Who is the best defensivle at each position?

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  • GBrushTWood
    Banned
    • Mar 2003
    • 1624

    #31
    Re: Who is the best defensivle at each position?

    This argument is terribly subjective.

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    • nyyanksfan20
      MVP
      • Feb 2003
      • 1650

      #32
      Re: Who is the best defensivle at each position?

      C - Pudge
      1B - Derek Lee
      2B - O-Dogg
      SS - Omar Vizquel
      3B - Scott Rolen
      OF - Ichiro, Torii Hunter, Andruw Jones
      P - Mike Mussina
      Yankees
      Cowboys
      Knicks
      Rangers

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      • CWood2
        TNA & WWE thanks you
        • May 2004
        • 4356

        #33
        Re: Who is the best defensivle at each position?

        Great book I heard about from Baseball America that takes the subjectivity out of it...I hope to be picking this up soon.

        The Fielding Bible by John Dewan.
        http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087...Fencoding=UTF8

        "The goal of this book is simple: to figure out how many plays each player makes relative to an average player at his position...A player gets credit if he makes a play on a ball that at least one other player at his position missed that season, and loses ground if he misses a ball that at least one other player at his position made. Each player starts with a score of zero, and his final score is the sum of all their plusses and minuses over the season, rounded to the nearest integer." - BA book review, pg. 35

        Baseball Info Solutions takes everything into consideration, like direction, distance, speed and type of hit (grounder, fly, liner, bunt, etc.). For example, Orlando Hudson scored a +77 last year, the best in the game at any position. Soriano had a -40 at second. That means O-Dogg made almost 80 plays an average second basemen could not, and Soriano botched 40 that your average guy could make. Adam Everett scored a +33 to rank as the top SS. Torii Hunter was the best outfielder at +44, Rowand (+34) and Andruw (+26) followed for CFers.

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        • snepp
          We'll waste him too.
          • Apr 2003
          • 10007

          #34
          Re: Who is the best defensivle at each position?

          Originally posted by deeman11747
          Nope I was just being annoying
          You weren't the only one.
          Member of The OS Baseball Rocket Scientists Association

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          • Scottdau
            Banned
            • Feb 2003
            • 32580

            #35
            Re: Who is the best defensivle at each position?

            Originally posted by deeman11747
            Nope I was just being annoying
            NO you are right. Jim is known for that around the league! They even criticize him for it.

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            • Alliball
              MVP
              • Aug 2004
              • 2368

              #36
              Re: Who is the best defensivle at each position?

              I swear, Mark Kotsay is the best CF that nobody talks about.

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