133 24 2 8 62 4 .291 .426 .405 .831 *3
8 Nick Swisher 97 607 2009 28 NYY AL 124 35 1 29 82 2 .249 .371 .498 .869 *93/7D1
9 Lance Berkman 97 562 2009 33 HOU NL 126 31 1 25 80 14 .274 .399 .509 .907 *3
10 Jason Bay 94 638 2009 30 BOS AL 142 29 3 36 119 4 .267 .384 .537 .921 *7/D
11 Bobby Abreu 94 667 2009 35 LAA AL 165 29 3 15 103 7 .293 .390 .435 .825 *9D7
12 Jack Cust 93 612 2009 30 OAK AL 123 16 0 25 70 5 .240 .356 .417 .773 *D9
13 Kosuke Fukudome 93 603 2009 32 CHC NL 129 38 5 11 54 3 .259 .375 .421 .796 *89
14 Dan Uggla 92 668 2009 29 FLA NL 137 27 1 31 90 4 .243 .354 .459 .813 *4
15 Ben Zobrist 91 599 2009 28 TBR AL 149 28 7 27 91 4 .297 .405 .543 .948 *496/783D5
16 Jayson Werth 91 676 2009 30 PHI NL 153 26 1 36 99 8 .268 .373 .506 .879 *98/7
17 Marco Scutaro 90 680 2009 33 TOR AL 162 35 1 12 60 0 .282 .379 .409 .789 *6/4D
18 Todd Helton 89 645 2009 35 COL NL 177 38 3 15 86 5 .325 .416 .489 .904 *3
19 Carlos Pena 87 570 2009 31 TBR AL 107 25 2 39 100 11 .227 .356 .537 .893 *3
20 J.D. Drew 82 539 2009 33 BOS AL 126 30 4 24 68 5 .279 .392 .522 .914 *9/D
21 Alex Rodriguez 80 535 2009 33 NYY AL 127 17 1 30 100 7 .286 .402 .532 .933 *5/D
22 Brad Hawpe 79 588 2009 30 COL NL 143 42 3 23 86 7 .285 .384 .519 .903 *9/D
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Generated 12/4/2009.

Yet he had one of the worst slugging %'s of anyone on that list, and even it was driven largely by BA. Another name that shows up on that list is Chone Figgins; in fact, Figgins and Scutaro are the only players over the past four years to post a walk rate of >= 11% and an isolated power of <= .115:

Rk Player OPS+ ISO BB PA To From Age H 2B 3B HR SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos Tm
1 Chone Figgins 98 .089 279 2435 2006 2009 28-31 615 91 22 18 169 58 .291 .372 .380 .753 *5/8479D6 LAA
2 Marco Scutaro 97 .112 232 2074 2006 2009 30-33 485 92 8 31 28 9 .270 .354 .382 .736 *64/579D3 OAK-TOR
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Generated 12/4/2009.

Finally, here are the only players of the expansion era to have a career walk rate greater than 9.5% and a career ISO under .120:

