Garret Anderson Love
by R.J. Anderson on Jan 28, 2009 10:38 PM EST
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8. Garret Anderson. Here's another terrific hitter caught in a nightmare of a hitting market. He's been among the more productive outfielders in the AL over the last several years, and while he has seemingly been around forever, he's still only 36.)
Well, at least the word "underrated" didn't make its way into that snippet. This part caught my eye:
He's been among the more productive outfielders in the AL over the last several years
So I went to FanGraphs, pulled up the Value leaderboards over the last three years, hit the "AL" and "OF" tabs, and sent the data to Excel. Anderson has amassed ~54 runs in replacement value over this time, so I think it's fair to compare him to every AL outfielder with at least, say, 40 replacement runs?
That takes us down to 33 players.
I then ordered by wins. Here's the top 15:
| Name | Value Wins |
| Grady Sizemore | 20.5 |
| Curtis Granderson | 14.4 |
| Magglio Ordonez | 13.7 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | 12.6 |
| Alex Rios | 12.2 |
| Carl Crawford | 11.6 |
| Nick Markakis | 10.9 |
| Vladimir Guerrero | 10 |
| David DeJesus | 9.9 |
| Johnny Damon | 9.7 |
| Torii Hunter | 8.2 |
| Vernon Wells | 8.1 |
| Manny Ramirez | 7.8 |
| B.J. Upton | 7.7 |
| Nick Swisher | 7.6 |
Hm...no Garret. Well, how about the final 18?
| Raul Ibanez | 6 |
| Coco Crisp | 5.8 |
| Jermaine Dye | 5.7 |
| Chone Figgins | 5.6 |
| Bobby Abreu | 5.6 |
| Casey Blake | 5.5 |
| Mark Teahen | 5 |
| Gary Matthews Jr. | 4.7 |
| Hideki Matsui | 4 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 3.6 |
| Garret Anderson | 3.5 |
| Emil Brown | 3.3 |
| Jose Guillen | 2.3 |
| Melky Cabrera | 1.3 |
| Jay Payton | 1.2 |
| Jason Kubel | 0.5 |
| Delmon Young | -0.1 |
Ah, there he is! Just ahead of Emil Brown. At least he's a terrific hitter.
| Name | Team | Batting | Fielding | Replacement | Positional |
| Garret Anderson | Angels | 0.1 | 6.8 | 54.4 | -26.1 |
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I think it's for the best if I never take Jon Heyman seriously again.
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"Again?"
Bringing you more-or-less replacement level analysis and commentary since sometime in 2008.
I didn't know Anderson was an above average fielder
I always though he was in the Dunn/Ibanez territory.
vivaelbensheets
As pointed out on Lone Star Ball:
Boras client.
I think that’s also why he seems to consider Kenny Rogers a future Hall of Famer.
When the guy behind you on a list is Emil "DFA" Brown
you know you have problems.
"I'm on hold for now"- Bobby Crosby
by DyeLongJustice on Jan 29, 2009 10:10 AM EST reply actions
and Brown was clearly superior in 2005 and 2006
Bringing you more-or-less replacement level analysis and commentary since sometime in 2008.
by Matt Klaassen on Jan 29, 2009 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
oh, and he was ninth in batting average among qualifiers
remember, RBIs and AVG are what most of the mainstream writers use to determine production.
by scatterbrian on Jan 29, 2009 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
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