John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
2010 Defensive All-Stars
With the All-Star Game being played tonight, it’s time to take a look at who the Defensive All-Stars are. While there isn’t a Home Run Derby for defense, these fielders’ contributions have had a tremendous impact on their team’s performance. Here are our current Defensive Runs Saved leaders:
2010 Runs Saved Leaders
Position
Name
Team
Runs Saved
P
Ricky [...]
July 13, 2010
Tags: defense, Fielding Bible, Marlon Byrd, runs saved Posted in: All Star Game, John Dewan, Stat of the Week, fielding, stats 
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John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
Who are the Fielding Bible Award winners for 2009?
THE 2009 FIELDING BIBLE AWARDS have been officially announced after one of the closest races in the history of the award centered around the keystone sack. Second basemen Aaron Hill, Dustin Pedroia and Chase Utley finished with 76, 76 and 73 points respectively, forcing a tie-breaking procedure [...]
November 2, 2009
Tags: Aaron Hill, Albert Pujols, Bill James, Carl Crawford, Fielding Bible, Franklin Gutierrez, Hardball Times, Ichiro Suzuki, Jack Wilson, Mark Buehrle, Ryan Zimmerman, Yadier Molina Posted in: John Dewan, Stat of the Week, awards, book, fielding, stats No Comments
John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
The Latest Scoop
In the previous edition of Stat of the Week, we took a small sample from Baseball Info Solutions’ Enhanced Fielding data to compare Jason Giambi and Mark Teixeira’s ability to scoop bad throws at first base. We showed that while Teixeira scoops more balls than Giambi, he also plays the field more [...]
August 26, 2009
Tags: Baseball Info Solutions, Derrek Lee, Fielding Bible, Jason Giambi, John Dewan, Mark Teixeira Posted in: John Dewan, Stat of the Week, book, stats No Comments
John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
How many scoops?
The most recent edition of ESPN’s Wednesday Night Baseball pitted the New York Yankees against the Tampa Bay Rays. Rick Sutcliffe, former major leaguer and current ESPN color commentator, was talking about the Yankee defense in 2009 and made note of the change at first base this year, from Jason Giambi to [...]
August 3, 2009
Tags: Bill James, Derrek Lee, ESPN, Fielding Bible, John Dewan, New York Yankees, Rick Sutcliffe, Tampa Bay Rays Posted in: John Dewan, Stat of the Week, stats One Comment
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