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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
18	10740	.328	.415	.443	.302	80.4

Birth Date	6-15-1958
Height	6' 2"
Weight	197 lbs

Bats	L
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1982	BOS	24	104	381	338	51	118	14	1	5	149	35	21	0	4	4	44	1	0	.349	.406	.441	.295	26.9	14.3	4.4
1983	BOS	25	153	685	582	100	210	44	7	5	283	92	36	1	7	3	74	3	3	.361	.444	.486	.325	64.8	15.4	8.5
1984	BOS	26	158	726	625	109	203	31	4	6	260	89	44	0	4	8	55	3	2	.325	.407	.416	.293	47.2	14.5	6.6
1985	BOS	27	161	758	653	107	240	42	3	8	312	96	61	4	2	3	78	2	1	.368	.450	.478	.325	71.3	7.3	8.3
1986	BOS	28	149	693	580	107	207	47	2	8	282	105	44	0	4	4	71	0	4	.357	.453	.486	.335	75.7	9.0	8.8
1987	BOS	29	147	667	551	108	200	40	6	24	324	105	48	2	8	1	89	1	3	.363	.461	.588	.344	81.5	4.3	8.5
1988	BOS	30	155	719	584	128	214	45	6	5	286	125	34	3	7	0	58	2	3	.366	.476	.490	.343	80.0	-1.9	8.5
1989	BOS	31	156	742	621	113	205	51	7	3	279	107	51	7	7	0	54	2	6	.330	.430	.449	.315	60.9	-4.8	6.1
1990	BOS	32	155	713	619	89	187	44	5	6	259	87	68	1	6	0	63	0	0	.302	.386	.418	.281	32.7	-17.0	1.7
1991	BOS	33	144	641	546	93	181	42	2	8	251	89	32	0	6	0	51	1	2	.332	.421	.460	.307	44.2	-6.4	4.0
1992	BOS	34	143	598	514	62	133	22	4	7	184	74	31	4	6	0	50	1	3	.259	.353	.358	.268	19.0	-7.5	1.3
1993	NYA	35	143	644	560	83	169	26	1	2	203	74	49	0	9	1	59	0	1	.302	.378	.362	.273	21.1	4.3	2.6
1994	NYA	36	97	434	366	61	125	19	1	11	179	61	29	1	4	2	55	2	1	.342	.433	.489	.314	38.1	4.3	4.1
1995	NYA	37	126	541	460	76	149	22	4	5	194	74	50	0	7	0	63	1	1	.324	.412	.422	.291	34.7	-1.2	3.3
1996	NYA	38	132	574	501	80	156	29	2	2	195	67	32	0	5	1	41	1	2	.311	.389	.389	.274	26.0	-10.4	1.5
1997	NYA	39	104	407	353	55	103	23	1	4	140	48	38	0	4	2	28	0	1	.292	.373	.397	.276	15.5	0.4	1.6
1998	TBA	40	123	483	435	51	122	23	4	7	174	46	54	0	2	0	52	3	2	.280	.348	.400	.264	7.0	-1.1	0.6
1999	TBA	41	90	334	292	40	88	14	1	2	110	38	23	0	4	0	29	1	0	.301	.377	.377	.259	9.3	-8.4	0.1
Career			2440	10740	9180	1513	3010	578	61	118	4064	1412	745	23	96	29	1014	24	35	.328	.415	.443	.302	755.8	15.0	80.4

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1978	BRS	AA	109	414	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.328			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1979	BRS	AA	113	476	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.341			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1980	PAW	AAA	129	486	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.323			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1981	PAW	AAA	137	593	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.357			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	BOS	MLB	104	381	.295	.260	.322	.392	.000	.358	108	13.1	10.3	-2.8	14.3	2.3	26.9	4.4	26.9	4.4
1983	BOS	MLB	153	685	.325	.263	.321	.396	.000	.374	107	44.9	18.6	2.6	15.4	-2.5	64.8	8.5	64.8	8.5
1984	BOS	MLB	158	726	.293	.259	.317	.393	.000	.340	103	23.9	19.5	2.5	14.5	0.7	47.2	6.6	47.2	6.6
1985	BOS	MLB	161	758	.325	.258	.320	.397	.000	.396	102	49.1	20.7	2.8	7.3	-2.1	71.3	8.3	71.3	8.3
1986	BOS	MLB	149	693	.335	.258	.323	.402	.000	.374	101	53.2	19.2	2.6	9.0	-2.3	75.7	8.8	75.7	8.8
1987	BOS	MLB	147	667	.344	.255	.322	.412	.000	.361	102	60.5	19.7	2.6	4.3	-1.3	81.5	8.5	81.5	8.5
