2012 Player Stats

I saw Felix pitch in over a quarter of all the games I went to.  He had some hits and misses, but the last start really skewed the stats.  Not indicative of his overall "ace" stuff.  The Mariners finally gave him a little bit of run support, as well.  Seven of the games we scored 4 or more runs and were 4-3.  He was the only one with a complete game.


Below you will see the monthly stats compiled by all hitters.  The .227 average over 47 games is not acceptable.  The only month we were semi respectable was June.  Take out the total PA and we struck out 20.7% of the plate appearances.  That is a slight improvement over last year, but no thanks.  The .227 is a slight improvement as well, but this could be because I attended more games and therefore larger sample size to work from.

Like last year I compared the batters with over 100 AB.  This year there were 8. It is organized by OBP, BAA, and plate appearances.  Then I weighed them based on several factors.  I ranked each player based on their position in each category and in conclusion Jaso was far and away the top hitter.  No wonder I like the guy so much.  He ranked number one in on base percentage, batting average, walk/so ratio, and rbi per plate appearance.  Next best was Wells.  These two players had the least amount of at-bats but they were more efficient.

A good batter will have an OBP of at least 75 points higher than their BA.   A great one will be 100 or more above.  The team was 67 points for the year. For the eight players, here is how they ranked:

1. Jaso (.111)
2. Ryan (.106)
3. Saunders (.071)
4. Wells (.070)
5. Ackley (.058)
6. Smoak (.056)
7. Seager (.050)
8. Montero (.036) 

Here are the players listed by the percent of their hits being extra bases.  Overall the team percentage was 28.61%

1. Wells (40.00%)
2. Jaso (34.78%)
3. Saunders (34.48%)
4. Seager (28.95%)
5. Smoak (27.59%)
6. Montero (24.44%)
7. Ryan (19.05%)
8. Ackley (15.00%)

Let's look at the Strikeouts per Walk ratio.  The lower, the better. Team combined for 2.60 strikeouts per walk.

1. Jaso (.875:1)
2. Ryan (1.44:1)
3. Ackley (2.43:1)
4. Smoak (2.50:1)
5. Seager (2.54:1)
6. Saunders (3.00:1)
7. Montero (4.14:1)

Finally, RBI percentage based on number of plate appearances.  Granted it is a little off because top and bottom of the order are less likely to get RBIs.  Still, I find it interesting.  As a whole the team had an RBI in 8.25% of its plate appearances.

1. Jaso (17.48%)
2. Montero (11.49%)
3. Wells (10.38%)
4. Seager (8.06%)
5. Smoak (6.54%)
6. Ryan (5.34%)
7. Saunders (5.13%)
8. Ackley (3.83%)

If we "weigh" all the leaders in the categories I talked about above, here is a list of the top batters for the year.  There are 7 categories: OBP, BAA, PA, BAA above OBP, XBH%, BB/K, and RBI %. 

1. Jaso
2. Wells
3. Montero
4. Seager
5. Ackley
6. Ryan
7. Saunders
8. Smoak

Like I stated above, Jaso was far and away the top batter.   Montero through Saunders were only separated by 4 points so let's call it a tie.

Hoping that in 2013 the hitting will continue to improve.  I see a little bit of a trend in the right direction.

2012 Year End Recap

Boy oh boy, 2012 was quite a year.  I witnessed a Perfect Game, a combined No-Hitter, and got to see Ichiro finally get traded! I went to a total of 47 games for a combined 23-24 record. 

 

As with last year, the worst day to go to was Saturday.  We were 0-9 last year, thankfully I saw a few more wins this time around.  They had a total of 15 one run games, we were 8-7 in these games.  Once again the stats show that if they scored more than 4 runs in a game they were likely to win with a 16-5 record.

As you can see from the stats, I saw the Mariners play 16 different teams, 3 NL and all AL teams.  Our record in Inter-league games was 3-3.  It isn't surprising that the top three teams I saw most frequently were from our division.  38% of the time I hit Safeco I had the pleasure of watching us take on our division (7-11).  That's not good, you need to beat your own division, especially at home!  We particularly sucked against the Angels.

Now I will show a game of all game results organized by date played.  I will do another post on individual batter/pitcher statistics.  As you can see by the chart below, losses are in red and wins in black.  The Perfect Game and Combined No-Hitter are in bold and underlined (games 6 and 15). 
 
The Greatest Loss was on Opening Night, as we lost by 8 runs to Cleveland.  Our Largest Win was the final game at 12-0

Average attendance per game I attended was 20,526 down from 22,798 last year.  The average time of game was 2:51.  The shortest game of the year (Game 10) clocked in at 2:06, and the longest was in Game 3 at 3:33.  The next day they had the smallest crowd of the year at 11,343.  Opening Day was the only sellout.

Sep/Oct Games Recaps

The Mariners went 4-7 the final month of the regular season to end in 23-24 for the year.  It started out terribly with losing the first six. The Mariners scored 37 runs and their opponents 40, but 12 of those runs came on the final day for us.  We scored 1 run in five games, winning just one of them.  The average attendance was 16,652 vs 22,559 in August.

Our starting pitchers had a higher combined ERA at 3.71 vs 3.12 in August. The starters accounted for 71% of the innings pitched compared to 75% in August.  They accounted for 80% of the runs given up. Felix had is worst month of the season, by far.

Our OBP was a respectable 69 points higher than our average, compared to only 26 points in August.  Of our 96 total hits, 32.2% were extra base hits compared to 28.9% in August.  Smoak had a great month as well as Montero, with Ackley falling off.

