{"id":9961,"date":"2010-12-07T13:36:21","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T20:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=9961"},"modified":"2010-12-07T13:36:21","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T20:36:21","slug":"who-were-the-most-productive-offensive-players-in-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/07\/who-were-the-most-productive-offensive-players-in-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Were the Most Productive Offensive Players in 2010?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Numerous methods have been devised to measure offensive performance.  The most common are batting average, on-base percentage and slugging average.  Since none of these averages provides a complete picture by itself, a more comprehensive measure of offensive performance is useful.  Such a measure would include the following elements:<\/p>\n<p>1. The ability to get on base.<br \/>\n2. The ability to hit with power.<br \/>\n3. The ability to add value through baserunning.<\/p>\n<p>The first two elements are measured by on-base percentage and slugging average.  A measure of offensive performance, which encompasses both as well as baserunning achievements, is Bases per Plate Appearance (BPA).  This measure accounts for the net bases accumulated by a player per plate appearance.  It is calculated as follows:<\/p>\n<p>BPA = (TB + BB + HB + SB &#8211; CS &#8211; GIDP) \/ (AB + BB + HB + SF)<\/p>\n<p>Where: BPA = Bases per Plate Appearance<br \/>\nTB   = Total Bases<br \/>\nBB   = Bases on Balls<br \/>\nHB   = Hit by Pitch<br \/>\nSB   = Stolen Bases<br \/>\nCS   = Caught Stealing<br \/>\nGIDP = Grounded into Double Plays<br \/>\nAB   = At Bats<br \/>\nSF   = Sacrifice Flies<\/p>\n<p>The numerator accounts for all of the bases accumulated by a player, reduced by the number of times he is caught stealing or erases another runner by grounding into a double play.  The denominator accounts for the plate appearances when the player is trying to generate bases for himself.  Sacrifice hits are not included as plate appearances, since they represent the successful execution of the batter&#8217;s attempts to advance another runner.<\/p>\n<p>Major league BPA for the past fifteen years are shown below along with the number of players with BPA over .550 and .600:<\/p>\n<pre>Year 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010\r\n BPA .471 .463 .463 .479 .481 .468 .457 .461 .468 .456 .470 .463 .458 .461 .446\r\n.550   41   34   41   50   50   46   39   42   33   34   46   34   41   42   19\r\n.600   21   15   22   29   30   26   17   15   18   13   14   15   11   16    7<\/pre>\n<p>Offensive production peaked in 2000 before declining in the early years of this decade.  BPA in 2010 was down sharply from 2009, representing a 3.7% decline in offensive production, and a 7.3% reduction from the peak in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1990s, there were 14 individual .700 BPA seasons.  In the ten year period from 2000 to 2009, there were 18.  The highest BPA in the 1990s was recorded by Mark McGwire in 1998 (.799). Barry Bonds shattered that with .907 in 2001, the highest figure ever recorded, topping Babe Ruth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best two years (1920 and 1921).  Bonds followed that with .869 in 2002, .818 in 2003 and .882 in 2004.  There have not been any hitters with a BPA of .700 in 2008, 2009 and 2010.  The last player to make it was Alex Rodriguez (.702) in 2007.  Surprisingly, Albert Pujols has not had a .700 BPA in his ten seasons. However, he was the major league leader in 2009 by a large margin with a BPA of .696, the highest figure of his career, and the second time he has finished on top.