Mr. Average

[Frayed Knot]

From a piece in the NYTimes today;
they take note of the average season from each position this past year for those players who had at least 400 PAs

Not suprisingly, 1Bmen lead in all categories (except steals)

Pos.	BA	OBA	SLG	OPS	HR	RBI	SB
1B	.290	.371	.508	.879	26	89	3
2B	.282	.341	.422	.762	12	60	10
SS	.279	.336	.421	.757	12	62	17
3B	.284	.356	.479	.835	22	86	6
C	.287	.345	.434	.780	13	65	3
LF	.285	.359	.476	.835	20	77	11
CF	.272	.342	.441	.783	16	61	18
RF	.285	.357	.465	.822	19	80	6

The closest to average for each position turn out to be;
1B - Lyle Overbay (Mil)
2B - Tony Graffinino (KC/Mil)
SS - Orlando Cabrera (LAA)
3B - Mile Lowell (Bos)
C - AJ Piersynski (WhiW)
LF - Emil Brown (KC)
CF - Curtis Granderson (Det)
RF - Casey Blake (Cle)

[Frayed Knot]

Six NYM position players qualified for 400+ PAs;
how they fared against the position averages (bold = above avg):

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	BA	OBA	SLG	OPS	HR	RBI	SB
Delgado	.265	.361	.548	.909	38	114	0
Reyes	.300	.354	.487	.841	19	81	64
Wright	.311	.381	.531	.912	26	116	20
LoDuca	.318	.355	.428	.783	5	49	3
Beltran	.275	.388	.594	.982	41	116	18
Valentin	.271	.330	.490	.820	18	62	6

[nymr83]

they all got their OPS above the avg point, thats good. i have a feeling our 2B and C prodution will be below that average OPS mark next year. hopefully reyes doesnt regress too much off this year's huge improvement, delgado, wright, and beltran stay healthy, and we get more out of the outfield corners.