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Monday, May 3, 2010

Some offensive leaders and trailers

Here are offensive leaders and trailers for some rates through the first four weeks of the regular season, minimum 80 plate appearances.

AVERAGE

League batting average so far in the majors is .257.

Robinson CanoYankees.387
Austin JacksonTigers.367
Andre EthierDodgers.365
Ryan TheriotCubs.355
David FreeseCardinals.355
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Nick JohnsonYankees.141
Travis SniderBlue Jays.149
Aramis RamirezCubs.155
Carlos QuentinWhite Sox.173
Drew StubbsReds.179


DISCIPLINE

Based on walks/plate appearance. League average Isolated Discipline (IsoD) so far in the majors is .088.


Nick JohnsonYankees.241
Josh WillinghamNationals.194
Chone FigginsMariners.189
David WrightMets.187
Chipper JonesBraves.186
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Yuniesky BetancourtRoyals.010
Pedro FelizAstros.011
Alexei RamirezWhite Sox.012
Julio BorbonRangers.013
Placido PolancoPhillies.019


POWER

Based on Isolated Power ((TB-H)/AB). League average IsoP so far is .151.

Paul KonerkoWhite Sox.494
Kelly JohnsonDiamondbacks.417
Ty WiggintonOrioles.400
Robinson CanoYankees.376
Andre EthierDodgers.365
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Chris CoghlanMarlins.000
Juan PierreWhite Sox.000
Scott PodsednikRoyals.022
Jerry Hairston, Jr.Padres.026
Melky CabreraBraves.038


SPEED

Based on Bill James' speed score, in which 5 is considered average and 10 is maximum.

Julio BorbonRangers9.4
Brett GardnerYankees9.2
Will VenablePadres9.2
Drew StubbsReds9.1
Rafael FurcalDodgers9.1
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Brandon IngeTigers0.1
Paul KonerkoWhite Sox0.2
Hideki MatsuiAngels0.3
Jason KubelTwins0.4
Travis HafnerIndians0.7


THE WHOLE PACKAGE

Based on my personal favorite metric for gauging overall player production, wOBA. wOBA is scaled to on-base average, so league average wOBA is around .330-.335.


Robinson CanoYankees.495
Andre EthierDodgers.490
Paul KonerkoWhite Sox.487
Justin MorneauTwins.482
Ty Wigginton Orioles.475
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Chris CoghlanMarlins.207
Carlos LeeAstros.208
Jerry Hairston, Jr.Padres.221
Aramis RamirezCubs.222
Julio BorbonRangers.222


Well, well. How about that Robinson Cano. Though he is still not good at taking walks, his newfound power skills have turned him into one of the best players in the game. Personally, I was surprised to see such a lack of Albert Pujols on these lists, though it's not like he's having a bad season (.445 wOBA). I wonder how many of these same players will be up at the top of these leaderboards at the all-star break.

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