detroittigersweblog.com - 10/16/2009
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W ith Gerald Laird you know what you get. A player who is challenged offensively but who can lay down a bunt. He brings very little value offensively. He’s also a player with quick feet and a strong accurate arm behind the plate. The offensive part is easy to slap numbers on and ...
detroittigersweblog.com - 10/19/2009
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I t’s no secret that the Tigers offense
was far from satisfying this year. It was the...
second year in a row that the offense seemed to perform below expectations, after having a huge season in 2007. Naturally suspicions and fingers start to point ...
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Quantifying Lloyd McClendon
fangraphs.com - 10/13/2009
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Season Team G AB PA H 1B 2B
3B HR R RBI BB IBB SO HBP SF...
SH GDP SB CS AVG Total - - - 509 1638 1826 405 274 95 7 29 233 167 124 3 341 23 17 24 34 16 8 .247 2003 Rangers 19 44 50 12 8 2 1 1 9 4 5 0 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 .273 2004 Rangers 49 147 168 33 26 6 0 ...
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Bunt Singles: Laird's glovework dazzles, Avila profiled, and AFL updates
Detroit Tigers blog —
... to the game. (Via Detroit Tigers Weblog, which has a great post.). The findings? Laird was worth 13.3 runs saved above the average catcher, and fully five better than any other catcher in baseball. The final result is that he was worth about two wins above a replacement catcher, or well worth his relatively modest expense. ...
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