Silver Slugger Awards

by Wimb on Nov 9, 2007 9:30 PM EST

Micah Owings picked up the silver slugger award today, so congratulations must go to Mr Owings o/

With the Red Sox going to a 6 man rotation, how about we balance out the baseball universe and go to a 4 man rotation just to get Micah to bat more ;)

Other winners can be found here Here

Was Jeter really the best SS in the AL this season? I would have given it to Cabrera to be honest.

Can't argue with many others though!

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Just came here to post that

But you beat me to it. Congrats to Micah: certainly well-deserved, since he led or was tied for the lead in the following categories [min 50 PA's]

BA: .333 (next, Kip Wells .321)
OBP: .349 (Willis, .348)
SLG: .683 (Willis, .508)
H: 20 (tied with Hudson and Zambrano)
2B: 7 (Penny, 6)
HR: 4 (Willis, Zambrano, Cain, 2)
Extra-base hits: 12 (Willis, 7)
RBI: 15 (Hudson, 9)

by Jim McLennan on Nov 9, 2007 9:45 PM EST reply actions

Jack Magruder also lauds our offense-minded pitcher, saying this was "arguably the most productive hitting season by a pitcher since the award was initiated in 1980," with only Mike Hampton's 2001 season possibly comparing. And that was for Colorado, so hardly counts: Hampton's batting average on the road was an astonishing one hundred and ninety-five points lower than at Coors, and his OPS dropped by 586 points.

Owings ended the year with an OPS of 1.032, the best by a pitcher since Carl Scheib reached 1.041 for the 1951 Philadelphia Athletics. Discount Owings' PH appearances (where he "only" went 1-for-4 with two walks!), and his OPS is 1.048, the highest since Charlie Hickman in 1899, and he almost played as many games in the outfield (7) as he pitched (11).

by Jim McLennan on Nov 10, 2007 11:30 AM EST reply actions