1988	BOS	MLB	155	719	.343	.257	.318	.387	.000	.379	104	56.9	18.8	2.3	-1.9	1.9	80.0	8.5	80.0	8.5
1989	BOS	MLB	156	742	.315	.260	.319	.381	.000	.352	109	39.2	19.4	2.4	-4.8	3.1	60.9	6.1	60.9	6.1
1990	BOS	MLB	155	713	.281	.258	.320	.387	.000	.328	107	14.7	19.1	2.4	-17.0	-3.7	32.7	1.7	32.7	1.7
1991	BOS	MLB	144	641	.307	.260	.322	.390	.000	.338	105	29.6	17.3	2.4	-6.4	-5.1	44.2	4.0	44.2	4.0
1992	BOS	MLB	143	598	.268	.257	.320	.379	.000	.261	103	4.6	15.5	0.3	-7.5	-0.8	19.0	1.3	19.0	1.3
1993	NYA	MLB	143	644	.273	.266	.331	.405	.000	.322	99	9.1	18.5	1.7	4.3	-2.6	21.1	2.6	21.1	2.6
1994	NYA	MLB	97	434	.314	.269	.336	.425	.000	.345	102	26.3	13.2	1.5	4.3	-2.8	38.1	4.1	38.1	4.1
1995	NYA	MLB	126	541	.291	.269	.335	.422	.000	.350	103	18.7	16.2	1.5	-1.2	-1.1	34.7	3.3	34.7	3.3
1996	NYA	MLB	132	574	.274	.276	.340	.440	.000	.326	101	9.2	17.7	2	-10.4	-1.9	26.0	1.5	26.0	1.5
1997	NYA	MLB	104	407	.276	.267	.329	.427	.000	.314	96	7.3	11.2	-0.1	0.4	-3.6	15.4	1.6	15.5	1.6
1998	TBA	MLB	123	483	.264	.265	.326	.423	.000	.306	93	2	13.1	-1.4	-1.1	-4.4	7.0	0.6	7.0	0.6
1999	TBA	MLB	90	334	.259	.273	.337	.433	.000	.317	96	-0.4	9.3	0.6	-8.4	-0.1	8.7	0.0	9.3	0.1
Career		MLB		10740	.302	.262	.324	.403	.261	.344	103	461.9	297.3	25.9	15.0	-26.2	755.2	80.3	755.8	80.4

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1978	BRS	AA	414	63	110	14	2	1	32	53	25	1	5	.311	.398	.370	.059	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1979	BRS	AA	476	56	132	17	2	0	41	66	21	11	3	.325	.419	.377	.052	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1980	PAW	AAA	486	51	128	21	0	1	45	64	25	3	2	.306	.398	.364	.057	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1981	PAW	AAA	593	67	167	41	3	5	60	89	41	4	4	.335	.437	.460	.124	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	BOS	MLB	381	51	118	14	1	5	44	35	21	1	0	.349	.406	.441	.092	.295	26.9	14.3	4.4
1983	BOS	MLB	685	100	210	44	7	5	74	92	36	3	3	.361	.444	.486	.125	.325	64.8	15.4	8.5
1984	BOS	MLB	726	109	203	31	4	6	55	89	44	3	2	.325	.407	.416	.091	.293	47.2	14.5	6.6
1985	BOS	MLB	758	107	240	42	3	8	78	96	61	2	1	.368	.450	.478	.110	.325	71.3	7.3	8.3
1986	BOS	MLB	693	107	207	47	2	8	71	105	44	0	4	.357	.453	.486	.129	.335	75.7	9.0	8.8
1987	BOS	MLB	667	108	200	40	6	24	89	105	48	1	3	.363	.461	.588	.225	.344	81.5	4.3	8.5
1988	BOS	MLB	719	128	214	45	6	5	58	125	34	2	3	.366	.476	.490	.123	.343	80.0	-1.9	8.5
1989	BOS	MLB	742	113	205	51	7	3	54	107	51	2	6	.330	.430	.449	.119	.315	60.9	-4.8	6.1
1990	BOS	MLB	713	89	187	44	5	6	63	87	68	0	0	.302	.386	.418	.116	.281	32.7	-17.0	1.7
1991	BOS	MLB	641	93	181	42	2	8	51	89	32	1	2	.332	.421	.460	.128	.307	44.2	-6.4	4.0
1992	BOS	MLB	598	62	133	22	4	7	50	74	31	1	3	.259	.353	.358	.099	.268	19.0	-7.5	1.3
1993	NYA	MLB	644	83	169	26	1	2	59	74	49	0	1	.302	.378	.362	.061	.273	21.1	4.3	2.6
1994	NYA	MLB	434	61	125	19	1	11	55	61	29	2	1	.342	.433	.489	.148	.314	38.1	4.3	4.1
1995	NYA	MLB	541	76	149	22	4	5	63	74	50	1	1	.324	.412	.422	.098	.291	34.7	-1.2	3.3
1996	NYA	MLB	574	80	156	29	2	2	41	67	32	1	2	.311	.389	.389	.078	.274	26.0	-10.4	1.5
1997	NYA	MLB	407	55	103	23	1	4	28	48	38	0	1	.292	.373	.397	.105	.276	15.5	0.4	1.6
1998	TBA	MLB	483	51	122	23	4	7	52	46	54	3	2	.280	.348	.400	.120	.264	7.0	-1.1	0.6
1999	TBA	MLB	334	40	88	14	1	2	29	38	23	1	0	.301	.377	.377	.075	.259	9.3	-8.4	0.1

