Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Bonds and OPB - What About September?
Here we go with our monthly look at Bonds' OBP and what he will need for the remainder of the year to break certain marks. I'm assuming another 101PA for a total of 600.
Target Needs Comments 600 564 Looking very good. 582 455 What he needs to break his own OBP record 553 332 This would be good for #2 ahead of Ted Williams 545 238 Beats Ruth for #3 512 041 This is Mantle, the highest non-Bonds/Williams/Ruth in the modern era
If we went 0 for 101 he would end up at .505, which would be good for #13 in the Modern Era (Bonds, Ruth, Williams, Mantle and Hornsby are the only players to post .500+ OBP seasons since 1900).
Todd Helton is second in the league at .459. Bonds would have to go 0 for 162 to drop to that mark. Here is what he would have to do to fall to the level of some suggested MVP candidates:
Rolen .411 0 for 238
Pujols .408 0 for 244
Beltre .385 0 for 288
Of course, most of this is due to Bonds' 185 walks. 95 of those are intentional, leaving him with 90 non-intentionals. Four players, Berkman, Helton, Abreu and Dunn, have more than 90 walks.
posted by David 10:52 AM
