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[Fred Hornkohl]

I was on the road Friday night listening to Vin Scully do the CUBS/Dodgers game. I always enjoy Scully. One of the many things he pointed out during the game was the extreme home / road splits of Cesar Izturis. I haven't paid much attention to H/R splits lately, so this got me to thinking. Taking the team as a whole, the splits are surprisingly similar.........

 

04/02 - 05/26      AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP
Home              797  108  218   43    5   21  334  103   68  151  0.274  0.334  0.419  0.753  0.315
Road              885  115  238   63    5   21  374  109   75  168  0.269  0.327  0.423  0.750  0.312

 

When you break it down, player by player, you get some really wild results.......

 

04/02 - 05/26            AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP     RC
Barrett        Home      76   10   24    4    0    6   46   15    7   15  0.316  0.369  0.605  0.974  0.327   17.0
Barrett        Road      80    4   16    3    0    1   22    9    5   13  0.200  0.241  0.275  0.516  0.227    5.3

DeRosa         Home      56    6   12    5    0    1   20    9   10   15  0.214  0.343  0.357  0.700  0.275    6.9
DeRosa         Road      69   10   20    4    2    4   40   13    9   15  0.290  0.372  0.580  0.952  0.320   14.9

Izturis        Home      47    4    7    1    0    0    8    1    5    4  0.149  0.245  0.170  0.415  0.163    2.0
Izturis        Road      70    6   25    6    0    0   31    4    4    4  0.357  0.392  0.443  0.835  0.379   12.1

Jones          Home      79    8   20    3    0    0   23    7    5   10  0.253  0.294  0.291  0.585  0.290    6.8
Jones          Road      69    8   17    6    1    1   28    9    4   10  0.246  0.297  0.406  0.703  0.276    8.3

Lee            Home      79   13   28    6    0    3   43   17   11   15  0.354  0.446  0.544  0.990  0.410   19.2
Lee            Road      84   13   31   13    0    0   44   10    8   14  0.369  0.430  0.524  0.954  0.443   18.9

Murton         Home      44    6    8    3    0    0   11    2    2    6  0.182  0.217  0.250  0.467  0.211    2.4
Murton         Road      53    9   20    3    0    1   26    6    7    9  0.377  0.450  0.491  0.941  0.442   11.7

Ramirez        Home      75   11   22    3    2    5   44   14    8   15  0.293  0.357  0.587  0.944  0.309   15.7
Ramirez        Road     101   15   30    4    0    7   55   22    7   13  0.297  0.343  0.545  0.887  0.284   18.8

Soriano        Home      72   12   22    5    1    1   32    7    3   20  0.306  0.351  0.444  0.795  0.412   11.2
Soriano        Road     100   15   29   10    1    3   50    7    9   21  0.290  0.349  0.500  0.849  0.342   17.4

Blanco         Home      14    2    4    1    0    0    5    0    2    2  0.286  0.375  0.357  0.732  0.333    1.9
Blanco         Road      19    1    3    1    0    0    4    3    0    3  0.158  0.150  0.211  0.361  0.188    0.6

Floyd          Home      51    6   13    1    0    1   17    8    3   10  0.255  0.296  0.333  0.630  0.300    5.0
Floyd          Road      44    6   14    3    0    1   20   10    4    6  0.318  0.388  0.455  0.842  0.351    7.8

Theriot        Home      79   11   27    2    1    0   31    9    4    6  0.342  0.373  0.392  0.766  0.370   11.6
Theriot        Road      63   11   13    5    0    0   18    5   10   13  0.206  0.315  0.286  0.601  0.260    5.7

Ward           Home      17    4    6    2    0    0    8    3    4    4  0.353  0.476  0.471  0.947  0.462    3.8
Ward           Road      17    2    4    2    0    0    6    2    6    4  0.235  0.435  0.353  0.788  0.308    2.6

Cedeno         Home      21    1    2    1    0    1    6    3    1    7  0.095  0.136  0.286  0.422  0.077    0.8
Cedeno         Road      10    2    1    0    0    1    4    1    0    1  0.100  0.100  0.400  0.500  0.000    0.4

Pie            Home      29    2    8    3    0    0   11    2    0    5  0.276  0.276  0.379  0.655  0.333    3.0
Pie            Road      20    4    3    0    1    1    8    2    1    5  0.150  0.190  0.400  0.590  0.143    1.5

Pagan          Home      12    5    5    0    1    1   10    2    2    2  0.417  0.500  0.833  1.333  0.444    5.0
Pagan          Road      24    5    5    1    0    1    9    2    0    8  0.208  0.208  0.375  0.583  0.267    1.9

 

I noticed that Lee, Ramirez and Soriano were all pretty close, and that didn't surprise me. But after that..... wow !! I realize that there are some pretty small sample sizes here, and that over time a lot of this disparity should disappear, but you've got some definite "homers" and "roadies" here !! In spite of the inherent risk of drawing inferences here, I could sure make a case for sitting Izturis for Theriot and Jones for Pagan come tomorrow. Love to hear your opinions.

[NewUserName]

Wasnt Murton the other way last year? Better at home than the road.

 

Theriot starting in Wrigley, DeRossa and Izturis on the road.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Wasnt Murton the other way last year? Better at home than the road.

 

Theriot starting in Wrigley, DeRossa and Izturis on the road.

 

Right you are.

 

Murton 2006        AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
Home              218   39   73   17    1    7  113   36   24   26  0.335  0.408  0.518  0.927
Road              236   31   65    4    2    6   91   24   21   38  0.275  0.337  0.386  0.723

overall           454   70  138   21    3   13  204   60   45   64  0.304  0.372  0.449  0.821

[Ding Dong Johnson]

that settles it, we should leave Izturis behind

[Guest]

Am I the only one who thinks Vin Scully is boring as hell?

[killthegoat06]

Am I the only one who thinks Vin Scully is boring as hell?

 

No