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1999-08-28	1999-10-03	60-DL	36	32	Right	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage	1999-09-08	-
1999-05-06	1999-05-21	15-DL	15	12	-	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
1998-04-17	1998-05-08	15-DL	21	18	Right	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-	-
1987-09-25	1987-10-04	DTD	9	9	Left	Knee	Surgery		-	-

Compensation

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Service Time	Agent	Contract Status

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Title	Author	Date
Baseball Therapy: What is a Good Hitting Coach Worth?	Russell A. Carleton	2013-05-06
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Curious Case of Freddie Lindstrom	Jay Jaffe	2013-03-06
Pebble Hunting: Fixing the Holes, National League	Sam Miller	2013-02-22
In A Pickle: Not All Stars Are All-Stars	Jason Wojciechowski	2013-02-14
Western Front: Pass the Bonds, Please	Geoff Young	2013-01-29
Purpose Pitches: Remembering Earl	Christina Kahrl	2013-01-25
Raising Aces: The Good Old Days: Roger Clemens	Doug Thorburn	2013-01-11
Baseball Therapy: Lessons from the Hall of Fame Vote	Russell A. Carleton	2013-01-10
Wezen-Ball: Through the Years: Jeff Bagwell	Larry Granillo	2013-01-08
Skewed Left: The Company They Tweet	Zachary Levine	2012-12-14
Baseball ProGUESTus: What Mainstream Baseball Analysis Looked Like in 1984	Chad Finn	2012-11-27
The BP Wayback Machine: The Showalter Gambit	Steven Goldman	2012-09-14
Wezen-Ball: Tommy Westphall's Baseball Universe	Larry Granillo	2012-08-24
Inside The Park Blog: Big 3s: The Complete List	Bradford Doolittle	2012-05-24
The Lineup Card: 10 Favorite Player/Executive Attributes	Baseball Prospectus	2012-04-18
Research Mailbag: Worst. Lineup. Ever.	Bradley Ankrom	2012-04-05
Wezen-Ball: What the Batboy Saw	Larry Granillo	2012-03-06
Wezen-Ball: The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant All-Stars	Larry Granillo	2012-02-19
The Lineup Card: 12 Opinions on Whether a Significant Other Must Like Baseball	Baseball Prospectus	2012-02-15
Overthinking It: The Overlooked Overlooked Hall of Famers	Ben Lindbergh	2012-02-02
The BP Broadside: Jorge Posada and the Third-String Yankees	Steven Goldman	2012-01-30
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Heavyweight Infield	Jay Jaffe	2012-01-27
Pebble Hunting: Scott Boras' First Time	Sam Miller	2012-01-25
The BP Broadside: 1987: The Silver Jubilee, Part I	Steven Goldman	2012-01-17
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Class of 2012: The Catch-All	Jay Jaffe	2012-01-04
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Class of 2012: Middle Infielders	Jay Jaffe	2011-12-19
The Lineup Card: 9 Memories of Frank Viola	Baseball Prospectus	2011-12-14
BP Unfiltered: Overdue Justice: Cooperstown Finds Room for Santo	Jay Jaffe	2011-12-05
The Lineup Card: 10 Pitcher MVPs and Their Worthiness	Baseball Prospectus	2011-11-28
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Golden Era Ballot for the Hall of Fame	Jay Jaffe	2011-11-22
Wezen-Ball: Through the Years: Mariano Rivera	Larry Granillo	2011-09-22
BP Unfiltered: Damon's Hunt For 3K	R.J. Anderson	2011-08-16
The BP Broadside: If You Found Daniel Murphy Under Your Bed, Would You Pull Him Out or Put Him Back?	Steven Goldman	2011-08-08
Wezen-Ball: 1989's Record Breakers	Larry Granillo	2011-08-03
