Beej's Slash by Batting Order Position 2007 - 09

by Sandy Kazmir on Jun 9, 2009 2:06 PM EDT Comment 8 comments

Tampa Bay Rays' B.J. Upton looks up after he was tagged out trying to reach third base on Carl Crawford's grounder to Kansas City Royals shortstop Tony Pena during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 2, 2009 in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)

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5 months ago: Tampa Bay Rays' B.J. Upton looks up after he was tagged out trying to reach third base on Carl Crawford's grounder to Kansas City Royals shortstop Tony Pena during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 2, 2009 in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)

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	Total
BOP	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	288	0.235	0.328	0.371	0.698
2	289	0.268	0.383	0.389	0.772
3	453	0.277	0.376	0.424	0.800
4	239	0.269	0.377	0.433	0.809
5	47	0.262	0.340	0.452	0.793
6	26	0.526	0.615	0.737	1.352
7	16	0.467	0.500	1.000	1.500
8	6	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.667
9	65	0.328	0.391	0.621	1.011

I've been working on this this morning and thought I'd share it with you guys. Hard to read a whole lot into it since it includes his, so far, un-BJ-like numbers. Obviously, the 5-9 numbers are an even smaller sample size. I've been a pretty big proponent of Bartlett to leadoff, at the very least against lefties, and think that it wouldn't hurt to have Beej hitting 3rd with the protection of Longo behind him.

For comparison sakes here are his 2007 - 09 seasons, individually.

2007
PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
19	0.294	0.368	0.529	0.898
70	0.300	0.400	0.450	0.850
158	0.268	0.354	0.464	0.818
150	0.283	0.380	0.465	0.845
47	0.262	0.340	0.452	0.793
25	0.500	0.600	0.722	1.322
12	0.500	0.500	1.167	1.667
4	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000
63	0.321	0.387	0.607	0.994

2008
PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
29	0.370	0.414	0.667	1.080
219	0.257	0.378	0.369	0.747
295	0.283	0.388	0.402	0.789
89	0.243	0.371	0.378	0.749
0
0
4	0.333	0.500	0.333	0.833
2	-	-	-	-
2	0.500	0.500	1.000	1.500

2009
PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
240	0.213	0.314	0.319	0.633
0
0
0
0
1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
0
0
0

This might give you a better feel for how each year went from each spot. You can also view the entire workbook HERE.

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Last night was the first night in 2 weeks that I thought he didn't look real great at the plate

He’s putting himself back together slowly. I don’t see a reason to move him.

So long, Sweet Lime!

by PlayOnWords on Jun 9, 2009 2:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We went over this at RaysBB

Too many confounding variables in there. A great majority of his leadoff ABs have come this year. Is the problem something this year or is the problem leading off? It’s impossible to tell without a base year to compare to.

by tallyray on Jun 9, 2009 2:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

.467/.500/1.000

Move him to the 7 spot now!!

by nolesblogger on Jun 9, 2009 2:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thats why we keep Zobs at 6 when Aybay plays right?

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by FreeZorilla on Jun 9, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have no idea

I wasn’t being serious

by nolesblogger on Jun 9, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wasn't either

but its the same logic that said Zo is best used in the right high leverage PH situaiton

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by FreeZorilla on Jun 9, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So hitter protection exists?

and think that it wouldn’t hurt to have Beej hitting 3rd with the protection of Longo behind him.

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by Brickhaus on Jun 9, 2009 3:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bastard

I caught that after I posted and was to Upton-y to edit it. I meant that if there is a brawl Evan could wrap his arms around BJ and protect him better when Beej is at the plate and Longo is on deck. If Beej is on second he’s really in no man’s land and Longo would be too far to save him.

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by Sandy Kazmir on Jun 9, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs