Friday, July 13, 2007

AAA Batting Splits

Here are a few interesting batting splits I noticed around AAA baseball. Some players have a lot more value if considered as one half of a platoon. Small sample size warnings apply.

Right-handed Pitcher Mashers:
Tike Redman OF Norfolk: .220/.310/.300 vs LHP, .322/.397/.447 vs RHP.
Joe Inglett 2B Buffalo: .188/.247/.219 vs LHP, .280/.359/.407 vs RHP.
Clay Timpner OF Fresno: .214/.267/.268 vs LHP, .388/.441/.512 vs RHP.
Scott Moore 3B Iowa: .182/.267/.260 vs LHP, .284/.398/.525 vs RHP.
Joey Votto 1B Louisville: .260/.381/.364 vs LHP, .333/.423/.522 vs RHP.
John Rodriguez OF Memphis: .190/.327/.310 vs LHP, .291/.396/.573 vs RHP.
Andy Abad 1B Nashville: .222/.250/.222 vs LHP, .366/.411/.584 vs RHP.
David Murphy OF Pawtucket: .230/.295/.322 vs LHP, .303/.377/.458 vs RHP.
Timo Perez OF Toledo: .279/.292/.384 vs LHP, .333/.384/.525 vs RHP.
Nathan Haynes OF Salt Lake: .233/.340/.395 vs LHP, .438/.503/.641 vs RHP.
Pete Laforest C Portland: .188/.281/.365 vs LHP, .238/.372/.667 vs RHP.

Left-handed Pitcher Mashers:
Mike Cervenak 1B Norfolk: .305/.356/.547 vs LHP, .272/.297/.369 vs RHP.
Jason Dubois OF Norfolk: .297/.387/.500 vs LHP, .217/.270/.370 vs RHP.
Scott Seabol 3B Albuquerque: .391/.434/.736 vs LHP, .266/.339/.492 vs RHP.
Chris Barnwell SS Nashville: .337/.375/.472 vs LHP, .234/.324/.360 vs RHP.
Luis Figueroa SS Fresno: .368/.424/.526 vs LHP, .279/.315/.314 vs RHP.
Brian Anderson OF Charlotte: .300/.353/.550 vs LHP, .236/.303/.386 vs RHP.
Jeff Keppinger 2B Louisville: .446/.479/.708 vs LHP, .337/.402/.374 vs RHP.
Michael Restovich OF Columbus: .440/.517/.747 vs LHP, .210/.269/.389 vs RHP.
Aaron Herr 3B Louisville: .344/.400/.589 vs LHP, .253/.309/.394 vs RHP.
Nick Stavinoha OF Memphis: .407/.474/.523 vs LHP, .240/.267/.369 vs RHP.
Tagg Bozied 1B Memphis: .338/.438/.663 vs LHP, .225/.303/.433 vs RHP.
Lou Collier OF Ottawa: .383/.413/.567 vs LHP, .259/.314/.306 vs RHP.
Jeff Bailey 1B Pawtucket: .301/.400/.493 vs LHP, .231/.342/.405 vs RHP.
Kurt Suzuki C Sacramento: .344/.425/.453 vs LHP, .252/.319/.327 vs RHP.
Mike Eylward 1B Salt Lake: .375/.432/.563 vs LHP, .276/.340/.351 vs RHP.

Restovich is an interesting case. He hit .305/.403/.562 against lefthanders in 2006 at AAA Iowa. I'd give him a shot as part of a DH platoon. Laforest hit .291/.347/.592 against righthanders at Durham in 2005 (he didn't play in 2006), but only .210/.234/.484 against lefthanders. He's that elusive left-handed hitting catcher.

Some interesting platoons:
1B: Votto/Bozied
2B: Inglett/Keppinger
3B: Moore/Seabol
C: Laforest/Suzuki
OF: Timpner/Anderson
OF: Murphy/Stavinoha
OF: Rodriguez/Collier
DH: Abad/Restovich

We seem to have a shortage of left-handed hitting shortstops. I suppose that if you can hit RHP and can play short, you're in the bigs.

I wish there was a website where I could sort on split stats.

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