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Observations from the 2016 Rays Leaderboards

Having fun with SBNation’s new sortable tables.

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SBNation updated the tool used to insert tables into articles, and they now feature sortable columns!

Here are some hitting statistics for the 2016 Rays. Sort by any column to see who leads (or ends) the category.

2016 Rays Hitting Statistics

Name PA HR SB BB% K% wRC+ LD% ISO BABIP BsR Hard Hit% fWAR
Name PA HR SB BB% K% wRC+ LD% ISO BABIP BsR Hard Hit% fWAR
Evan Longoria 685 36 0 6.1 % 21.0 % 123 21.4 % 0.248 0.298 0.1 36.3 % 4.5
Brad Miller 601 30 6 7.8 % 24.8 % 111 18.5 % 0.239 0.277 1.6 35.1 % 2
Logan Forsythe 567 20 6 8.1 % 22.4 % 113 22.8 % 0.18 0.314 0.3 36.0 % 2.8
Corey Dickerson 548 24 0 6.0 % 24.5 % 101 17.5 % 0.224 0.285 -1.2 31.8 % 1.5
Steven Souza Jr. 468 17 7 6.6 % 34.0 % 94 24.9 % 0.163 0.348 2.4 32.4 % 1.3
Kevin Kiermaier 414 12 21 9.7 % 17.9 % 104 20.6 % 0.164 0.278 6.8 31.4 % 3.8
Logan Morrison 398 14 4 9.3 % 22.4 % 101 21.1 % 0.176 0.278 0.4 34.2 % 0.5
Curt Casali 256 8 0 9.8 % 32.0 % 67 19.4 % 0.15 0.25 -3 32.7 % 0.1
Brandon Guyer 249 7 2 4.8 % 16.9 % 110 18.9 % 0.165 0.268 -1.7 29.1 % 0.3
Steve Pearce 232 10 0 11.2 % 17.2 % 147 19.4 % 0.211 0.342 -1.2 32.7 % 1.9
Desmond Jennings 225 7 2 9.3 % 25.8 % 73 16.4 % 0.15 0.243 0.9 26.4 % -0.4
Tim Beckham 215 5 2 6.5 % 31.2 % 98 17.7 % 0.187 0.349 -1 36.1 % 1.1
Mikie Mahtook 196 3 0 3.6 % 34.7 % 39 14.4 % 0.097 0.287 -2.3 31.9 % -0.8
Nick Franklin 191 6 6 6.3 % 22.0 % 110 18.3 % 0.172 0.325 2.5 30.6 % 0
Hank Conger 137 3 0 8.8 % 29.2 % 57 17.9 % 0.113 0.259 -2.1 36.5 % -0.4
Luke Maile 126 3 0 3.2 % 28.6 % 61 14.5 % 0.134 0.3 -0.9 33.7 % 0.2
Bobby Wilson 95 4 0 5.3 % 29.5 % 79 16.9 % 0.161 0.291 -0.1 24.2 % 0.1
Taylor Motter 93 2 0 11.8 % 20.4 % 66 16.1 % 0.113 0.217 -1.2 29.0 % -0.3
Matt Duffy 80 1 0 3.8 % 16.3 % 78 14.1 % 0.079 0.317 -1.3 18.8 % 0.1
Alexei Ramirez 62 1 2 6.5 % 11.3 % 77 18.0 % 0.105 0.265 0.6 23.5 % -0.3
Oswaldo Arcia 61 2 1 9.8 % 31.1 % 109 19.4 % 0.185 0.353 -0.1 33.3 % 0.1
Jaff Decker 57 0 1 7.0 % 24.6 % 5 28.2 % 0.019 0.205 0.5 23.1 % -0.4
Richie Shaffer 54 1 0 9.3 % 33.3 % 103 12.9 % 0.188 0.367 0 25.8 % 0.1
2016 Rays Hitters

So here we see a lot of different players popping up near the top as you sort through the different columns. Evan Longoria was the best overall contributor at 4.5 fWAR.

Hank Conger had the highest hard hit contact rate, but that was probably a product of small sample size luck. Jaff Decker had the best line drive rate over a tiny sample size (though it makes sense considering his organization-leading 28.6% line drive rate for the Durham Bulls). Steven Souza had the second highest line drive rate, suggesting when he’s not striking out he really squares the ball up and could have himself a nice batting average if not for all those Ks.

Kevin Kiermaier was the best base runner without a whole lot of competition.

Pitching

And here are the pitching statistics for the 2016 Rays. I tried to add some reliever-specific stats as well for fun.