<\/p>\n<p>The .700 BPA seasons in 2000-2010 are listed below:<\/p>\n<pre>Player              Team           Year       BPA\r\nBarry Bonds         San Francisco  2001      .907\r\nBarry Bonds         San Francisco  2004      .882\r\nBarry Bonds         San Francisco  2002      .869\r\nBarry Bonds         San Francisco  2003      .818\r\nSammy Sosa          Chicago Cubs   2001      .758\r\nBarry Bonds         San Francisco  2000      .745\r\nJim Thome           Cleveland      2002      .728\r\nManny Ramirez       Cleveland      2000      .726\r\nTodd Helton         Colorado       2000      .720\r\nLuis Gonzalez       Arizona        2001      .713\r\nTodd Helton         Colorado       2001      .709\r\nCarlos Delgado      Toronto        2000      .707\r\nLarry Walker        Colorado       2001      .707\r\nJason Giambi        Oakland        2000      .706\r\nTravis Hafner       Cleveland      2006      .703\r\nAlex Rodriguez      NY Yankees     2007      .702\r\nJason Giambi        Oakland        2001      .700\r\nRyan Howard         Philadelphia   2006      .700<\/pre>\n<p>The yearly leaders since 1992 are as follows:<\/p>\n<pre>1992 Bonds        .734  1993  Bonds     .740  1994  Bagwell  .768\r\n1995 Belle        .692  1996  McGwire   .765  1997  Walker   .770\r\n1998 McGwire      .799  1999  McGwire   .735  2000  Bonds    .745\r\n2001 Bonds        .907  2002  Bonds     .869  2003  Bonds    .818\r\n2004 Bonds        .882  2005  D. Lee    .699  2006  Hafner   .703\r\n2007 A. Rodriguez .702  2008  Pujols    .685  2009  Pujols   .696\r\n2010 Bautista     .671<\/pre>\n<p>The benchmark for an outstanding individual season is .600.  Following is a list of 7 players with enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title and with a BPA of .600 in 2010.<\/p>\n<pre>Bases per Plate Appearance (BPA) of .600+ in 2010\r\n-------------------------------------------------\r\n                                No. of\r\n                 2010   2009     .600+\r\n   Player         BPA    BPA  LG Seasons Comments\r\n 1 Bautista, J   .671   .482   A    1    The big surprise of the season.\r\n 2 Votto, J.     .657   .617   N    2    Some competition for Pujols.\r\n 3 Hamilton, J.  .653   .460   A    1    Needs to stay healthy.\r\n 4 Cabrera, M.   .642   .568   A    2    Best year so far.\r\n 5 Pujols, A.    .634   .696   N    8    A little below par.\r\n 6 Gonzalez, C.  .632   .596   N    1    Emerging superstar.\r\n 7 Konerko, P.   .613   .517   A    1    Career year at age 34.<\/pre>\n<p>The only repeaters from last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s list are Pujols and Votto.  Fourteen other players had a BPA over .600 in 2009 but fell short in 2010.  Most of these players fell off sharply in either power or average after strong seasons in 2009.<\/p>\n<pre>                                   No. of\r\n                   2010   2009     .600+\r\n   Player           BPA    BPA  LG Seasons Comments\r\n 1 Fielder, P.     .555   .640   N    2    Power and average way down.\r\n 2 Mauer, J.       .488   .619   A    1    Only 9 HR vs. 28 in 2009.\r\n 3 Zobrist, B.     .458   .617   A    1    2009 looks like a fluke.\r\n 4 Lee, D.         .454   .611   N    2    Has a history of ups and downs.\r\n 5 Utley, C.       .542   .611   N    2    HR dropped from 31 to 16.\r\n 6 Howard, R.      .534   .610   N    3    Power way off in 2010.\r\n 7 Bay, J.         .479   .610   N    2    Loss of power and injury took toll.\r\n 8 Youkilis, K.    .623   .609   A    1    Not enough PA to qualify.\r\n 9 Reynolds, M.    .508   .607   N    1    BAVG of .198 won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t cut it.\r\n10 Rodriguez, A.   .538   .604   A   11    Four straight years under .290 BAVG.\r\n11 Ramirez, H.     .544   .604   N    3    May have peaked in 2009.\r\n12 Pena, C.        .503   .604   A    2    BAVG of .196 was a killer.\r\n13 Braun, R.       .535   .603   N    1    First year under 30 HR.\r\n14 Teixeira, M.    .532   .603   A    4    Lowest BAVG (.256) of career.