Welcome 2009
Posted by Andy on January 19, 2009
I couldn't find too many major stat totals equaling exactly 2009.
Carlos Delgado has 2009 games played:
Cnt Player Year G From To Ages PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams +----+-----------------+----+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+ 1 Carlos Delgado 2008 2009 1993 2008 21-36 8545 7189 1226 2010 476 17 469 1489 1097 186 1725 168 0 91 149 14 8 .280 .383 .546 .929 *3D/72 TOR-FLA-NYM
And Gil Hodges had 2009 runs produced:
Cnt Player Year RPd From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams +----+-----------------+----+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+ 1 Gil Hodges 1963 2009 1943 1963 19-39 2071 8104 7030 1105 1921 295 48 370 1274 943 31 1137 25 56 50 165 63 31 .273 .359 .487 .846 *3/275984 BRO-LAD-NYM But that's it! As a teaser for next year, there are 3 different guys with exactly 2010 career hits: Cnt Player Year H From To Ages G PA AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams +----+-----------------+----+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+ 1 Carlos Delgado 2008 2010 1993 2008 21-36 2009 8545 7189 1226 476 17 469 1489 1097 186 1725 168 0 91 149 14 8 .280 .383 .546 .929 *3D/72 TOR-FLA-NYM 2 Mark Grudzielanek 2008 2010 1995 2008 25-38 1772 7484 6942 936 391 36 90 629 356 24 944 104 40 42 170 131 52 .290 .332 .395 .727 *46/5D MON-TOT-LAD-CHC-STL-KCR 3 Bobby Bonilla 2001 2010 1986 2001 23-38 2113 8255 7213 1084 408 61 287 1173 912 128 1204 28 5 97 169 45 57 .279 .358 .472 .830 5973/D81 TOT-PIT-NYM-TOT-BAL-FLA-NYM-ATL-STL Interestingly, Delgado is on that list too, but of course he'll fall off both lists once he plays one or more games this coming season.
January 19th, 2009 at 11:59 am
"Runs produced" is such a worthless stat. (I know, you were scrounging for something 🙂
Grudzielanek is such a WTF player. I mean, 2000 hits is a hell of a career, and he's never seemed to be more than a stopgap middle infielder. One wouldn't think a player of his quality would last as long as he has, yet here he still is, as good as he's ever been.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Only 4 players have played at least 600 games at both SS and 2B. Grudzielanek needs almost 600 more hits to pass Julio Franco as the leader of that obscure fraternity.
January 19th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Actually, Grudzy isn't much of a stopgrap guy compared to many others. I figured that was an awfully low OPS+ for a guy who has been around so long. Not so. The top guy in games at 90 or under is no slouch. And he's joined by a batch of Hall of Famers and candidates for the Hall. http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/44Vs
January 19th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Or another way to look at it. Seems Alfredo Griffin is the worst offensive player to stick around a long, long time. Obviously, his glove helped make up for it. http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/YCQn
January 19th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Yeah, I meant it seems like he's always been treated as a stopgap, though he has obviously been better than that. He's never been that highly regarded. Even when he came up, I don't recall him as a touted prospect. He was just helping to replace all the Expos who had been traded off in the mid-90s. He never really had a peak. You'd think someone having a career OPS+ of 90 would have a few individual seasons which were much better than that. One would expect a guy with the moderate prime of Grudzielanek to fade away before now, and I suppose that's what his teams have always thought as well. If anyone knew he'd stay such a solid player for so long, he would have gotten better contracts. He's never been considered part of the future, just the guy to keep you afloat a couple years until the future comes. It's to his credit he's been so consistent and remained a very useful player for so long.
Was Griffin considered a good glove? I have a memory that he wasn't. He had some huge error totals (obviously that's not a great barometer by itself).
January 19th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
20-09 (SB-CS)
Season: http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/PKzu
Career: None
20-09 (W-L)
Season: http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/JH8a
Career: Dick Hughes http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/3dXJ
January 19th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
You know, I remember Griffin as being considered a superior fielder, but the stats don't show it, and he only won one Gold Glove. Bill James rates him as a B-. I wonder if he was good, but viewed in some quarters as great. I suspect, despite the stats, that he was a very valuable part of his teams, which often were good.
January 19th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Pitchers since 2000 who have thrown 2009 strikes in a season:
http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/EVyR
January 19th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
I am astonished that there is no one with exactly 2009 at-bats, or total bases.
January 20th, 2009 at 8:45 am
I was astonished too, Gerry, especially considering how many totals of exactly 2008 there were last year.
January 20th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Don Cardwell gave up 2009 hits.
January 20th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Pitchers! how could I forget to look at pitchers? Thanks, whiz; I am now able to note that Blaine Boyer has thrown exactly 2009 pitches in his major league career.