baserunning

Somebody posted this on the Cardinals newsgroup; no real surprises here,
but still nice to see:

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Which teams run the bases best?

John Dewan's Stat of the Week
December 6, 2006

In the newest edition of "The Bill James Handbook," Bill James developed
a new system for evaluating baserunning. It's a plus/minus system that,
in essence, tells you how many extra bases (above expected) each player
has gained. For example, on average, baserunners go from first to third
on a single 28% of the time. If an individual does it more often than
that, he scores a positive. Other factors are involved as well and are
fully described in "The Bill James Handbook 2007" pages 291-295.

Here are baseball's five best and five worst baserunners in 2006:

Top Five

Name +/-

1. Chone Figgins +28
2. Chase Utley +27
3. Mark Ellis +24
4. Orlando Cabrera +24
5. David DeJesus +24


Bottom Five

Name +/-

1. Josh Willingham -30
2. Adrian Gonzalez -24
3. Mike Piazza -24
4. Frank Thomas -23
5. Jason Giambi -22

[I don't know how the Molinas avoided being on that list.]

What about from a team perspective? Here are baseball's five best and
five worst baserunning teams in 2006:

Top Five

Team +/-

1. Royals +55
2. Twins +40
3. Angels +22
4. Rangers +21
5. Red Sox +20


Bottom Five

Team +/-

1. Padres -66
2. Giants -30
3. Reds -25
4. CARDINALS -22
5. White Sox -19

A big oof on the Padres there, 36 points behind #2.

Jeanne

--
JD

"...if you think the 'Star Wars' prequels are a disease, then
'Serenity' is the cure."

"Jeanne Douglas" <hlwdjsd DeleteThis @NOSPAMpacbell.net> wrote in message
news:hlwdjsd-4172CD.19170806122006@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com...
> Somebody posted this on the Cardinals newsgroup; no real surprises here,
> but still nice to see:
>
> **************************
>
> Which teams run the bases best?
>
> John Dewan's Stat of the Week
> December 6, 2006
>
> In the newest edition of "The Bill James Handbook," Bill James developed
> a new system for evaluating baserunning. It's a plus/minus system that,
> in essence, tells you how many extra bases (above expected) each player
> has gained. For example, on average, baserunners go from first to third
> on a single 28% of the time. If an individual does it more often than
> that, he scores a positive. Other factors are involved as well and are
> fully described in "The Bill James Handbook 2007" pages 291-295.
>
> Here are baseball's five best and five worst baserunners in 2006:
>
> Top Five
>
> Name +/-
>
> 1. Chone Figgins +28
> 2. Chase Utley +27
> 3. Mark Ellis +24
> 4. Orlando Cabrera +24
> 5. David DeJesus +24
>
>
> Bottom Five
>
> Name +/-
>
> 1. Josh Willingham -30
> 2. Adrian Gonzalez -24
> 3. Mike Piazza -24
> 4. Frank Thomas -23
> 5. Jason Giambi -22
>
> [I don't know how the Molinas avoided being on that list.]

I don't know how Frank Thomas didn't make last. Did you see him run, or
should I say gimp, last year...it was a joke!

>
> What about from a team perspective? Here are baseball's five best and
> five worst baserunning teams in 2006:
>
> Top Five
>
> Team +/-
>
> 1. Royals +55
> 2. Twins +40
> 3. Angels +22
> 4. Rangers +21
> 5. Red Sox +20
>
>
> Bottom Five
>
> Team +/-
>
> 1. Padres -66
> 2. Giants -30
> 3. Reds -25
> 4. CARDINALS -22
> 5. White Sox -19
>
> A big oof on the Padres there, 36 points behind #2.
>
> Jeanne
>
> --
> JD
>
> "...if you think the 'Star Wars' prequels are a disease, then
> 'Serenity' is the cure."