2012 Disk by the numbers: Offense

David Ortiz Double ones and five EBH numbers

This the third in my ‘By the numbers’ series.  First I crunched the disk’s numbers on the 2012 pitchers.  Then I took to the defense ratings.  Tonight, I’m looking at the best (and worst) of the 2012 offense.  I’ll tell you which cards have the most power, hits, speed, and yes, some of things we don’t like such as 24s and 13s.

First, who had the most extra-base power?  I defined that as any number between 0 and 6.

Ah, it warms my heart to see my Tyler Colvin listed here.  No 51-13 for him this year!

Here are all the players that got double ones in 2012.  No lucky player got more than two.

I see pitcher Zach Britton is listed here.  His 2011 card was a Monster Card Monday feature.  Looks like he may be a repeat.

Here are the ‘clutch’ hitters with two single column 5s on their card.

Note that not everyone here has a single column one to go along with the two fives.  Starlin Castro is one example.  He has a 3-5-5.

If you want to get in on a good discussion, Dick Moore has an open letter to APBA on this topic of the accuracy of some of the single column cards like this.  It’s posted on APBA-Between the Lines forum.

This next list presents the best hitting cards.  Which cards had the most hit numbers (1-11)?

What was I saying about Zach Britton?  Yeah, definitely MCM material.  Interesting thing though, he didn’t bat in 2012.  Strange.

Five players in 2012 received three 31s on their card.  Here they are.

Let’s switch gears to speed for a bit.  Here are the players that received three single column 11s on their card.

… and if we factor in the 10s, how many players received four single column speed numbers?

A couple of negative stats… Some players received a boatload of 13s…

…and 24s, as well.

I was glad to see Albert Pujols get only two this year.

Finally, here those hitters who received more than one 42.

Pitcher Sam LeCure was hit once in two plate appearances.

If I have time and ambition, I may do one more ‘By the Numbers’ segment on the more esoteric data.  I haven’t broken down speed, BC, injury ratings or the like.   We’ll see…