August Games Recap

It takes too much effort to blog game after game, so I will only be updating sporadically now with stats.  To be honest I am doing this right now after the season, because I got too exhausted doing it every day!

The Mariners went 4-2 in August and are now 19-17 when I attend.  The Mariners scored 20 runs and their opponents 22, for a run differential of just two, but the 8/31 game really fudged the numbers.  The average attendance was 22,559 vs 23,265 in July.

Our starting pitchers had a higher combined ERA at 3.12 vs 2.92 in July. The starters accounted for 75% of the innings pitched compared to 73% in July.  They accounted for 73% of the runs given up.

Our OBP was only 26 points higher than our average, compared to 49 points in July.  Of our 45 total hits in July, 28.9% were extra base hits compared to 25.9% in July.  Thames, Ackley (surprise!), and Jaso were the best hitters.

July Games Recap

The Mariners went 5-3 in July, an improvement of their 4-4 record previous two months, and are now 15-15 when I attend.  There were just three one run games, no shut outs, and we had 1-2 record.  The Mariners scored 31 runs and their opponents 22, for a run differential of nine!  Last month it was 18 vs. 17.  The average attendance was 23,265 vs 19,957 in June.

Our starting pitchers had a higher combined ERA at 2.92 vs 2.59 in June. But it doesn't matter if you don't get the run support.  It is a team game. The starters accounted for 73% of the innings pitched compared to 77% in June.  They accounted for 81% of the runs given up.

Despite having worse stats in practically every category, we scored more runs and won more games.  I guess it comes down to being more clutch in July.  We had three more homers, and more stolen bases but that's pretty much it.   Our OBP was only 49 points higher than our average, nearly identical to the 50 points in June.  Of our 54 total hits in June, 25.9% were extra base hits compared to 16.67% in June. 

Jaso, Seager, and Montero were the only really productive hitters.  Everyone else stunk it up especially Peguero. At least we said goodbye to Ichiro!!!  I think this proves without a doubt it does not matter how many hits you get, what matters is when you get them.

Iwakuma 8 Strong

Davis led the game off with a solo shot but the Mariners scored two in the bottom half of the inning and never looked back.

Royals (51-50)

Davis DH

Rasmus CF

Lawrie 3B

Encarnacion 1B

Snider LF

Escobar SS 

Johnson 2B

Mathis C

Gose RF

Romero (8-7, 5.79)

Mariners (47-57)

Ackley 2B

Saunders CF

Montero C

Jaso DH

Seager 3B

Wells LF

Carp 1B

Peguero RF

Ryan SS

Iwakuma (1-2, 4.56 )

The Mariners are now 15-15 when i attend

Attendance: 22,443

Time: 2:45

Mariners Roll

Millwood went 6.1 innings and Wilhelmsen picked up his 13th save of the season.

Royals (41-58)

Gordon LF

Escobar SS

Moustakas 3B

Butler DH

Betancourt 2B

Pena C

Francoeur RF

Hosmer 1B

Dyson CF

Bruce Chen (7-8, 5.54)

Mariners (45-57)

Ackley 2B

Wells RF

  Saunders CF

Montero DH

Seager 3B

  Olivo C

Carp 1B

  Robinson LF

Ryan SS

Millwood (3-8, 4.13)

The Mariners are now 14-15 when I attend

Attendance:  32,111

Time:  2:42

Mariners Cruise to 6-1 Victory

Jaso got us on the board in the first with a three run shot to right field, and that was all we needed as we added two more in the 2nd and a solo homer launched by Carp 396 feet in the 6th inning.

Royals (41-57)

Gordon LF

Escobar SS

Cain CF

Butler DH

Moustakas 3B

Perez C

Francoeur RF

Hosmer 1B

Getz 2B

Guthrie (0-1, 9.0)

Mariners (44-57)

Ackley 2B

Saunders CF

Montero DH

Jaso C

Seager 3B

Wells CF

Carp 1B

Peguero RF

Ryan SS

Beavan (5-6, 5.54)

The Mariners are now 13-15

Attendance:  14,953

Time:  2:30

Take That, Damn Yankees

Michael Saunders had two base hits, including a home run in the first, as the Mariners beat their former players Freddy Garcia, Alex Rodriguez, Raul Ibanez, and Ichiro Suzuki by a score of 4-2

Yankees (58-38)

Jeter SS

Granderson CF

Rodriguez 3B

Cano 2B

Teixeira 1B

Ibanez LF

Chavez DH

Ichiro RF

Stewart C

Garcia (4-3, 5.37)

Mariners (42-56)

Ackley 2B

Saunders CF

Montero DH

Jaso C

Seager 3B

Wells LF

Carp 1B

Peguero RF

Ryan SS

Hernandez (8-5, 2.82)

Felix went a solid 7.1 innings, giving  up a solo shot to Granderson in the first and then getting out of a bases load jam in the 4th.  After that he pretty much soared until the 8th inning when he hit the leadoff batter, Jeter, who would come around to score after Felix was taken out of the game.

The Mariners are now 12-15 when I attend
Attendance: 31,908
Time of Game:  2:50

Sayonara Ichiro

It was truly a bizarre turn of events today.  I had already sold my personal tickets when, at approximately 3pm, I heard breaking news on the radio that Ichiro was possibly traded.  This is something that I have been dreaming of for around 4 years.  Could it be true!?  Well, turns out it was, as he was shipped to the New York Yankees for a couple of minor league pitchers.  What made it even more weird is that the Yankees were in town for a three game series, so Ichiro would be playing against us!  I rushed home, changed, and headed down to the ballpark to catch a historic game.  I didn't care about the outcome, I was there to celebrate.

We lost 4-1, but who cares!!!!