Andrew McCutchen: OF-3 and four solid power numbers
This is the last of my 2014 APBA Baseball By the numbers series. Just a few miscellaneous categories to wrap up and some are silly and useless but fun.
Honestly though, in 2014 there weren’t many strange anomalies that struck me. No catchers with a 15-11 or a single column 2. Nor were there slow runners with a 15-11 either. Those are always fun.
I’ll make do.
Power and Defense
Let’s start with the best at power and defense. Here are the all the Fielding One players with a first column one and a total of four power numbers (0-6).
| Player | Team | 1B | EBH # |
| Adrian Gonzalez | LAD | 5 | 4 |
| Justin Morneau | COL | 5 | 4 |
| Player | Team | 2B | EBH # |
| Anthony Rendon | WAS | 8 | 4 |
| Player | Team | 3B | EBH # |
| Nolan Arenado | COL | 5 | 4 |
| Player | Team | SS | EBH # |
| Jhonny Peralta | STL | 9 | 4 |
| Troy Tulowitzki | COL | 9 | 4 |
| Player | Team | OF | EBH # |
| Michael Brantley | CLE | 3 | 4 |
| Ryan Braun | MIL | 3 | 4 |
| Carlos Gomez | MIL | 3 | 4 |
| Carlos Gonzalez | COL | 3 | 4 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | TB | 3 | 4 |
| Starling Marte | PIT | 3 | 4 |
| Andrew Mccutchen | PIT | 3 | 4 |
| A.J. Pollock | ARI | 3 | 4 |
| Drew Stubbs | COL | 3 | 4 |
| Mike Trout | LAA | 3 | 4 |
| Justin Upton | ATL | 3 | 4 |
As an aside, 19 players will not receive a 12-25. The 12-29 is making a surge. Also, 18 players will receive an error number (15-21) at 13. The 13, 40 and 42 are also popular there if the player isn’t fortunate enough to receive a walk.
Speed
There weren’t any anomalies with catchers and such but this will have to do. These are the players NOT rated Fast who still received a 15-11.
| Player | Team | 11 |
| Mike Aviles | CLE | 1 |
| Elian Herrera | MIL | 1 |
| Todd Frazier | CIN | 1 |
| Chris Heisey | CIN | 1 |
| Kirk Nieuwenhuis | NYM | 1 |
Here are the speediest guys according to the Master Game’s speed rating.
| Player | Team | Speed | Rating |
| Dee Gordon | LAD | F | 20 |
| Billy Hamilton | CIN | F | 20 |
And the slowest…
| Player | Team | Speed | Rating |
| Ryan Howard | PHI | S | 2 |
| Wilson Ramos | WAS | S | 2 |
Names
Finally, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Christian Bethancourt have the longest names in the set at 20 characters. Jon Jay has the shortest (Mike Olt and Ian Krol come in at a close second).
That’s it for the 2014 APBA Baseball: By the numbers series. You can find all four posts of the By the numbers series at this link.
It’s been fun and I hope you enjoyed it.
I have both the longest AND the shortest names on my roster now.
Keith,
I remember when I had Mark Grudzielanek on my team. He was “Mark G” or “Grud” on my scoresheet. :)
Thomas, I personally appreciate you taking the time to put together this series. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Is it Opening Day yet? It can’t get here soon enough.
thanks, Frank. It’s actually fun for me.
As for Opening Day, I follow College Baseball and that starts in early Feb ;-)
Hi Tom,
You mentioned the 12-29 result. Where is the 25 this season, and is it at the same spot as last year? I did not get the 13 set and I know John has toyed with the thought of giving it a permanent home.
I haven’t checked but I’m pretty sure the 19 players that got the 12-29 didn’t a 25. It’s happened on occasion in the past few years.
Tom