Comments on: Pleading For The Fifths http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5096 This and that about baseball stats. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: ddanyc http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5096/comment-page-1#comment-12325 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:37:23 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5096#comment-12325 Curious that none of the top 45 in #5 slot appearances is active.

]]> By: Rich http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5096/comment-page-1#comment-12312 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:06:13 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5096#comment-12312 # Raphy Says:
March 21st, 2010 at 5:49 pm

Mostly Mickey Cochrane and Al Simmons.
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Also, for those first two years, some guy named Tyrus Cobb. I've never heard of him either.

]]> By: rico petrocelli http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5096/comment-page-1#comment-12297 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:32:50 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5096#comment-12297 These are CLASSIC 5 slot guys, what a list

Norm Cash
Orlando Cepeda
Joe Adcock
Ron Cey
Lee May
Don Baylor
Willie Horton
Darrell Evans
Tony Perez
Bill Skowron and my man Rico Petrocelli

classic that Pie Traynormakes it -- slugging on third

]]> By: Zachary http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5096/comment-page-1#comment-12287 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:50:13 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5096#comment-12287 Cochrane, Simmons, and Foxx ... now that's what I call the heart of the order! I'm a big Mickey Cochrane fan, since, like me, he's a Boston University guy.

Good topic. I was actually thinking about this kind of thing the other day. You know, historically, how do the different spots hit? What's the most common position for a particular lineup spot? In 2009, for instance, a five-hitter was most likely a right fielder.

]]> By: BSK http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5096/comment-page-1#comment-12282 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:55:18 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5096#comment-12282 Fifth is an interesting spot in the order because I feel many teams use it for guys who were former #3 or #4 hitters. Or guys who might otherwise be #3 or #4 hitters but there are even better guys in those spots. It is almost defined by what it isn't than what it is. That is to say, many #5 hitters are put there because they don't fit the mold of a #1 or #2 hitter (or at least, the perception of what that mold is) and are not quite good enough for #3 or #4.

]]> By: Raphy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5096/comment-page-1#comment-12254 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:49:53 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5096#comment-12254 Mostly Mickey Cochrane and Al Simmons.

]]> By: Pageup http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/5096/comment-page-1#comment-12253 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:40:15 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=5096#comment-12253 If Foxx was batting 5th that much who the heck was batting 3rd and 4th on that team?

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