stat of the day

by nycbirdo on May 11, 2007 3:04 PM EDT Comment 3 comments

According to BP, the Cardinals lead the NL in percentage of plate appearances by players performing below replacement level.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6216

The league median is 19 percent of plate appearances.

The Cardinals have done this 55.5 percent of the time.

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What is most disturbing about this statistic?

The Cardinals lead the NL in this statistic.

7 votes

The Cardinals have allowed negative-VORP players to take more than HALF of their plate appearances.

4 votes

The Cardinals have allowed negative-VORP players to take plate appearances at nearly triple the median rate for NL teams.

1 votes

That list of negative-VORP Cardinal players includes Edmonds, Rolen, and all three middle infielders.

16 votes

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terrifying post

we will miss you Josh Hancock JH32

by kyle man on May 11, 2007 3:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

What a telling stat to show exactly how awful those guys have been performing.

Kyle Man, just put a post in the diaries about your boy Marquis. And yes, he does still suck. Just wait a few starts...

by Mrthe2th on May 11, 2007 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about all of the above?

by El Hombre on May 12, 2007 12:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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stat of the day

What is most disturbing about this statistic?

The Cardinals lead the NL in this statistic.

The Cardinals have allowed negative-VORP players to take more than HALF of their plate appearances.

The Cardinals have allowed negative-VORP players to take plate appearances at nearly triple the median rate for NL teams.

That list of negative-VORP Cardinal players includes Edmonds, Rolen, and all three middle infielders.

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