I’m getting a good look at the numbers for the 2009 APBA Baseball disk file today. I thought I’d play around a bit and break it down number-wise. After some sorting and filtering, here is the 2009 set by the numbers.
Today, I’m strictly looking at the position players. Maybe tomorrow, I’ll break down the pitchers.
The Best
| Most EBH #s | ||
| Rusty Ryal | Ari | 6 |
| Most Hit #s | ||
| Ichiro Suzuki | Sea | 13 |
| Most 14s | ||
| Greg Norton | Atl | 7 |
| Most 42s | ||
| Kelly Shoppach | Cle | 2 |
| Jeff Bailey | Bos | 2 |
| Most 11s | ||
| Julio Borbon | Tex | 3 |
| Nyjer Morgan | Was | 3 |
| Michael Bourn | Hou | 3 |
| Best OF arm | ||
| Ichiro Suzuki | Sea | 38 |
| Shane Victorino | Phi | 38 |
| Rick Ankiel | StL | 38 |
| Highest Speed # | ||
| Emilio Bonifacio | Fla | 20 |
| Willy Taveras | Cin | 20 |
| Michael Bourn | Hou | 20 |
The Worst
| Least Hit #s | ||
| Diory Hernandez | Atl | 5 |
| Chris Gimenez | Cle | 5 |
| Aaron Cunningham | Oak | 5 |
| Greg Norton | Atl | 5 |
| Worst OF Arm | ||
| Johnny Damon | NYY | 26 |
| Lowest Speed # | ||
| Bengie Molina | SF | 2 |
| Yadier Molina | StL | 2 |
| Most 13s | ||
| Brian Bixler | Pit | 17 |
| Most 24s | ||
| Tommy Everidge | Oak | 7 |
Breakdown of the Best and Worst Fielding Ratings
| # of C-9 | 3 |
| # of C-5 | 9 |
| # of 1B-5 | 10 |
| # of 1B-2 | many |
| # of 2B-9 | 4 |
| # of 2B-5 | 2 |
| # of SS-10 | 0 |
| # of SS-6 | 9 |
| # of 3B-5 | 13 |
| # of 3B-3 | many |
Random Stuff
| # of players with two first column 1s | 17 |
| # of players with first column 2 | 2 |
| # of players with first column 3 | 7 (Brooks Conrad has 2) |
| # of players with two first column 5s | 13 |
| # of players with 3 31s | 16 |
| # of players with 2 22s | 5 |
and just for kicks:
| First player listed alphabetically | LAA | Bobby Abreu |
| Last player listed alphabetically | Bos | Ben Zobrist |
johnny damon’s arm… ouch!
We Boston fans know… Looks like Jesus, behaves like Judas, throws like Mary.
haha hadn’t heard that before.
Woo hoo! I have the fastest Molina brother on my team. :)
Thanks for the summary.
I play in 2 leagues and have 2 of the 3 nine catchers, one in each league. mauer in 1 and Y Molina the speed demon in the other.
BZ – it made more sense when he was with the Red Sox and was allowed to grow his hair out.
In your breakdown of the best and worst fielders, I’m assuming you left it out because i haven’t seen one in decades, but 6 is the highest thirdbaseman rating. i’ve only seen two in all the games i’ve played. I think brooks robinson was a six once.