*Note: facts aren’t guaranteed to be ‘fun’
1. Manny Burriss has no punch, pop, or power
Manny Burriss is a man of several talents. First, he’s very fast. And second, he’s also very fast. One thing Burriss isn’t, is a power hitter. Since 1990, among position players with at least 500 plate appearances, Burris ranks second-to-last in extra-base hits with 15 in 630 PA’s.
What’s the rest of that light-hitting list look like?
Rk Player XBH PA From To Age G AB 1 Chad Fonville 12 602 1995 1999 24-28 226 546 2 Emmanuel Burriss 15 630 2008 2011 23-26 201 563 3 Gerald Young 18 505 1990 1994 25-29 274 432 4 Jonathan Herrera 19 568 2008 2011 23-26 173 496 5 Lou Frazier 20 626 1993 1998 28-33 309 548 6 Francisco Cervelli 22 500 2008 2011 22-25 162 435 7 Brian Buscher 22 502 2007 2009 26-28 164 436 8 Wilson Delgado 22 601 1996 2004 23-31 253 542 9 Angel Sanchez 23 511 2006 2011 22-27 139 468 10 Josh Thole 24 504 2009 2011 22-24 154 443
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Generated 7/7/2011.
Playing in an offensively charged era, Chad Fonville hit like a player out of the 1910′s. His career .269 slugging percentage is so grossly out of whack for his time, it’s truly impressive. He finished 7th in the Rookie of the Year voting in 1995.
2. Pablo Sandoval is 9 games away from tying Jack Clark’s San Francisco era best 1978 26 game hitting streak
Pablo has been a roll lately, but he’s still 9 games away from tying Jack Clark’s 26 game hitting streak. Clark’s ’78 was a monster season for Jack the Ripper; he batted .306/.358/.537 with 25 HR’s in 156 games. He was 52% (152 OPS+) better than the league average hitter in the NL, and his 318 total bases places him 45th on the all-time TB list for the franchise (1901-2011). Number one on the all-time TB list for the Giants? Barry Bonds with 411 in 2001.
3.The Giants’ pitchers can hit, but not as well as Arizona’s pitchers
You’ll often hear Krukow talk about how well the Giants’ pitchers swing the bat. And, for the most part, Kruk is right. Entering today, Giants’ pitchers rank 5th in the NL in sOPS+ — the split based version of OPS+ — at 136. Compared to the average hitting pitcher, the Giants are hitting 36% better. Arizona ranks first with a 186 sOPS+. Giants’ pitchers have combined for a batting line of .144/.189/.200. Mets’ pitchers have been terrible at the plate, hitting a combined .074/.103/.074; that’s a 17 sOPS+ for New York pitchers.
4. Huff’s 2011 a mirror image of his 2009?
It’s pretty shocking how close Huff is performing to his lost 2009 season.
Check it out:
Year Age Tm Lg BAbip BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ ISO 2009 32 TOT AL .260 .241 .310 .384 .694 81 .144 2011 34 SFG NL .268 .243 .296 .372 .668 87 .129
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Generated 7/7/2011.
Yeah, that’s not good. And it makes me wonder if Huff is going to be able to turn it around this year.
