Now for the center fielders.  The table below lists the 27 players who played at least 600 innings in center field in 2005.  Nook 
Table: Average Rank Rank for center fielders in 2005
|      Player  |          Team  |          Innings  |          Best    Rank  |          Worst    Rank  |          ARR  |    
|     |        Det  |        874  |        1  |        8  |        5.0  |   
|     Matos  |        Bal  |        990  |        3  |        9  |        5.8  |   
|     |        Mil  |        1275  |        4  |        10  |        6.0  |   
|     Reed  |        Sea  |        1150  |        1  |        14  |        6.5  |   
|     Matthews  |        |        846  |        4  |        9  |        7.0  |   
|     Rowand  |        CWS  |        1368  |        2  |        13  |        7.3  |   
|     |        StL  |        1153  |        2  |        15  |        7.8  |   
|     Wilkerson  |        Was  |        759  |        6  |        15  |        11.3  |   
|     Damon  |        Bos  |        1225  |        3  |        19  |        11.5  |   
|     Beltran  |        NYM  |        1289  |        11  |        13  |        12.0  |   
|     DeJesus  |        KC  |        1005  |        3  |        22  |        12.0  |   
|     Sizemore  |        Cle  |        1370  |        6  |        19  |        12.5  |   
|     Bradley  |        LAD  |        628  |        6  |        20  |        13.3  |   
|     Jones  |        Atl  |        1366  |        1  |        20  |        13.3  |   
|     Hollins  |        TB  |        619  |        2  |        21  |        13.8  |   
|     Patterson  |        ChC  |        987  |        8  |        26  |        15.0  |   
|     Lofton  |        Phi  |        741  |        5  |        23  |        15.3  |   
|     Taveras  |        Hou  |        1254  |        8  |        23  |        15.3  |   
|     Hunter  |        Min  |        813  |        11  |        21  |        16.0  |   
|     Wells  |        Tor  |        1358  |        4  |        23  |        16.5  |   
|     Finley  |        LAA  |        896  |        10  |        25  |        19.3  |   
|     Sullivan  |        |        618  |        14  |        25  |        20.3  |   
|     Roberts  |        SD  |        901  |        18  |        25  |        21.5  |   
|     |        |        1383  |        15  |        27  |        21.8  |   
|     Kotsay  |        Oak  |        1184  |        18  |        26  |        22.8  |   
|     Williams  |        NYY  |        863  |        22  |        26  |        24.5  |   
|     Griffey  |        Cin  |        1066  |        20  |        27  |        25.3  |   


Wasn't Hunter injured for much of last year? Perhaps it held him back some.
ReplyDeleteThat said, once you've got a defensive rep, you rarely lose it even as your skills deteriorate. See Palmiero, Rafael.
Go Nookster! Very impressive. A nice fifth outfielder, I think, or perhaps a nice piece in trade to some defense obsessed team. (Too bad LaRussa and Cox already have guys high on the list...they'd be my prime targets.)
I think anonymous may have answered the question. Hunter may have had a bad season due to health reasons. He also may not be as good as he was a few years ago. According to range factor and the BP rate stat, he was much better a few years ago than he has been the last couple of seasons. I think it is true that you never lose your defensive rep and that's because there are not any mainstream defensive stats which measure changes in performance.
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