Missing Ramirez

[Fred Hornkohl]

This just blew my mind when I first looked at it.......

 

CUBS               AB    R    H   2b   3b   HR  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS  BABIP  P/PA   IsoD   RBI%
With Ramirez      983  139  244   42    4   35  131  113  214  0.248  0.330  0.406  0.736  0.285  3.92  0.082  0.178
Without Ramirez   849   98  210   49    3   26   94   88  194  0.247  0.324  0.404  0.728  0.293  3.87  0.077  0.152

Overall          1832  237  454   91    7   61  225  201  408  0.248  0.327  0.405  0.732  0.288  3.90  0.080  0.166

 

There's so little difference in the rate stats, you wonder what's the big deal ??

 

It's the clutch !! 4.79 R/G with Ramirez, and 3.92 R/G without.

 

04/06 - 06/07      BDI  LOB   RBI%
Ramirez             12   29  0.293
Fox                  2    5  0.286
Fukudome            15   41  0.268
Fontenot            20   76  0.208
Theriot             17   74  0.187
D Lee               17   74  0.187
Hoffpauir           13   61  0.176
Bradley              9   46  0.164
Johnson             12   62  0.162
K. Hill              5   28  0.152
Soriano             13   80  0.140
Scales               4   28  0.125
Soto                11   79  0.122
Freel                1   10  0.091
Miles                4   49  0.075
Blanco               1   15  0.063
Gathright            0    6  0.000

CUBS               164  824  0.166

[SCCubbieFAN]

Thats less than a run per game Fred. How about runs against w & w/o??

[Little Slide Rooter]

If you take into consideration all of the games weve lost by 1 or 2 runs, it makes perfect sense.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Thats less than a run per game Fred. How about runs against w & w/o??

 

Losing 0.87 R/G is huge !!!

 

With Ramirez RA/G = 4.62, without Ramirez RA/G=3.80.

 

With Ramirez, CUBS outscored the opponents 139-134 (29 games) Without Ramirez, CUBS have outscored the opponents 98-95 (25 games)

[Guest]

Email this to Barry Rozner and the rest of the idiots.

[Soul]

Wow, that's fascinating. Yeah, .87 runs per game is big. We knew that -- but I didn't realize the overall hitting was staying pretty level.

[chasinf5s]

its not all that shocking in my opinion, all you have to do is watch a game and see man after man after man left in scoring position

[haubrich91]

It doesn't feel like we've scored those 98 runs without him.

[mcgoobs]

Fred I'm not fully familiar with the stats around clutch, and don't know what a good ratio for batters driven in vs (batters driven in + left on base) is. Was Ramirez off the charts good before getting injured? Are the rest of the Cubs performing lower than normal this year?

[Careless]

Fred I'm not fully familiar with the stats around clutch, and don't know what a good ratio for batters driven in vs (batters driven in + left on base) is. Was Ramirez off the charts good before getting injured? Are the rest of the Cubs performing lower than normal this year?

The Cubs have been terrible recently at hitting with runners on/in scoring position.

[UMFan83]

Fred I'm not fully familiar with the stats around clutch, and don't know what a good ratio for batters driven in vs (batters driven in + left on base) is. Was Ramirez off the charts good before getting injured? Are the rest of the Cubs performing lower than normal this year?

The Cubs have been terrible recently at hitting with runners on/in scoring position.

 

The Cubs are 28th in baseball in BA, R and OPS with RISP. Last year we were 4th in all 3 of those categories I think. It's a major major problem and a huge reason why our offense is nowhere near as good as last years.

[Arnold Layne]

Hey guys, he doesn't hustle sometimes, and he looks at his home runs. Dave Kaplan told me that and he's a baseball genius.

[Arnold Layne]

Fred I'm not fully familiar with the stats around clutch, and don't know what a good ratio for batters driven in vs (batters driven in + left on base) is. Was Ramirez off the charts good before getting injured? Are the rest of the Cubs performing lower than normal this year?

The Cubs have been terrible recently at hitting with runners on/in scoring position.

 

The Cubs are 28th in baseball in BA, R and OPS with RISP. Last year we were 4th in all 3 of those categories I think. It's a major major problem and a huge reason why our offense is nowhere near as good as last years.

 

 

The combination of not having Ramirez and a *very* powerful lefty bat in Edmonds has hurt this team. 19 HR in 250 AB with a .937 OPS is something this team would love to have right now. Edmonds went yard every 13 or so AB.

[RedFlash]

The combination of not having Ramirez and a *very* powerful lefty bat in Edmonds has hurt this team. 19 HR in 250 AB with a .937 OPS is something this team would love to have right now. Edmonds went yard every 13 or so AB.

