Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Base Clogger Sighting!

I want to thank Joel Sherman for handing me my first "base clogger" article. A base clogger is someone, like say Jim Thome, who is always on base and keeps faster players, like say Juan Pierre, from going from 1st to 3rd on a single. Someone who can't score from second and base hit. Of course, they are usually, ALWAYS ON BASE. Which is a good thing. Sorta the point of the game. Do not make outs.
To be fair, Sherman's egregious error has nothing to do with those two words but this instead:

So even though he is followed in the lineup by two of the premier RBI men of the generation — Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez — Johnson poses potentially a more troubling matchup with the bases loaded.

Nope. He's not.
Quick stats:
wOBA (weighted on base percentage)
A-Rod: .412
Mark: .390
Johnson: .371

I'll throw in some more for fun:
Jeter: .375
Posada: .371

Johnson is good. But by no stretch is more troubling of a match up than A-Rod/Teixeira.

Case Closed!

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