Rk Player OPS+ ISO BB PA To From Age H 2B 3B HR BA OBP SLG OPS Pos Tm
1 Rod Carew 131 .101 1018 10550 1967 1985 21-39 3053 445 112 92 .328 .393 .429 .822 34/D657 MIN-CAL
2 Wade Boggs 130 .115 1412 10740 1982 1999 24-41 3010 578 61 118 .328 .415 .443 .858 *5D/317 BOS-NYY-TBD
3 Mike Hargrove 121 .101 965 6693 1974 1985 24-35 1614 266 28 80 .290 .396 .391 .787 *37/D TEX-TOT-CLE
4 Pete Rose 118 .106 1566 15861 1963 1986 22-45 4256 746 135 160 .303 .375 .409 .784 37549/8 CIN-PHI-TOT
5 Don Buford 115 .115 672 5347 1963 1972 26-35 1203 157 44 93 .264 .362 .379 .741 745/89 CHW-BAL
6 Bruce Bochte 113 .114 653 5994 1974 1986 23-35 1478 250 21 100 .282 .360 .396 .756 *37/D89 CAL-TOT-SEA-OAK
7 Dave Magadan 112 .089 718 4963 1986 2001 23-38 1197 218 13 42 .288 .390 .377 .767 53/D64 NYM-TOT-FLA-HOU-CHC-OAK-SDP
8 Kevin Seitzer 111 .109 669 6062 1986 1997 24-35 1557 285 35 74 .295 .375 .404 .780 *53D/476981 KCR-MIL-TOT-CLE
9 Carlos May 111 .118 512 4723 1968 1977 20-29 1127 172 23 90 .274 .357 .392 .749 *7D3/9 CHW-TOT
10 Wes Parker 111 .108 532 4835 1964 1972 24-32 1110 194 32 64 .267 .351 .375 .726 *3/987 LAD
11 Brett Butler 110 .086 1129 9545 1981 1997 24-40 2375 277 131 54 .290 .377 .376 .753 *87/9D ATL-CLE-SFG-LAD-TOT
12 Steve Braun 109 .096 579 4295 1971 1985 23-37 989 155 19 52 .271 .371 .367 .738 75D/49638 MIN-SEA-TOT-KCR-STL
13 Dion James 108 .104 318 3074 1983 1996 20-33 781 142 21 32 .288 .364 .392 .755 789/D3 MIL-ATL-TOT-CLE-NYY
14 Pat Kelly 107 .113 588 5011 1967 1981 22-36 1147 189 35 76 .264 .354 .377 .731 *97D/8 MIN-KCR-CHW-BAL-CLE
15 Chuck Knoblauch 106 .117 804 7385 1991 2002 22-33 1839 322 64 98 .289 .378 .406 .783 *47/D68 MIN-NYY-KCR
16 Bill Doran 106 .107 709 5922 1982 1993 24-35 1366 220 39 84 .266 .354 .373 .728 *4/3675 HOU-TOT-CIN-MIL
17 Willie Randolph 104 .075 1243 9462 1975 1992 20-37 2210 316 65 54 .276 .373 .351 .724 *4/D5 PIT-NYY-LAD-TOT-MIL-NYM
18 Mike Andrews 104 .111 458 3685 1966 1973 22-29 803 140 4 66 .258 .353 .369 .722 *4/3D65 BOS-CHW-TOT
19 Greg Gross 103 .064 523 4355 1973 1989 20-36 1073 130 46 7 .287 .372 .351 .723 798/31 HOU-CHC-PHI
20 Denis Menke 103 .120 698 5934 1962 1974 21-33 1270 225 40 101 .250 .343 .370 .713 *6543/79 MLN-ATL-HOU-CIN
21 John Stearns 102 .115 323 3082 1974 1984 22-32 696 152 10 46 .260 .341 .375 .717 *2/357 PHI-NYM
22 Dave Bergman 101 .109 380 3114 1975 1992 22-39 690 100 16 54 .258 .348 .367 .716 *3/7D98 NYY-HOU-TOT-SFG-DET
23 Ron Hassey 100 .116 385 3906 1978 1991 25-38 914 172 7 71 .266 .340 .382 .722 *2/D3 CLE-TOT-NYY-CHW-OAK-MON
24 Billy North 100 .062 627 4621 1971 1981 23-33 1016 120 31 20 .261 .365 .323 .688 *8/9D7 CHC-OAK-TOT-SFG
25 Elliott Maddox 100 .073 409 3340 1970 1980 22-32 742 121 16 18 .261 .358 .334 .692 859/7643D DET-WSA-TEX-NYY-BAL-NYM
