http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3644006?GT1=6555
2 RBIers on the worst lineup of all time.
Truth that RBI mirrors real life, the Pettis caption:
Although speedy, Gary Pettis often had a hard time getting on base initially
Man, Bob Boone having an OBP of .242 is just butt-awful...
This only furthers the truth that Gary Pettis, to borrow a phrase from Gantry, is a bag of ass.
Amen to that!
Last time I played with Cali Pettis was on fire. He was on base all day and even hit a home run.
Quote from: GDavis on 06/06/05, 11:04:32 AM
Last time I played with Cali Pettis was on fire. He was on base all day and even hit a home run.
liar
I'm a Pettis fan. He'll get ABs for me during the tourney. Boone will too.
Wow:
9. Al Leiter, 2003, New York Mets — P
Sandy Koufax and Wilbur Wood were legendarily poor hitters, but neither of them ever turned in a season quite like Leiter's 2003.
It may be a while before a Big Leaguer does worse than Leiter's 1-for-53 (.019) effort that season.
He did draw two walks for a .055 OBP. (Seriously, what's the fine for walking an .019 hitter?) His hit was a single, and his slugging percentage was also .019, giving him an .074 OPS.
Wow #2:
Enzo (Hernandez) came to the plate 618 times and drove in 12 runs. Twelve. That's right, in 618 plate appearances, Hernandez drove in as many runs as Jim Bottomley and Mark Whiten knocked in a single game.
Quote from: Gantry on 06/06/05, 11:45:19 AM
Wow #2:
Enzo (Hernandez) came to the plate 618 times and drove in 12 runs. Twelve. That's right, in 618 plate appearances, Hernandez drove in as many runs as Jim Bottomley and Mark Whiten knocked in a single game.
Maybe he never had anyone on base during any of those 618 at-bats
Only if he was on the Durant Red Sox..
on one of my whatifsports.com teams, Enzo Hernandez is my starting shortstop...
How would the RBI Astros compare to this lineup?
They'd win
The shame in all of this is that he didn't adjust for park effects... after all, Neifi Perez managed a .564 OPS in 2002, for the KC Royals... in a HITTER'S PARK. Check the OPS+ (park-adjusted at www.baseball-reference.com) of 40. Way worse than even that posted by Enzo Hernandez.
Strassy, you ever do Strat-O-Matic on Sportingnews.com? If so, how does Whatifsports compare to Strat?
I've been meaning to do a whatif for a hockey franchise, but haven't had time yet.
Quote from: Dryden on 06/06/05, 12:21:10 PM
The shame in all of this is that he didn't adjust for park effects... after all, Neifi Perez managed a .564 OPS in 2002, for the KC Royals... in a HITTER'S PARK. Check the OPS+ (park-adjusted at www.baseball-reference.com) of 40. Way worse than even that posted by Enzo Hernandez.
How dare you speak badly of Neifi, I think Ryno is going to kick your ass.
I'm as big a fan of the Cubs as Ryno is, but Neifi's deal with satan clearly is almost up. And his history of sucking (pre-Cubs, to be sure) is truly monumentally impressive.
I haven't been following baseball in about a decade, but the barometer of a sucky middle infielder for me has always been Jose "Chico" Lind. How does Neifi compare? They were both Royals too, poor poor Bonny...
Well, by win shares, they both deserved 2 gold gloves (each actually won 1, although lind didn't deserve the one he got). Neifi, of course, plays the harder defensive position and has been a multitasker through the years, whereas lind played 100% at 2B.
Lind is ever so slightly more valuable with the bat, in 500 less plate appearances, including posting some impressive intentional walk totals (how? I have no fucking idea, actually.)
Basically, it's a question of how much more valuable do you think playing SS is over 2B. You could probably make the case Lind is worse, but any way you cut it, these are 2 of the worst players to ever accumulate 4000+ PAs in major league history.
To quote Bill Murray - "I don't play defense"
I remember that Lind was respectable in the field, but I prefer to make fun of his hitting. If Perez is anywhere near Chico (or slightly lower as you say), then he must truly suck...
i hate chico lind with a god damned passion.
chico couldn't hold neifi's jock.
Chico broke Sandberg's string of Gold Gloves, didn't he? Bastard...
Quote from: Dryden on 06/06/05, 12:47:09 PM
I'm as big a fan of the Cubs as Ryno is, but Neifi's deal with satan clearly is almost up. And his history of sucking (pre-Cubs, to be sure) is truly monumentally impressive.
In 2003 or 2004 for the Giants, someone calculated some sort of Neifi factor, where their winning percentage had been much worse in games that Neifi played in. There were then several predictions that the Cubs would pick up Neifi in the near future (this was a Cubs newsgroup), and of course they did.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 06/06/05, 02:15:46 PM
Chico broke Sandberg's string of Gold Gloves, didn't he? Bastard...
yeah, with more errors, in fewer games, and a worse fld percentage.
the media was on chico's cock all year long.
Quote from: Attezzobal on 06/06/05, 12:27:13 PM
Strassy, you ever do Strat-O-Matic on Sportingnews.com? If so, how does Whatifsports compare to Strat?
I've been meaning to do a whatif for a hockey franchise, but haven't had time yet.
never done strat-o-matic. if i get bored with WiS, i'll give it a shot.
pretty much i'm down to just progressive leagues. it's like a keeper league, you just draft new players to replace the ones you release/that retired. makes it a lot more fun.
Are the new players real players?
Also, how long do you have each team, and how much is it for each time (right now it's 25 per strat team which you keep for just one season, which lasts about 3 months)
Also, why the fuck don't I just check out their website and find all of this?