This is the last in a series of four articles.  Check out the other 2011 By the Numbers posts.  I’ve been having fun writing these articles breaking down the 2011 set.  While I don’t have the cards in my hand yet, I feel I have a sense of what to expect.

This last post is filled with miscellaneous mishmash.  It was actually one of the more fun ones to do.  You’ll see what I mean.

Let’s start with something simple.  Who was rated as the fastest players in 2011 by APBA?

…and conversely, who was slowest?

It seems we always find Yadier Molina at the top of this list.

Anomalies are always fun.    Were there any slow players who still had a first column 11 on their card?  Well, there were two:

Which hitters had the most homeruns without getting a first column 1?  Melky Cabrera and Brandon Phillips just missed the cut.  They both had 18.

Let’s look at hit numbers and batting average.  Who had the highest batting average without getting a 44-7 or better?

Now granted, I think most of these benefitted from at least one speed number at 15.

But what about this list?  These players had the highest batting average with a 7 or better at 44.

Giambi’s .260 average might be hard to recreate with his 44-0.  Rest assured, APBA only gave him two 8s.

These next players will enjoy the 66.  Who had the most 1s in the second column?  Kyle Phillips has a whopping 29.

Most of these players have their second column 1s behind just 0.  Not Ryan Langerhans.  He’s got two.

These next players are ones you may not get too excited if you get into the extras.  They have the most second column singles.

Finally, I thought I’d see what lies at 53.  I filtered out the usual numbers (15-21) plus 13 since so many pitchers strike out at that result.  This is what was left.

Parrino has a good number of walks, five.  And no error number.  I still think that was unusual. Perhaps it was an error.

Hope you enjoyed the 2011 By the Numbers series.  I had fun writing it up.  Again, here are the posts if you want to read them all.

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This is the third post in a series.  If you haven’t, check out the first two.  Today, I’d thought I’d break down the fielding in the 2011 set.

For each position, I listed the best rated fielders as well as gave the numbers for each fielding rating.

Best of the Best

The breakdown for all those rated at Catcher goes like this:  C-9: 4, C-8: 19, C-7, 51, C-6: 32, C-5: 6.

As a Pujols owner, I’m a bit disappointed, I must say.  The breakdown for firstbasemen:  1B-5: 9, 1B-4: 17, 1B-3: 58, 1B-2: 87.

Secondbaseman go like this:  2B-9: 2, 2B-8: 34, 2B-7: 58, 2B-6: 58, 2B-5: 7.

Thirdbasemen breakdown:  3B-5: 8, 3B-4: 33, 3B-3: 129, 3B-2: 1

Yes, Jim Thome was the only player rated as a 3B-2.  He probably deserved it.  Thirdbase has historically been a lopsided position in terms of ratings distribution.  Of the 171 rated at 3B, 129 were rated with the (almost) worst fielding rating.

Only three middle infielders in MLB with the top rating.  Can I gloat just a little if my team has two of them (Tulo and Hud)?  The shortstops go like this:  SS-10: 1, SS-9: 13, SS-8, 48, SS-7: 47, SS-6: 13.

Outfielders

Of the 235 players rated at OF, 48 were rated OF-3.  In case you’re wondering, 68 were rated OF-1.  In my opinion, that’s not a bad ratio considering how many of those OF-1s were DHs and subs.

While we’re on the topic of outfielders, let’s look at outfielders’ arms.  I filtered the list down to players whose primary position was outfield and sorted by their MG game arm rating.

Here were the best:

While I’m at it, these outfielders had the worst arms:

And speaking of arms…

IRod still has it after all these years.

Be sure to check out the By the Numbers: Pitching and By the Numbers: Hitting posts I’ve done.  I’ve had a lot of fun doing them.  I’ll do one more to cover the miscellaneous, incidentals and maybe a little trivia.  The fun stuff.

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