Rk Player OPS+ ISO BB PA To From Age H 2B 3B HR BA OBP SLG OPS Pos Tm
26 Chone Figgins 99 .097 412 4075 2002 2009 24-31 1045 148 53 31 .291 .363 .388 .751 *584/769D ANA-LAA
27 Mike Scioscia 99 .097 567 5056 1980 1992 21-33 1131 198 12 68 .259 .344 .356 .700 *2 LAD
28 Paul Schaal 99 .100 516 4149 1964 1974 21-31 869 132 26 57 .244 .341 .344 .686 *5/46 LAA-CAL-KCR-TOT
29 Delino DeShields 97 .109 754 6652 1990 2002 21-33 1548 244 74 80 .268 .352 .377 .729 *47/D65839 MON-LAD-STL-BAL-TOT-CHC
30 Ken Oberkfell 97 .084 546 5528 1977 1992 21-36 1354 237 44 29 .278 .351 .362 .713 *54/36D STL-TOT-ATL-HOU-CAL
31 Johnny Roseboro 97 .110 405 4216 1961 1970 28-37 939 148 25 70 .253 .328 .363 .691 *2/5 LAD-MIN-WSA
32 Quilvio Veras 96 .092 427 3293 1995 2001 24-30 750 129 15 32 .270 .372 .362 .734 *4/98 FLA-SDP-ATL
33 Darryl Hamilton 95 .094 493 5176 1988 2001 23-36 1333 204 37 51 .291 .360 .385 .746 *897/D MIL-TEX-SFG-TOT-NYM
34 Tom Herr 95 .079 627 6111 1979 1991 23-35 1450 254 41 28 .271 .347 .350 .696 *4/65D8 STL-TOT-PHI
35 Wayne Garrett 95 .102 561 3913 1969 1978 21-30 786 107 22 61 .239 .350 .341 .691 *54/6 NYM-TOT-MON
36 Jose Offerman 94 .100 772 6582 1990 2005 21-36 1551 252 72 57 .273 .360 .373 .732 643/D798 LAD-KCR-BOS-TOT-MIN
37 Jerry Browne 94 .080 393 3707 1986 1995 20-29 866 135 25 23 .271 .351 .351 .702 *45/789D36 TEX-CLE-OAK-FLA
38 Wally Backman 94 .064 371 3708 1980 1993 20-33 893 138 19 10 .275 .349 .339 .687 *45/6 NYM-MIN-PIT-PHI-SEA
39 Wayne Causey 94 .093 360 3411 1961 1968 24-31 768 128 24 33 .258 .338 .351 .689 645 KCA-TOT-CHW
40 Luis Castillo 93 .062 761 7172 1996 2009 20-33 1831 190 57 28 .292 .369 .354 .723 *4 FLA-MIN-TOT-NYM
41 Stan Javier 93 .094 578 5755 1984 2001 20-37 1358 225 40 57 .269 .345 .363 .708 897/3D45 NYY-OAK-TOT-LAD-CAL-SFG-SEA
42 Alan Ashby 93 .116 461 4691 1973 1989 21-37 1010 183 13 90 .245 .320 .361 .681 *2/35 CLE-TOR-HOU
43 Butch Wynegar 93 .092 626 5067 1976 1988 20-32 1102 176 15 65 .255 .348 .347 .695 *2/D5 MIN-TOT-NYY-CAL
44 Rick Miller 93 .081 454 4440 1971 1985 23-37 1046 161 35 28 .269 .346 .350 .696 *897/3D BOS-CAL
45 Marco Scutaro 92 .119 297 3103 2002 2009 26-33 727 150 13 50 .265 .337 .384 .721 64/5793D NYM-OAK-TOR
46 Bernie Allen 91 .118 370 3823 1962 1973 23-34 815 140 21 73 .239 .314 .357 .671 *45/D MIN-WSA-NYY-TOT
47 Jody Reed 90 .080 542 5248 1987 1997 24-34 1231 263 10 27 .270 .349 .350 .700 *46/5D9 BOS-LAD-MIL-SDP-DET
48 Ron Hansen 90 .109 481 4330 1961 1972 23-34 872 134 12 84 .232 .319 .341 .660 *6/543 BAL-CHW-TOT-NYY-KCR
49 Dave Roberts 89 .100 307 3090 1999 2008 27-36 721 95 53 23 .266 .342 .366 .708 *87/9 CLE-LAD-TOT-SDP-SFG
50 Jim Sundberg 89 .100 699 6898 1974 1989 23-38 1493 243 36 95 .248 .327 .348 .674 *2/7D TEX-MIL-KCR-CHC-TOT
