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What player with 2,500+ starts had the smallest percentage of starts in his primary spot in the batting order. 1918-2010 only. No cheating.
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Pete rose?Originally posted by ipitch View Post -
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Todd Zeile?Comment
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I'm guessing Pudge Rodriguez.My top 10 players:
1. Babe Ruth
2. Barry Bonds
3. Ty Cobb
4. Ted Williams
5. Willie Mays
6. Alex Rodriguez
7. Hank Aaron
8. Honus Wagner
9. Lou Gehrig
10. Mickey MantleComment
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Stan Musial
Rusty Staub
Paul Moliter"(Shoeless Joe Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." -- Connie Mack
"I have the ultimate respect for Whitesox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Redsox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country."--Jim Caple, ESPN (Jan. 12, 2011)Comment
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I seem to recall Lou Whitaker batting in the middle of the older later in his career after shuttling from the top to the bottom and back depending on wether or nor he was hot.
Sweet Lou?
Pudge was a darn fine guess. He hit second from time to time.
Brooks Robinson probably moved around. Bobby Grich and Frank White did too, depending on who else was on the team.
As you can see I am leaning towards middle infielders who could run when needed and hit a few homers along the way, perhaps in bunches...
I'll take Whitaker, Grich, White, and Robinson in that order if you give me four guesses.Last edited by Second Base Coach; 06-15-2012, 07:05 PM.Your Second Base Coach
Garvey, Lopes, Russell, and Cey started 833 times and the Dodgers went 498-335, for a .598 winning percentage. That’s equal to a team going 97-65 over a season. On those occasions when at least one of them missed his start, the Dodgers were 306-267-1, which is a .534 clip. That works out to a team going 87-75. So having all four of them added 10 wins to the Dodgers per year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5hCIvMule0Comment
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Your 4th guess is correct - Brooks Robinson. 24.7% of his starts were in the #6 spot.Originally posted by Second Base Coach View PostComment
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Yes!!!!
Anyway, I looked up Grich and he sure did move around a lot. He hit second 386 times. All other spots were less frequent than that. He hit "about" the same in all spots, save for leadoff. He was not as successful there.
But he only started 1935 games and that was below your cutoff.Your Second Base Coach
Garvey, Lopes, Russell, and Cey started 833 times and the Dodgers went 498-335, for a .598 winning percentage. That’s equal to a team going 97-65 over a season. On those occasions when at least one of them missed his start, the Dodgers were 306-267-1, which is a .534 clip. That works out to a team going 87-75. So having all four of them added 10 wins to the Dodgers per year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5hCIvMule0Comment
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Oh fiddlesticks, Pudge Rodriguez batted 6th (his primary spot in the batting order) in 24.4% of his starts, which would have beaten Robinson, but he falls just short of the 2,500 start minimum.
2,500 is a really high minimum. What happens if you lower it to, let's say, 1,000?My top 10 players:
1. Babe Ruth
2. Barry Bonds
3. Ty Cobb
4. Ted Williams
5. Willie Mays
6. Alex Rodriguez
7. Hank Aaron
8. Honus Wagner
9. Lou Gehrig
10. Mickey MantleComment
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