<\/pre>\n<p>Seven players have a BPA over .600 for their careers:<\/p>\n<pre>                             2010 \tCareer\r\nPlayer\t\t    Age\t      BPA\t BPA    Comments.\r\n------------        ---       ----       ----   --------\r\nAlbert Pujols        30      .634       <strong>.650<\/strong>    Consistently great.\r\nAlex Rodriguez\t     34      .538       <strong>.622<\/strong>    Tailing off.\r\nJim Thome            39      .668       <strong>.618 <\/strong>   Amazing year.\r\nManny Ramirez        38      .525       <strong>.618<\/strong>  \tWinding down.\r\nRyan Howard          30      .534       <strong>.609<\/strong>    Surprising drop.\r\nJoey Votto           26      .657       <strong>.607<\/strong>    Looks like the real deal.\r\nLance Berkman        34      .472       <strong>.603<\/strong>    Serious decline in 2010.<\/pre>\n<p>Another list of interest is one containing the names of players with a BPA of over .600 in 2010 who did not have enough plate appearances (PA) to qualify for the batting title.  These four players were very productive when they played but missed significant time due to injury or other reasons.<\/p>\n<pre>Player          Age   BPA   PA    Comments\r\n--------------- ---   ---- ---   ---------------------------\r\nJim Thome        39  .668  340   Provided big boost for Twins.\r\nJustin Morneau   29  .652  348   Derailed by concussion\r\nKevin Youkilis   31  .623  435   Produced when healthy.\r\nNelson Cruz      29  .608  445   Slowed by repeated hamstring problems.<\/pre>\n<p>Looking at the other end of the spectrum, sixteen players who earned enough playing time to qualify for the batting title had a BPA less than .400 in 2010.  This list is getting longer every year. As usual most are middle infielders and catchers.<\/p>\n<pre>Player               BPA      Comments\r\n-----------------   ----      ------------------------------\r\nMiguel Tejada       .396      Slow decline continues.\r\nChone Figgins       .393      Big disappointment in Seattle.\r\nElvis Andrus        .391      Held back by lack of power.\r\nKevin Kouzmanoff    .391      First year below .400.\r\nErick Aybar         .389      Big drop from strong 2009.\r\nSkip Schumaker      .385      Disappointing season.\r\nOrlando Cabrera     .380      Slowly declining.\r\nKurt Suzuki         .377      Worst year of 4-year career.\r\nA. J. Pierzynski    .376      A little below his norm.\r\nYadier Molina       .372      Carried by his defense.\r\nAlberto Callaspo    .370      Only .317 after trade to Angels.\r\nAlcides Escobar     .369      Big time sophomore slump.\r\nYunel Escobar       .367      Are these guys the same player?\r\nRyan Theriot        .357      Flopped after trade to Dodgers.\r\nJose Lopez          .334      Way below career norm.\r\nCesar Izturis       .302      Career BPA of .355.<\/pre>\n<p>The following four players compiled a batting average over .300, an on-base average over .400, a slugging percentage over .500 and bases per plate appearance over .600 in 2010:<\/p>\n<pre>Player (2010)        BAVG       OBA       SLG       BPA       OPS\r\nJosh Hamilton        .359      .411      .633      .653     1.044\r\nMiguel Cabrera       .328      .420      .622      .642     1.042\r\nJoey Votto           .324      .424      .600      .657     1.024\r\nAlbert Pujols        .312      .414      .596      .634     1.011<\/pre>\n<p>Two active players have these numbers for their careers, although Manny Ramirez fell short in 2010:<\/p>\n<pre>Player (Career)      BAVG       OBA       SLG       BPA        OPS\r\nAlbert Pujols        .331      .426      .624      .650      1.050\r\nManny Ramirez        .313      .411      .586      .618       .998<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numerous methods have been devised to measure offensive performance. 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