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Baseball Musings
April 19, 2002
On-base + Slugging:

This is a simple stat that gives you a quick one-number comparison of players. Just add on-base and slugging together. Those that do both well rate high, those that do both poorly rate low. It's not perfect, but it does correlate well with measures like runs created.

Everyday I get an E-Mail from STATS, Inc., which among other things lists the trailers in OPS and Rey Ordonez's rank. Here's the list through game of Thursday:


Top 10 Trailers in OBP+SLG, and their king: Rey Ordonez
1. .252 Chris Singleton
2. .376 Jose Macias
3. .408 Jason Tyner
4. .409 Greg Vaughn
5. .420 Tim Salmon
6. .426 Bobby Smith
7. .446 Jason Kendall
8. .448 Tony Clark
9. .462 Eric Young
10. .467 Adam Kennedy
15. .519 Rey Ordonez

What strikes me about this list is the inclusion of 4 big names: Greg Vaughn, Salmon, Kendall and Clark. Tim Salmon spent most of his career at the other end of the spectrum. Jason Kendall was always known for his ability to get on base; the Pirates sometimes use him as a leadoff hitter. Greg Vaughn is supposed to be the big power hitter for Tampa Bay, and Tony Clark is proving Randy Smith right. It's still early, but at this point, I don't think Salmon's career continuing is very promising, and we may be seeing the last of Clark and Vaughn as well. I don't know about Kendall. Maybe that leg injury took a lot out of him. It's too bad, he's fun to watch.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:15 AM | Baseball