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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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