 

You know who hit: 320/.397/.594/.991 in 147 at bats (or with a homerun once every 18 at bats)? You know what he followed that up with:

 

.204/.260/.339/.599 (with a homerun every 34 at bats).

 

Yeah, we didn't need to watch that happen again with a 2nd retread Cardinal player. I appreciate what Edmonds did last yr, but to hope/expect him to do it again would have been foolish.

[Arnold Layne]

The combination of not having Ramirez and a *very* powerful lefty bat in Edmonds has hurt this team. 19 HR in 250 AB with a .937 OPS is something this team would love to have right now. Edmonds went yard every 13 or so AB.

 

You know who hit: 320/.397/.594/.991 in 147 at bats (or with a homerun once every 18 at bats)? You know what he followed that up with:

 

.204/.260/.339/.599 (with a homerun every 34 at bats).

 

Yeah, we didn't need to watch that happen again with a 2nd retread Cardinal player. I appreciate what Edmonds did last yr, but to hope/expect him to do it again would have been foolish.

 

As foolish as signing a guy who has one season of 500+ AB's his entire career and who was a DH at a tee-ball park for $30 million?

[RedFlash]

The combination of not having Ramirez and a *very* powerful lefty bat in Edmonds has hurt this team. 19 HR in 250 AB with a .937 OPS is something this team would love to have right now. Edmonds went yard every 13 or so AB.

 

You know who hit: 320/.397/.594/.991 in 147 at bats (or with a homerun once every 18 at bats)? You know what he followed that up with:

 

.204/.260/.339/.599 (with a homerun every 34 at bats).

 

Yeah, we didn't need to watch that happen again with a 2nd retread Cardinal player. I appreciate what Edmonds did last yr, but to hope/expect him to do it again would have been foolish.

 

As foolish as signing a guy who has one season of 500+ AB's his entire career and who was a DH at a tee-ball park for $30 million?

 

No, as foolish as to give a utility player who have power, no speed, very little "actual" versatitily on the field, and barely league average hitting ability a 2 yr $5million contract. At least with Bradley it wasn't production that was being question it was his health.

[SouthSideRyan]

The combination of not having Ramirez and a *very* powerful lefty bat in Edmonds has hurt this team. 19 HR in 250 AB with a .937 OPS is something this team would love to have right now. Edmonds went yard every 13 or so AB.

 

You know who hit: 320/.397/.594/.991 in 147 at bats (or with a homerun once every 18 at bats)? You know what he followed that up with:

 

.204/.260/.339/.599 (with a homerun every 34 at bats).

 

Yeah, we didn't need to watch that happen again with a 2nd retread Cardinal player. I appreciate what Edmonds did last yr, but to hope/expect him to do it again would have been foolish.

 

The reason you don't re-sign Edmonds is because he's a bad defender now, not because he's a good bet to be a bad hitter. Gary Gaetti wishes he was anywhere close to Edmonds as a ball player.

[CliftonHanger]

Gary Gaetti is the ugliest man in the history of baseballhttp://www.desipio.com/images/uglycubs/gaetti_gary.jpg

[sneakypower]

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[David]

Willie McGee begs to differ.

[David]

Yea, and him... can't remember his name.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Sorry, Don Mossi wins

 

http://www.jayweb.com/joegoldberger/mossi1.jpg

[Springfield_CUBBY]

Sorry, Don Mossi wins

 

http://www.jayweb.com/joegoldberger/mossi1.jpg

HOLY CR@P! Don Mossi's sorry mug will haunt my nightmares!

[kjfoster 1553]

Willie McGee

 

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[Arnold Layne]

The combination of not having Ramirez and a *very* powerful lefty bat in Edmonds has hurt this team. 19 HR in 250 AB with a .937 OPS is something this team would love to have right now. Edmonds went yard every 13 or so AB.

 

You know who hit: 320/.397/.594/.991 in 147 at bats (or with a homerun once every 18 at bats)? You know what he followed that up with:

 

.204/.260/.339/.599 (with a homerun every 34 at bats).

 

Yeah, we didn't need to watch that happen again with a 2nd retread Cardinal player. I appreciate what Edmonds did last yr, but to hope/expect him to do it again would have been foolish.

 

As foolish as signing a guy who has one season of 500+ AB's his entire career and who was a DH at a tee-ball park for $30 million?

 

No, as foolish as to give a utility player who have power, no speed, very little "actual" versatitily on the field, and barely league average hitting ability a 2 yr $5million contract. At least with Bradley it wasn't production that was being question it was his health.

 

Speaking of that Miles comes back tonight, doesn't he?

 

Ugh.