Comments on: Adam Dunn, Dan Uggla poised to make history

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:36:37 +0000

“Generally speaking, the seasons on that list trend towards being down years by good players.”
“In his case, it’s a testament that even in some of his lesser seasons, he still drew a ton of walks.”
Absolutely Luke. Morgan was a great player. The guy had a long (and very productive) career.
Good work! Interesting stuff.

By: jlovenotjlo

jlovenotjlo — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:59:05 +0000

Adam Dunn figured out many, many years ago that if you only walk, strikeout, or hit a home run you don’t have to sprint down to 1st base.

By: Lukehart80

Lukehart80 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:13:44 +0000

What the bottom of the list shows is just how rare it is to lead the league in walks while still putting up a bad OBP, because Francisco is right, a .373 OBP isn’t bad.

Also, I didn’t intend the list to say anything very substantive about Morgan (and certainly not that he wasn’t a great player) or any of the players on the list. In his case, it’s a testament that even in some of his lesser seasons, he still drew a ton of walks.

By: Lukehart80

Lukehart80 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:09:29 +0000

Yeah, the 15 years apart thing is what gets me about Morgan being on there twice.

Generally speaking, the seasons on that list trend towards being down years by good players.

By: Francisco (FC)

Francisco (FC) — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:08:55 +0000

Ok he’s on the list, twice, but… is a .367 or .373 OBP bad? From the current Phillies crop only Carlos Ruiz, Kevin Frandsen and Chase Utley have better OBPs.

Morgan’s lifetime OBP is .392. And he LED the league in OBP four times, with marks of .417, .427, .444, and .466. Also the first list occurrence one was at age 21 towards the beginning of his career and the other time was at his age 36 season, when he was in the twilight of his career. Aside from a statistical oddity I don’t think this says anything substantive about Joe Morgan that isn’t better judged from his entire slew of stats.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:29:14 +0000

What shocked me was him not only being on the list…but being on the list TWICE…15 years apart.

By: The Dangerous Mabry

The Dangerous Mabry — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:26:49 +0000

It’s so strange to see Joe Morgan on this list. I’m always amused when I’m reminded that he was exactly the kind of player that he doesn’t like, and that he was about as good as it gets.

By: Lukehart80

Lukehart80 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:24:09 +0000

That Donie Bush sure knew what to do with the high and wide ones, but wasn’t much for handling a strike.

By: braddavery

braddavery — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:44:49 +0000

Maybe they can just take their names out of the running for this like Melky Cabrera did for the Batting Title.

By: paulhargis53

paulhargis53 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:25:02 +0000

Awesome Fear and loathing quote on the last lines ,Craig!

By: pjmitch

pjmitch — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:23:50 +0000

Some HOFers on that list!!!

By: kiwicricket

kiwicricket — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:09:38 +0000

Love it.