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The Butchermasters: The Top 10 Worst Fielding Seasons in Giants History

The Butchermasters: The Top 10 Worst Fielding Seasons in Giants History

By Chris Quick on July 29, 2010

*From 1901-2010 I’m in love with the new Baseball-Reference WAR data. WAR, or Wins Above Replacement, is the uber-stat that attempts to encompass the total value of what makes a player, erm, valuable. With the development of FanGraphs and other saber-slanted websites, WAR has become a pretty well known statistic. If you’re new to the [...]

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Where Have You Gone Billy North? (A TTO List)

Where Have You Gone Billy North? (A TTO List)

By Chris Quick on February 3, 2009

You’ll often hear a baseball player referred to as a “Three True Outcomes” hitter. Players like Rob Deer, Adam Dunn, and Russell Branyan are a few classic examples of TTO hitters. Each one of these players are either going to strike out, walk, or hit a home run in the majority of their at-bats. Thus, [...]

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