Prospects Will Break Your Heart: Caught Up in the Complex League	Jason Parks	2011-07-19
Wezen-Ball: What I Learned on My Summer Vacation	Larry Granillo	2011-07-16
One-Hoppers: DJ3K: "I Don't Think You Can Script It Any Better"	Jay Jaffe	2011-07-09
Tater Trot Tracker: Derek Jeter's 3,000th Career Hit	Larry Granillo	2011-07-09
Wezen-Ball: Numbers That Should Be Retired	Larry Granillo	2011-07-01
Wezen-Ball: Phiten the Scourge	Larry Granillo	2011-03-21
Overthinking It: A Google Gallimaufry	Ben Lindbergh	2011-02-25
Manufactured Runs: Projecting Pujols	Colin Wyers	2011-02-18
Prospectus Hit and Run: I Saw 'em When, Part 2	Jay Jaffe	2011-02-08
BP Unfiltered: Pettitte Set to Retire	R.J. Anderson	2011-02-03
Wezen-Ball: The 2011 Preview Magazines Are Here!	Larry Granillo	2011-02-02
Prospectus Hit and Run: Blyleven in '11 and Other Tales from the Ballot	Jay Jaffe	2011-01-06
Prospectus Hit and Run: Class of 2011: The Right Fielders	Jay Jaffe	2011-01-04
Prospectus Hit and Run: Class of 2011: Don't Stop The Rock	Jay Jaffe	2011-01-03
Prospectus Hit and Run: Class of 2011: No Shortage of Quality Shortstops	Jay Jaffe	2010-12-29
Spinning Yarn: The Forkball	Mike Fast	2010-12-09
One-Hoppers: The Snubbed Cub: Ron Santo (1940-2010)	Jay Jaffe	2010-12-03
Future Shock: Baltimore Orioles Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2010-11-17
Prospectus Perspective: The Young-Huff All-Stars, Part I	Steven Goldman	2010-10-28
Prospectus Q&A: Aubrey Huff	David Laurila	2010-08-17
You Could Look It Up: The Showalter Gambit	Steven Goldman	2010-08-03
Contractual Matters: An All-Star Payday	Jeff Euston	2010-07-05
One-Hoppers: Rolen Towards Cooperstown?	Jay Jaffe	2010-05-25
You Can Blog It Up: DPOTD: Stan Hack for the Hall of Fame	Steven Goldman	2010-05-25
You Can Blog It Up: Dead Player of the Day and Other Notes #11	Steven Goldman	2010-04-12
Prospectus Q&A: Buck Showalter	David Laurila	2010-04-04
One-Hoppers: What Makes a Good Leadoff Man?	Steven Goldman	2010-03-19
Prospectus Q&A: Chaz Scoggins	David Laurila	2010-03-07
Under The Knife: Frickin' Laser Beams, Part 1	Will Carroll	2010-01-22
Prospectus Hit and Run: Hall of Fame Cases for Outfielders	Jay Jaffe	2009-12-31
Prospectus Hit and Run: Hall of Fame Cases at Third and Short	Jay Jaffe	2009-12-23
Future Shock: Orioles Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2009-11-09
Prospectus Hit and Run: From One to the Other	Jay Jaffe	2009-10-29
You Could Look It Up: Walkless in Wrigleyville	Steven Goldman	2009-10-01
Prospectus Q&A: David DeJesus	David Laurila	2009-09-27
Future Shock: Monday Ten Pack	Kevin Goldstein	2009-06-15
You Could Look It Up: The Naked Draft	Steven Goldman	2009-06-09
Prospectus Q&A: Toby Harrah, Part 2	David Laurila	2009-05-20
You Could Look It Up: Kevin Youkilis	Steven Goldman	2009-05-05
On the Beat: Cooper's Optimism	John Perrotto	2009-04-19
On the Beat: Week One Wrap	John Perrotto	2009-04-12
Out at the Ballpark: A Visit to the New Yankee Stadium	Neil deMause	2009-04-03
Prospectus Hit and Run: Protracting the Process	Jay Jaffe	2009-01-22
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Infielders	Jay Jaffe	2009-01-11
Prospectus Today: The Old You're In, You're Out	Joe Sheehan	2008-12-18
Prospectus Preview: Saturday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-08-30
