As with second basemen, shortstops have traditionally hit very poorly. That means we should see some pretty bad numbers on the list again. Qualifiers remain the same: the player must have qualified for the batting title during the season while playing 75% or more of his games at shortstop.
Name | Year | Team | PA | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Hal Lanier | 1968 | SFG | 518 | .206 | .222 | .239 | .461 |
Jim Levey | 1933 | SLB | 567 | .195 | .237 | .240 | .477 |
Skeeter Webb | 1945 | DET | 449 | .199 | .254 | .238 | .492 |
Hal Lanier | 1967 | SFG | 557 | .213 | .239 | .255 | .494 |
Tim Johnson | 1973 | MIL | 510 | .213 | .259 | .243 | .502 |
Bobby Mattick | 1940 | CHC | 464 | .218 | .250 | .252 | .502 |
Leo Durocher | 1937 | STL | 520 | .203 | .262 | .245 | .507 |
Ivan DeJesus | 1981 | CHC | 460 | .194 | .276 | .233 | .509 |
Alfredo Griffin | 1990 | LAD | 502 | .210 | .258 | .254 | .512 |
Billy Hunter | 1953 | SLB | 604 | .219 | .253 | .259 | .512 |
Skeeter Webb | 1944 | CHW | 540 | .211 | .242 | .271 | .513 |
Tommy Thevenow | 1931 | PIT | 441 | .213 | .266 | .248 | .514 |
Hal Lanier | 1969 | SFG | 537 | .228 | .263 | .251 | .514 |
Mark Belanger | 1968 | BAL | 531 | .208 | .272 | .248 | .520 |
Ozzie Smith | 1979 | SDP | 649 | .211 | .260 | .262 | .522 |
Otto Bluege | 1933 | CIN | 323 | .213 | .278 | .247 | .525 |
Whitey Wietelmann | 1943 | BSN | 591 | .215 | .281 | .245 | .526 |
Skeeter Newsome | 1936 | PHA | 508 | .225 | .266 | .265 | .531 |
Zoilo Versalles | 1967 | MIN | 626 | .200 | .249 | .282 | .531 |
Alfredo Griffin | 1981 | TOR | 414 | .209 | .243 | .289 | .532 |
Only one member of the Boston Braves appears on the list. Hal Lanier appears on this list three times after showing up once on the second basemen list. He just really couldn't hit.
There have been 153 seasons of an OPS under .600 by a shortstop since 1920. Four of them have occurred since 2000: Neifi Perez in 2002 (.563), Angel Berroa in 2006 (.592), Cesar Izturis in 2003 (.597), and Clint Barmes in 2006 (.599). The lowest shortstop OPS in 2007 was the .621 put up by Omar Vizquel.
1 comment:
Maybe relax the criteria to 300 PA ? Then you could get Angel Salazar and his .465 OPS on the list ?
Light-hitting players will be pinch-hit for thus lowering their PA.
See http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/salazan01.shtml
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