2016 Pitching Statistics

Name G GS IP K/9 BB/9 HR/9 BABIP LOB% GB% HR/FB vFA (pfx) Soft% Med% Hard% SD MD ERA FIP xFIP SIERA fWAR
Name G GS IP K/9 BB/9 HR/9 BABIP LOB% GB% HR/FB vFA (pfx) Soft% Med% Hard% SD MD ERA FIP xFIP SIERA fWAR
Eddie Gamboa 7 0 13.1 7.43 5.4 0.68 0.235 89.7 % 47.1 % 9.1 % 88.7 25.7 % 54.3 % 20.0 % 1 1 1.35 4.27 4.67 4.87 0
Alex Colome 57 0 56.2 11.28 2.38 0.95 0.28 93.0 % 47.1 % 14.6 % 94.6 15.2 % 55.1 % 29.7 % 28 7 1.91 2.92 2.75 2.56 1.1
Chase Whitley 5 1 14.1 9.42 1.88 1.26 0.268 68.2 % 41.9 % 11.8 % 90.2 16.3 % 53.5 % 30.2 % 2 0 2.51 3.5 3.66 3.29 0.2
Danny Farquhar 35 0 35.1 11.72 3.82 2.04 0.294 93.1 % 38.5 % 26.7 % 92.7 26.9 % 36.6 % 36.6 % 6 2 3.06 5.1 3.57 3.21 -0.4
Blake Snell 19 19 89 9.91 5.16 0.51 0.356 73.0 % 36.5 % 5.6 % 93.5 22.2 % 46.4 % 31.4 % 0 0 3.54 3.39 4.35 4.53 1.9
Jake Odorizzi 33 33 187.2 7.96 2.59 1.39 0.271 79.0 % 36.6 % 12.0 % 91.3 16.8 % 49.5 % 33.7 % 0 0 3.69 4.31 4.44 4.21 2
Xavier Cedeno 54 0 41.1 9.36 2.83 0.44 0.293 69.3 % 47.4 % 6.1 % 88.1 14.5 % 49.6 % 35.9 % 16 13 3.7 2.64 3.34 3.31 0.9
Erasmo Ramirez 64 1 90.2 6.25 2.58 1.39 0.28 80.7 % 52.5 % 15.7 % 91.4 19.3 % 54.4 % 26.3 % 29 15 3.77 4.76 4.38 4.1 -0.4
Tyler Sturdevant 16 0 18.1 6.87 2.95 0.49 0.321 72.0 % 36.5 % 5.6 % 91.4 24.1 % 48.2 % 27.8 % 3 2 3.93 3.47 4.4 4.23 0.2
Chris Archer 33 33 201.1 10.42 3 1.34 0.296 72.5 % 47.8 % 16.2 % 94.3 18.0 % 49.3 % 32.8 % 0 0 4.02 3.81 3.41 3.5 3.1
Matt Moore 21 21 130 7.55 2.77 1.38 0.28 76.1 % 36.4 % 11.7 % 92.9 17.5 % 50.1 % 32.4 % 0 0 4.08 4.51 4.7 4.45 1.1
Dylan Floro 12 0 15 8.4 3 0 0.434 71.4 % 54.7 % 0.0 % 92.2 28.3 % 39.6 % 32.1 % 0 3 4.2 2.28 3.72 3.56 0.4
Ryan Garton 37 0 39.1 7.55 2.52 1.14 0.32 72.9 % 45.2 % 11.6 % 92.4 25.2 % 48.8 % 26.0 % 3 5 4.35 3.96 4.13 3.87 0.1
Matt Andriese 29 19 127.2 7.68 1.76 1.2 0.304 69.8 % 42.9 % 11.5 % 91.8 16.6 % 49.1 % 34.3 % 6 0 4.37 3.78 3.98 3.9 2
Brad Boxberger 27 0 24.1 8.14 7.03 1.11 0.294 77.9 % 47.9 % 11.5 % 92 23.9 % 52.1 % 23.9 % 9 5 4.81 5.53 5.71 5.32 -0.3
Drew Smyly 30 30 175.1 8.57 2.52 1.64 0.291 67.7 % 31.3 % 12.7 % 90.2 21.4 % 49.0 % 29.6 % 0 0 4.88 4.49 4.51 4.16 2
Ryan Webb 18 0 17.1 5.71 1.56 1.04 0.417 69.9 % 48.4 % 11.8 % 21.0 % 46.8 % 32.3 % 0 1 5.19 3.9 4.03 3.95 0
Kevin Jepsen 25 0 19 6.16 4.26 2.37 0.268 72.7 % 32.8 % 18.5 % 92.6 21.3 % 42.6 % 36.1 % 5 4 5.68 6.62 5.57 5.11 -0.4
Steve Geltz 27 0 26.2 7.76 3.04 3.71 0.191 91.4 % 21.5 % 23.9 % 92.4 12.7 % 43.0 % 44.3 % 1 4 5.74 7.91 5.42 4.57 -0.8
Enny Romero 52 0 45.2 9.85 5.52 1.38 0.294 64.8 % 37.3 % 13.7 % 96.1 19.1 % 47.6 % 33.3 % 8 8 5.91 4.79 4.66 4.31 -0.1
Alex Cobb 5 5 22 6.55 2.86 2.05 0.355 53.1 % 52.5 % 21.7 % 90.3 17.3 % 53.1 % 29.6 % 0 0 8.59 5.6 4.39 4.5 -0.1
Dana Eveland 33 0 23 8.22 7.43 1.17 0.397 62.3 % 47.4 % 13.0 % 89.7 19.7 % 44.7 % 35.5 % 4 4 9 5.89 5.86 5.35 -0.4

Sorting the columns makes it easy to see which pitchers performed well in each category. We see Chris Archer had the best overall contribution to the team (fWAR). Alex Colome led the team in xFIP and SIERA but surprisingly nothing else. Another surprise, Danny Farquhar led the team in K/9, while (not a surprise) Dana Eveland led the team in BB/9.

Dylan Floro was the best at inducing weak contact, while Steve Geltz was, uh, not. FIP also liked Floro the most, but its tough to deduce much from his 15.0 total major league innings.

Lastly, Enny Romero led the team in fastball velocity, while Xavier Cedeno has been able to do very well with some of the slowest pitches on the team. In all fairness, he throws a cutter as his fastest pitch, so I’ll cut him some slack.