Prospectus Preview: Monday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-07-28
Prospectus Q&A: Jeff Keppinger	David Laurila	2008-07-20
Lies, Damned Lies: Flipping the Switch	Nate Silver	2008-07-02
Prospectus Preview: Saturday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-06-14
Doctoring The Numbers: Dodgers and Nationals	Rany Jazayerli	2008-04-05
Schrodinger's Bat: Reminiscing with SFR	Dan Fox	2008-03-27
Doctoring The Numbers: Mariners, Braves, and Diamondbacks	Rany Jazayerli	2008-02-20
Doctoring The Numbers: Mets, Rangers, and Orioles	Rany Jazayerli	2008-02-13
Schrodinger's Bat: For the Sake of Completeness	Dan Fox	2008-01-17
You Could Look It Up: Rabbit and the Story of O	Steven Goldman	2008-01-14
Prospectus Today: Goose, Rice, and Confetti	Joe Sheehan	2008-01-09
Prospectus Matchups: Dead Horses and Fifth Starters	Jim Baker	2008-01-04
Future Shock: Athletics Top 11 Prospects	Kevin Goldstein	2007-12-10
You Could Look It Up: Joe Torre in a Box	Steven Goldman	2007-10-22
Lies, Damned Lies: The Best Player in Baseball, Part Two	Nate Silver	2007-09-21
Lies, Damned Lies: New Life on Different Fields	Nate Silver	2007-09-13
Prospectus Hit and Run: Milestoners and the New New Veterans Committee	Jay Jaffe	2007-08-14
Prospectus Matchups: Non-Classic Confrontations	Jim Baker	2007-07-13
Prospectus Today: Midsummer Classic Highlights	Joe Sheehan	2007-07-11
Prospectus Matchups: Activate Theo Epstein	Jim Baker	2007-07-06
Grumpy Old Men: JAWS Tackles the Veterans Committee Ballot	Jay Jaffe	2007-02-26
Prospectus Matchups: The Column Reversers	Jim Baker	2007-02-09
Prospectus Matchups: The .400 Club	Jim Baker	2006-12-15
Prospectus Hit List: Week of September 19th	Jay Jaffe	2006-09-19
Prospectus Today: All-Star Game Diary	Joe Sheehan	2006-07-12
The Prince Is Dead: Long Live the King	Jonah Keri	2006-05-05
Prospectus Matchups: Litigation	Jim Baker	2006-03-10
The Class of 2006: The Hitters	Jay Jaffe	2005-12-12
Prospectus Matchups: Heisman vs. Golden Spikes	Jim Baker	2005-12-09
An Objective Hall of Fame: Part One	Clay Davenport	2005-08-08
Prospectus Matchups: Word to the Third	Jim Baker	2005-08-02
Under The Knife: An Ugly Injury	Will Carroll	2005-07-30
Prospectus Notebook: Friday Edition	Baseball Prospectus	2005-07-22
Lies, Damned Lies: Lee & Albert	Nate Silver	2005-06-29
Prospectus Matchups: Claiming the Flag	Jim Baker	2005-06-10
Roberto Alomar Calls It Quits: Within Spitting Distance of the Hall of Fame	Jay Jaffe	2005-03-21
Doctoring The Numbers: A Star No One Sees	Rany Jazayerli	2005-03-17
The Veterans Committee Ballot: JAWS Chews on the Eligibles	Jay Jaffe	2005-03-02
Prospectus Matchups: Seeking the Perfect Candidate	Jim Baker	2005-01-06
Prospectus Today: Time For a Change	Joe Sheehan	2005-01-05
The Class of 2005: The Hitters	Jay Jaffe	2004-12-16
Prospectus Today: The Holdovers	Joe Sheehan	2004-12-01
Prospectus Matchups: The Class of '05	Jim Baker	2004-11-30
Prospectus Matchups: Playoff Potpourri	Jim Baker	2004-10-12
One Man is an Island: Barry Bonds and His Teammates	Jay Jaffe	2004-10-04
Breaking Balls: The Great Ichiro	Derek Zumsteg	2004-08-30
Lies, Damned Lies: The Tiger Plan	Nate Silver	2004-08-25
Least Competent Criminals: The Least Efficient Base-Stealing Teams Ever	Jim Baker	2004-07-30
Prospectus Triple Play: Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers	Baseball Prospectus	2004-07-14
Lies, Damned Lies: Making RBIs Useful	Nate Silver	2004-04-28
You Could Look It Up: Backlash	Steven Goldman	2004-04-05
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part III: Ghostbusters	Steven Goldman	2004-02-19
The Class of 2004: Analyzing the Hitters	Jay Jaffe	2004-01-06
2004 Internet Hall of Fame: The Results Are In	Neal Traven	2004-01-05
Aim For The Head: Pete Rose and the Hall of Fame	Keith Woolner	2003-08-13
Prospectus Today: Hall of Fame Dilemmas	Joe Sheehan	2003-06-17
Prospectus Triple Play: Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres	Baseball Prospectus	2003-06-03
Prospectus Today: Raffy Roundtable	Joe Sheehan	2003-05-13
Prospectus Q&A: Dr. Chris Yeager	Will Carroll	2003-01-16
Aim For The Head: Long Plate Appearances Mailbag	Keith Woolner	2002-07-12

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2010-08-26 13:00:00	Who are you "buying" for 2011 based on disappointing 2010s? Lincecum, Braun, Prince, Mauer... Obviously, "disappointing" is relative. (adfeit from NY)	Lincecum has some oddities going on--high BABIP against, which is a point in his favor, but he's also faced some of the weakest lineups in the league via quality of opponent OPS, and has allowed an OPS a few points above that. So I can see him being the same next year, which is still pretty great, but people shouldn't be drafting him in the first round (not that they should have been this year either, he does pitch). Braun's big issue is production against lefties--given he's right-handed, I don't see that lasting. I'll take a deeper look at some point, but that's the kind of "anything can happen in 129 at-bats) answer. Mauer has already redeemed himself. He's hitting .329/.406/.482 now. Expecting him to hit anywhere near 28 homers again was a dream--Mauer reminds me a lot of Wade Boggs, who also had one big homer season, but was mostly a doubles/OBP guy with a high batting average. Prince Fielder sure is up and down with his ISO, huh? .213, .330, .231, .303, .211 in his last five seasons. (Marc Normandin)
2010-02-18 14:00:00	Is Wade Boggs a good comp for Ackley aside from position? (Tex Premium Lager from NJ)	I said consistent .300+ for Ackley. Not consistent .350+. I can't think of every being in a position to project a guy as a consistent .350 guy. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-07-21 13:00:00	so ryan howard is the fastest ever to 200 hr. but he's also 29. is it really a surprise that a great power hitter who basically started playing in his prime is also way faster to 200 than anyone in history? (amr2002 from philly)	This answer is kind of a punt, because I don't know if I can address it intelligently on the fly, but the question itself is interesting. And suppose Howard had come up a year or two earlier -- would he have proven himself ready? What about someone like Wade Boggs? (David Laurila)
