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  • Yankees Making Out

    Posted by on September 19th, 2008 · Comments (3)

    Who makes the most “outs” among Yankees batters? Up to the minute stats via the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia:

    Player		OUTS	PA	O/PA
    Chris Stewart	3	3	1.000
    Alberto Gonzalez	49	58	.845
    Ivan Rodriguez	74	93	.796
    Jose Molina	221	286	.773
    Morgan Ensberg	61	80	.763
    Brett Gardner	82	108	.759
    Shelley Duncan	49	65	.754
    Wilson Betemit	136	181	.751
    Justin Christian	32	43	.744
    Robinson Cano	438	594	.737
    Melky Cabrera	326	443	.736
    Chad Moeller	65	91	.714
    Xavier Nady	144	207	.696
    Derek Jeter	444	653	.680
    Jorge Posada	131	195	.672
    Bobby Abreu	433	649	.667
    Richie Sexson	23	35	.657
    Hideki Matsui	246	375	.656
    Johnny Damon	382	594	.643
    Alex Rodriguez	365	570	.640
    Jason Giambi	336	528	.636
    Cody Ransom	17	27	.630
    Juan Miranda	2	4	.500
    

    Man, I never want to see Jose Molina get 250-something plate appearances during a Yankees season ever again…

    Also via the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia – worst OWP for catchers with at least 1,400 career PA:

    Catcher		OWP	PA
    Bill Bergen	.098	3228
    Ray Berres	.174	1439
    Mike Ryan		.195	2098
    Fritz Buelow	.207	1465
    Jack Ryan		.212	2327
    Mike Powers	.224	2204
    Matt Walbeck	.237	2279
    Steve Swisher	.237	1577
    Malachi Kittridge	.240	4451
    Roxy Walters	.243	1601
    Jorge Fabregas	.244	1994
    Moe Berg		.244	1699
    Chad Moeller	.246	1412
    Morgan Murphy	.253	2160
    Bill Holbert	.253	2220
    Joel Skinner	.258	1551
    Jeff Torborg	.260	1525
    Paul Casanova	.265	2930
    Jose Molina	.269	1421
    Merv Shea		.271	1400
    

    Ah, Joel Skinner….yikes!

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    Comments on Yankees Making Out

    1. Raf
      September 19th, 2008 | 10:54 am

      I giggled at the title of the entry…

      If Molina gets that many AB’s in a season, then something’s wrong.

    2. MJ
      September 19th, 2008 | 2:12 pm

      If Molina gets that many AB’s in a season, then something’s wrong.
      —————————
      It’s why trading for Pudge made sense and was a good move, results notwithstanding.

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