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June 1, 2012

I Don’t Know

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Wahoo’s on First holds a debate on the subject of who should be the Indians third baseman. (They should know that Who is on first.) The debate comes down to Jack Hannahan, a defensive wizard having a good offensive season, and Lonnie Chisenhall, a 23-year-old with power potential. I tend to agree with most of the panel, that when Hannahan gets healthy, his great glove is probably more important that Lonnie’s potential offense. Chisenhall’s minor league numbers just aren’t very impressive.

May 1, 2012

The Anti-Pujols

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The Cleveland Indians sit in first place in the AL Central, thanks in part to the hitting of Jack Hannahan. Jack has gone the opposite way of Albert Pujols. Both were born in early 1980, but Jack was never known for his hitting, only his glove. At the end of April, however, his slash line stands at .290/.375/.403, a non-power hitter who does a great job of getting on base. Jack was always decent at drawing a walk, but he added hits to the mix this season.

He’s also saving his hits for scoring situation, hitting 8 for 17 with men in scoring position. That gives him 14 RBI in 18 games after driving in 40 in 110 games in 2011.

The Indians have been outscored by their opponents 91-90 so far this season. It’s unlikely Jack will continue to hit at this rate, so either someone else will need to step up, or the pitching needs to get better if Cleveland is going to hold on to the lead position in the AL Central.

February 28, 2012

Objective PMR, Third Baseman

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The series on objective probabilistic model of range (PMR) continues by looking at third basemen. I’ll show teams as a whole at the position, plus individuals who were on the field for 1000 balls in play. First the teams:

Objective PMR, team third baseman, 2011. Model built on data from 2005-2010, visiting teams only.
Team In Play Actual Outs Predicted Outs Actual DER Predicted DER Index
CLE 3325 454 383.9 0.137 0.115 118.3
PIT 1615 233 202.8 0.144 0.126 114.9
TOR 3190 468 407.2 0.147 0.128 114.9
DET 3105 406 354.6 0.131 0.114 114.5
TBA 3007 427 374.2 0.142 0.124 114.1
ANA 3171 408 364.9 0.129 0.115 111.8
TEX 3038 396 377.9 0.130 0.124 104.8
NYA 3174 379 368.5 0.119 0.116 102.8
CIN 3052 376 367.0 0.123 0.120 102.4
KCA 3202 393 385.4 0.123 0.120 102.0
ARI 2953 398 390.8 0.135 0.132 101.8
BOS 2976 391 385.4 0.131 0.129 101.5
SFN 1447 178 176.8 0.123 0.122 100.7
WAS 3205 383 380.4 0.120 0.119 100.7
SDN 2888 343 352.4 0.119 0.122 97.3
MIL 2959 339 348.9 0.115 0.118 97.2
PHI 3085 399 415.7 0.129 0.135 96.0
LAN 2733 323 337.4 0.118 0.123 95.7
SEA 3326 373 389.8 0.112 0.117 95.7
COL 3037 335 352.8 0.110 0.116 95.0
ATL 2974 343 362.3 0.115 0.122 94.7
SLN 3193 356 391.0 0.111 0.122 91.0
BAL 3162 324 363.2 0.102 0.115 89.2
CHA 3380 369 414.6 0.109 0.123 89.0
OAK 3169 341 387.6 0.108 0.122 88.0
MIN 2963 343 396.4 0.116 0.134 86.5
NYN 3214 354 410.8 0.110 0.128 86.2
FLO 3118 313 368.9 0.100 0.118 84.8
CHN 3021 297 358.8 0.098 0.119 82.8
HOU 2959 305 369.2 0.103 0.125 82.6

I was somewhat worried about Miami having poor left-side defense, but they were already poor last year. Also, Chone Figgins‘s return to third base did not appear to help the Mariner’s defense.

The individuals:

Objective PMR, individual third baseman, 2011. Model built on data from 2005-2010, visiting teams only. 1000 balls in play, minimum.
Fielder In Play Actual Outs Predicted Outs Actual DER Predicted DER Index
Jack Hannahan 1900 267 212.3 0.141 0.112 125.8
Brandon Inge 1562 219 179.8 0.140 0.115 121.8
Evan Longoria 2305 330 285.1 0.143 0.124 115.7
Alberto Callaspo 2474 327 286.8 0.132 0.116 114.0
Lonnie Chisenhall 1068 150 132.1 0.140 0.124 113.6
Adrian Beltre 2023 277 254.8 0.137 0.126 108.7
Alex Rodriguez 1659 206 192.9 0.124 0.116 106.8
Mike Moustakas 1664 211 203.0 0.127 0.122 103.9
Scott Rolen 1098 133 129.2 0.121 0.118 102.9
Ryan Roberts 1858 244 241.4 0.131 0.130 101.1
Ryan Zimmerman 2065 246 244.1 0.119 0.118 100.8
Wilson Betemit 1582 186 185.6 0.118 0.117 100.2
Placido Polanco 2187 294 295.9 0.134 0.135 99.4
Kevin Youkilis 1913 241 243.3 0.126 0.127 99.1
Casey McGehee 2570 296 300.1 0.115 0.117 98.6
Kevin Kouzmanoff 1213 143 151.9 0.118 0.125 94.2
Chase Headley 1877 213 232.7 0.113 0.124 91.5
David Freese 1497 164 180.7 0.110 0.121 90.8
Chone Figgins 1536 160 180.0 0.104 0.117 88.9
Brent Morel 2456 265 300.4 0.108 0.122 88.2
Daniel Descalso 1397 151 172.4 0.108 0.123 87.6
Mark Reynolds 2144 209 239.5 0.097 0.112 87.3
Ty Wigginton 1146 111 128.3 0.097 0.112 86.5
Danny Valencia 2667 303 355.7 0.114 0.133 85.2
Chris Johnson 1869 195 233.0 0.104 0.125 83.7
Scott Sizemore 1706 176 210.2 0.103 0.123 83.7
David Wright 2102 225 269.2 0.107 0.128 83.6
Chipper Jones 2016 208 249.3 0.103 0.124 83.4
Greg Dobbs 1602 159 195.0 0.099 0.122 81.5
Aramis Ramirez 2590 245 309.3 0.095 0.119 79.2

Jack Hannahan isn’t much of an offensive player, and when that’s the case you better be a wizard with the glove. He fit that bill in 2011. With Inge and Longoria ranked second and third, and I’m very happy with the results this produced. I am somewhat surprised Aramis Ramirez ranked so low, although he is getting up in age. Fangraphs ranks his fielding low, however, so maybe it’s not that surprising.

September 1, 2011 September 1, 2011

Give that Man a Big Hannahan

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Jack Hannahan almost single-handedly beat his for team Wednesday night as he hit two home runs and hit a walk-off single in the 16th inning as the Indians defeated the Athletics 4-3. Jack is having one of his best seasons with the bat. He always was able to draw a decent number of walks, but he added a good amount of hits to that as well, bring his OBP up to .335 this year. He remains an excellent fielder, and he’s posting a WAR that twice his best previous season.

April 26, 2011

Over the Hochevar

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The Indians just hit their third home run of the evening against Luke Hochevar, two of them by Jack Hannahan, he of the .351 career slugging percentage. Luke has now allowed nine home runs in about 35 innings. That’s as many as he gave up in 103 innings last season. Hochevar didn’t get the year of the pitcher memo.

Of the eight hits he allowed so far tonight, six were for extra bases. The Indians lead the Royals 4-2 in the bottom of the fifth.