2009-05-21 14:00:00	Generally: to what degree can plate discipline be a teachable skill and/or contagious across an entire team? Specifically: The Brewers seem to have discovered the power of the walk en masse—does history suggest an entire team of reformed hackers can maintain this walk rate across an entire season? (david from madison, wi)	I thought Wade Boggs had a similar effect on the Yankees, especially Don Mattingly and Paul O'Neill, when he joined them. I believe I touted a similar effect last year, when Kosuke Fukudome arrived in Chicago. Having good ABs strikes me as something that can be influenced by an atmosphere that values that kind of thing, although I'm not sure it can be quantified. (For a converse, think about the Angels' often-successful approach, centered on contact hitting.) (Joe Sheehan)
2009-03-13 13:00:00	What criteria makes a good lead off hitter? (cal from chicago)	Being a good hitter, period, which means an ability to get on base. All the stuff about speed is bull -- it's nice but not necessary. Wade Boggs was one of the great leadoff men of all time and never stole a base - he just got to first 45 percent of the time... I like to think about the batting order like this - it's less a function of setting up scoring (the difference between the best, second-best, third-best batting order is quite small in terms of generating offense), but in distributing playing time. Your leadoff guy will get more PAs than anyone else on your team. You want that guy to be a good hitter, not a fast one. (Steven Goldman)
2008-05-28 13:00:00	Rich Gedman was my favorite baseball player as a kid. Since I was a wee lad during his career, how do you remember him? His post '86 batting lines are too depressing for me to look at. (rogerlamarque from Brooklyn)	As part of a really awesome lineup, from Wade Boggs leading off (no stolen bases "to speed things up" in Boston) to Dwight Evans at #2, all the way down to Marty Barrett, who wasn't an impact player but could at least slap .290-worth of singles. I also remember the injuries, principally a bad thumb, pretty much finishing Gedman at 25, a tough break for both him and the franchise. (Steven Goldman)
2008-03-18 17:00:00	Well, if the Cards aren't going to have a good year anyway, what's the harm in sending him down for a while to delay the start of his arbitration clock? 72 wins is just as good as 73, really, right? Is there any developmental advantage to getting an extra month or two in the majors? (Andy from New York, NY)	Getting back to Rasmus for a moment...It's not to get more wins, it's to get him big league experience when the pressure is off. I've always felt that high-level players like Rasmus should be in the bigs by 22. If you look at history, that's usually the case. There have been some late entries, like Wade Boggs, but the greats are usually there early unless their path was blocked by another great. (Boggs was blocked, in part, because Yaz was still hanging around.) Andy makes a good point about arbitration clocks, but the Cards can always do what the Mets did with David Wright and Jose Reyes, lock him up early and long. (Jim Baker)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-10-10 13:30:00	Friday LCS	Given how everyone is now bending over backwards to put Rice into the HOF maybe I shouldn't say this, but the GDPs are the one bum rap he got -- hitting behind Wade Boggs and Dwight Evans, or Boggs and Marty Barrett, even Vince Coleman would have hit into a bunch of double plays. There were only a couple of years in Rice's career in which his rate led the league. (Steven Goldman)