Sunday, September 30, 2007

Daily Tracker, 9/30

Apologies for not updating these yesterday - the numbers today reflect both days.

These posts are a collection of things I'm interested in (feel free to make suggestions) from day-to-day during the season.

  • Ryan Braun Update:
    • Tonight in the box score: 3-8, 2 2B, 2 BB, 3 K, 4 R, RBI
    • Current line on season: .324/.370/.634 (492 PA)
    • Line adjusted for leaderboards: .317/.363/.620 (502 PA)
    • Leaderboard ranks: 12 (--)/ 29 (+4)/ 1 (+1)

  • Johnny Estrada Swing Index: Done for the year.
    • See here for his final data.

  • See the entry behind the tracking of Langerhans and Borchard.
    • Ryan Langerhans was 1-1 as a defensive replacement over the weekend.
      • MLB numbers: 64 TB, 81 SO, 210 AB
      • AAA numbers: 19 TB, 15 SO, 51 AB
      • Total numbers: 78 TB, 96 SO, 259 AB
      • As of now, he joins the list in the linked entry.
    • Joe Borchard is done for the year.
      • MLB numbers: 56 TB, 60 SO, 179 AB
      • AAA numbers: 53 TB, 11 SO, 72 AB
      • Total numbers: 109 TB, 71 SO, 251 AB

  • Jimmy Rollins was 3-7 this weekend. He finished the season with 212 hits in 716 at bats. He officially makes the list of players amassing 200 hits in season while batting below .300, though he places above Juan Pierre's record for the lowest batting average. He also set the record for most plate appearances in a single season with 778 (passing Lenny Dykstra's 773 in 1993).

  • Rickie Weeks was 2-9 with a walk. His batting average stayed at .235 and his on base percentage slid to .374. A while ago I put up an entry dealing with similar players. I also posted one about the highest slugging percentages among players with low batting averages.

  • Cubs catchers (with/without Barrett):
    • Tonight in the box score: 4-7, 2 2B, BB, K, 2 R, RBI
    • Through June 19: 290 PA, 264 AB, 62 H, 8 HR, 30 RBI, 20 BB, 46 K, 98 TB, .235/.287/.371, .658 OPS
    • Since June 19: 373 PA, 327 AB, 79 H, 6 HR, 40 RBI, 32 BB, 53 K, 120 TB, .242/.316/.367, .683 OPS
    • Season Line: 663 PA, 591 AB, 141 H, 14 HR, 70 RBI, 52 BB, 99 K, 218 TB, .239/.303/.369, .672 OPS

  • Brewers catchers (splits for continuity with Cubs):
    • Tonight in the box score: 1-6, 2B, 2 BB, K, 2 R
    • Through June 19: 298 PA, 283 AB, 77 H, 6 HR, 28 RBI, 9 BB, 32 K, 113 TB, .272/.300/.399, .699 OPS
    • Since June 19: 368 PA, 342 AB, 88 H, 9 HR, 50 RBI, 17 BB, 51 K, 131 TB, .257/.288/.383, .671 OPS
    • Season Line: 666 PA, 625 AB, 165 H, 15 HR, 78 RBI, 26 BB, 83 K, 244 TB, .264/.293/.390, .684 OPS

  • 2007 MLB Average Catcher's Line: .254/.317/.392, .709 OPS

  • Players making their MLB debut today (links go to The Baseball Cube):
On to the playoffs!

2 comments:

Chris Lohroff said...

So at the end of the day, the Cubs offense was better without Barrett, and, in fact, during the same period the Cubs catchers were better than the Milwaukee catchers. Interesting...

Theron Schultz said...

Yep. Imagine how good they would have been had Soto been on the team since Barrett left. Take Soto's 58 PA out and it's a .212/.295/.307 line.