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The Best Fielding Third Basemen
On to the best three-year peaks of defensive play by Giant third basemen, as measured by baseball-reference.com’s rfield. I explained my methodology here, and we’ve previously looked at catchers, first basemen and second basemen. The list of third basemen includes … Continue reading
The Best Fielding Second Basemen
We move today to the best three-year peaks of defensive play by Giant second basemen, as measured by baseball-reference.com’s, rfield. I explained my methodology here, and looked at catching and first base peaks here and here. While the list of … Continue reading
The Best Fielding Catchers
This is the first of several installments (I think it will be one for each non-pitching defensive position) on the best defensive players in the Giants’ history. For my methodology, please see this post. Here are the top ten catching … Continue reading
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Tagged catchers, catching, defensive value, Harry Danning, Hill, Katt, Kirt Manwaring, performance analysis, Posey, Shanty Hogan, Snyder, Westrum
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The Dodgers are Good, But Deals Like Theirs Rarely Work Out
No, there is no feature photo today. I’m writing about the Dodgers, and I’m uncertain they deserve the usual splash. I was looking at the top 10 baseball players (by WAR) from 2009 and found something pretty amazing. I realize … Continue reading
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Tagged Giants-Dodgers Rivalry, performance analysis
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