John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
Who are the MVP leaders based on Total Runs?
Teams are clinching playoff spots almost daily now that we’re in the last week of the season, but has anyone sewn up the MVP award? As we did last week for the Rookie of the Year candidates, let’s use the Total Runs metric first introduced in [...]
September 28, 2009
Tags: Albert Pujols, Baseball Info Solutions, Ben Zobrist, Chase Utley, Chone Figgins, Derek Jeter, Hanley Ramirez, Joe Mauer, Mark Teixeira, Miguel Cabrera, MVP, Prince Fielder, Ryan Zimmerman, Zach Greinke Posted in: John Dewan, Stat of the Week, awards, stats 
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John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
Catcher Pickoff Leaders
Over the last several seasons, no one compares. Yadier Molina has nabbed more baserunners who fell asleep on the bases than any other catcher by a wide margin. Here are the leaders in catcher pickoffs since 2003:
Most Catcher Pickoffs
(Since 2003)
Player
Pickoffs
Yadier Molina
33
Miguel Olivo
19
Jose Molina
17
Ivan Rodriguez
13
Jeff Mathis
11
How much is that helping his team? [...]
September 13, 2009
Tags: catcher, Gerald Laird, Ivan Rodriguez, Joe Mauer, Jose Molina, Kenji Johjima, Koyie Hill, leaders, Miguel Olivo, Paul Lo Duca, pickoff, Russell Martin, Yadier Molina Posted in: John Dewan, Stat of the Week, stats No Comments
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