Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 05, 2003
Number 9, Number 9

One of the reasons I thought the Red Sox would have a good offense this year is that Jason Varitek was going to be a very good #9 hitter. Well, he's been even better than that. Here's the #9 hitters rated by On-base by Slugging:







#9 HitterOPS
Varitek1.056
M. Young.836
R. Ordonez.805
C. Singleton.747

Overall, Varitek has a .968 OPS, 14th in the majors. At some point, you have to wonder if the Red Sox should move him up in the lineup. He has a nine-game hit streak in which he's hit .500 with 5 HR and 15 RBI.


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