Friday, July 02, 2004
As the sun set on July 1, Barry Bonds had an OBP of .619 and the Giants had 83 games remaining. Assume about 300 more plate appearances on the season for Barry, what would his OBP for the rest of the year have to be to hit certain season marks?
Target Needs Comments 600 583 This is looking more and more possible 582 547 What he needs to break his own OBP record 553 490 This would be good for #2 ahead of Ted Williams 545 473 Beats Ruth for #3 512 410 This is Mantle, the highest non-Bonds/Williams/Ruth in the modern era 500 387 Getting on base seems like a mortal lock 400 190 He'll get this done on walks 377 143 Ken Griffey Jr's lifetime OBP
In 289 PA this season, Barry has 116 walks. If we wave a magic wand and turn all of his hits into strikeouts, this would drop his OBP to .412. Looking at the team roster, the highest non-Barry OBP on the Giants by a hitter who qualifies for the batting title is .369 by Michael Tucker. Scary...
While looking up the second highest OBP on San Francisco, Ichiro ended up a line above Tucker. Interesting comparison...
Ichiro .320 .369 .402
Tucker .272 .369 .444
Ichiro has many more singles, but nearly 100 more at bats. Ichiro has 19 steals, but 6 CS for only 7 net. I don't know how Safeco plays, but Pac Bell is a pitcher's park. Ichiro is seen as a superstar, but he's floated down to the same territory as Michael Tucker... Tucker makes $1.5M, Ichiro $6.5M
posted by David 11:01 PM
