What is average for a positional player?

[Rebbiv]

What is average for a positional player?

Each position has its own average and then there is the overall average. Value is based on wins above or below a prescribed norm. Wins Above Replacement (WAR) actually utilizes a norm below average. Win Probability Added (WPA) tries to capture win expectancy from an offensive standpoint.

Runs Created is a way of expressing win expectancy by giving run value. So too, does the defensive metric UZR/150. For UZR/150, Zero is average.

So, if we take context neutral offensive stats (RC/650 last 3 years away) and add them to a player’s UZR/150 over the last 3 years, we get a run value that can be ranked. The average can be computed and the mean for everyday players can be extracted.

Average Last 3 years Away
72.6 RC/650 .252 BAVG .313 OBP .394 SLG .707 OPS 14.1 PA/BB

Mean Last 3 years Away
77.7 RC/650 .255 BAVG .319 OBP .406 SLG .727 OPS 14.7 PA/BB

Top 10 players over the last 3 years (400 PA Away minimum)

1. M. Trout (24) 134.4
2. K. Kiermaier (25) 126.3
3. B. Posey (29) 124.8
4. Mi. Cabrera (32) 123.8
5. P. Goldschmidt (28) 122.4
6. J. Votto (32) 121.4
7. G. Springer (26) 116.4
8. B. Harper (23) 116.1
9. J. Donaldson (30) 115.0
10. B. Belt (27) 109.5

Bottom 10 players over the last 3 years (400 PA Away minimum)

1. S. Schumaker (36) 30.6
2. M. Aviles (35) 35.2
3. B. Barnes (29) 43.3
4. W. Middlebrooks (27) 44.3
5. A. Amarista (26) 44.5
6. A. Hicks (26) 44.9
7. M. Dominguez (26) 45.0
8. N. Castellanos (24) 45.3
9. L. Overbay (39) 46.4
10. J.P. Arencibia (30) 47.7

Top 10 players RC/650 over the last 3 years (400 PA Away minimum)

1. M. Trout 136.3
2. Mi. Cabrera 121.5
3. J. Votto 119.1
4. P. Goldschmidt 118.8
5. G. Springer 117.5
6. B. Harper 116.5
7. N. Cruz 115.1
8. B. Posey 110.3
9. E. Encarnacion 109.9
10. D. Ortiz 109.0

Top 10 players BAVG over the last 3 years (400 PA Away minimum)

1. B. Posey .325
2. B. Revere .321
3. Mi. Cabrera .318
4. Dan. Murphy .313
5. M. Trout .312
6. D. Gordon .310
7. P. Goldschmidt .305
8. J. Votto .303
9. E. Hosmer .301
10. J. Loney .301

Top 10 players OBP over the last 3 years (400 PA Away minimum)

1. J. Votto .430
2. M. Trout .401
3. Mi. Cabrera .397
4. P. Goldschmidt .392
5. B. Posey .392
6. B. Harper .388
7. A. McCutchen .387
8. F. Freeman .379
9. J. Werth .377
10. G. Springer .375

Top 10 players SLG over the last 3 years (400 PA Away minimum)

1. M. Trout .581
2. N. Cruz .578
3. D. Ortiz .563
4. Mi. Cabrera .557
5. E. Encarnacion .549
6. P. Goldschmidt .545
7. J. Abreu .541
8. G. Springer .538
9. B. Harper .526
10. B. Moss .509

Top 10 players PA/HR over the last 3 years (400 PA Away minimum)

1. N. Cruz 13.7
2. D. Ortiz 13.8
3. E. Encarnacion 15.0
4. C. Davis 17.5
5. B. Moss 17.9
6. P. Alvarez 18.4
7. G. Springer 18.4
8. C. Gonzalez 18.6
9. Mi. Cabrera 18.6
10. J. Abreu 18.9

Top 10 Defensive Players over the last 3 years

1. K. Kiermaier 38.8
2. J. Heyward 21.7
3. E. Inciarte 21.3
4. J. Lagares 21.0
5. B. Hamilton 20.4
6. L. Cain 20.3
7. A. Simmons 20.1
8. Y. Molina 20.1
9. R. Martin 20.0
10. J. Uribe 18.9

 

[kingofdetroit57]

Wow... Kiermaier is head and shoulders above everyone else defensively. I know he is an elite defender, but didn't expect it to be such a wide gap between him and the field.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Nick, again, at the bottom.

 

[tomdalton22]

Reb...are you going to do Catcher?

 

[Rebbiv]

Reb...are you going to do Catcher?

Yes...and DH

 

[tomdalton22]

Yes...and DH

Great. Separating it by position really puts things in perspective for me. Not that these stats are fool proof but at least they are consistent for everybody and you are comparing apples to apples for the most part. Thanks for putting in the time and effort to inform us!

TD