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.