Rk Player OPS+ ISO BB PA To From Age H 2B 3B HR BA OBP SLG OPS Pos Tm
51 Luis Alicea 88 .109 500 4613 1988 2002 22-36 1031 189 53 47 .260 .346 .369 .715 *45/D7639 STL-BOS-ANA-TEX-KCR
52 Chris Speier 88 .103 847 8155 1971 1989 21-39 1759 302 50 112 .246 .327 .349 .676 *654/3 SFG-TOT-MON-CHC
53 Ozzie Smith 87 .066 1072 10778 1978 1996 23-41 2460 402 69 28 .262 .337 .328 .666 *6 SDP-STL
54 Rick Dempsey 87 .114 592 5407 1969 1992 19-42 1093 223 12 96 .233 .319 .347 .666 *2/9D7315 MIN-NYY-TOT-BAL-CLE-LAD-MIL
55 Jose Oquendo 86 .061 448 3737 1983 1995 19-31 821 104 24 14 .256 .346 .317 .663 *46/5937812 NYM-STL
56 Glenn Hubbard 85 .105 539 5122 1978 1989 20-31 1084 214 22 70 .244 .328 .349 .677 *4/D ATL-OAK
57 Clay Dalrymple 84 .100 372 3352 1961 1971 24-34 667 92 21 51 .231 .321 .331 .651 *2 PHI-BAL
58 Spike Owen 83 .095 569 5615 1983 1995 22-34 1211 215 59 46 .246 .324 .341 .665 *6/543 SEA-TOT-BOS-MON-NYY-CAL
59 Mark McLemore 82 .082 875 7239 1986 2004 21-39 1602 255 47 53 .259 .349 .341 .690 *4795/68D CAL-TOT-HOU-BAL-TEX-SEA-OAK
60 Jeff Reed 82 .111 391 3566 1984 2000 21-37 774 144 10 61 .250 .334 .361 .695 *2/D5 MIN-MON-TOT-CIN-SFG-COL-CHC
61 Craig Counsell 81 .092 548 5059 1995 2009 24-38 1129 208 39 39 .258 .345 .350 .694 465/3 COL-TOT-FLA-ARI-MIL
62 Mike Gallego 81 .089 326 3379 1985 1997 24-36 700 111 12 42 .239 .320 .328 .648 *465/9 OAK-NYY-STL
63 Gary Pettis 80 .074 521 4237 1982 1992 24-34 855 109 49 21 .236 .332 .310 .642 *8/97 CAL-DET-TEX-TOT
64 Kevin Stocker 79 .089 313 3197 1993 2000 23-30 703 124 28 23 .254 .338 .343 .682 *6 PHI-TBD-TOT
65 Walt Weiss 78 .068 658 5515 1987 2000 23-36 1207 182 31 25 .258 .351 .326 .677 *6 OAK-FLA-COL-ATL
66 Otis Nixon 77 .044 585 5800 1983 1999 24-40 1379 142 27 11 .270 .343 .314 .658 *87/9D6 NYY-CLE-MON-ATL-BOS-TEX-TOR-TOT-MIN
67 Bud Harrelson 76 .052 633 5516 1965 1980 21-36 1120 136 45 7 .236 .327 .288 .616 *6/457 NYM-PHI-TEX
68 Bruce Benedict 71 .057 328 3289 1978 1989 22-33 696 98 6 18 .242 .320 .299 .619 *2 ATL
69 Julio Cruz 71 .062 478 4437 1977 1986 22-31 916 113 27 23 .237 .321 .299 .620 *4/6D SEA-TOT-CHW
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Generated 12/4/2009.

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2 Responses to “Marco Scutaro”

  1. JDV Says:
    December 4th, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    There was a time when 35 2B / 12 HR / 60 RBI meant a guy had some 'pop'. I still think so.

  2. TheGoofyOne Says:
    December 5th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    Yeah, he's not exactly Max Bishop. Not unless he has a few seasons of under 10 homers and 100+ walks.

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