The best catching seasons – minimum 75 percent games played at C – for the Giants’ franchise. Rk Player WAR/pos Year Age Tm 1 Buster Posey 6.1 2012 25 SFG 2 Roger Bresnahan 5.6 1908 29 NYG 3 Walker Cooper 5.1 1947 32 NYG 4 Buck Ewing 4.6 1888 28 NYG 5 Buck Ewing 4.5 1884 24 NYG 6 Chief… Read more →
Since the All-Star break (ahoy, arbitrary endpoint!) Buster Posey has batted .456/.506/.772 over 79 at-bats. Over that time period, he’s launched six home runs, smacked seven doubles, and walked nine times. Posey is posting career highs in ISO (.202, career .181); walk-rate (10.2%, career 8.5%); and wRC+ (150, career 132). In fact, among 23 qualified first basemen in baseball, by… Read more →
*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 game, check out the glossary… Read more →
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, the “Three True Outcomes” are… Read more →