World Series 2009: DiamondView Composite Comps - Infield

Full charts after the jump.

Mark Teixeira's DVC looks an awful lot like Albert Pujols', doesn't it?

Chase Utley really did have a remarkable year, but he's ruining the way the DVC is supposed to function as a general 'positional shape.' Robinson Cano, against nearly every other 2B, dominates--but not this one.
I had to check twice to make certain Jimmy Rollins' OBP score wasn't wrong. It really is that bad. He's at .296.
I usually avoid name abbreviations, but Alex Rodriguez's name just didn't fit. The weird part about this one is that I could've sworn I added Philly's 3B, Feliz, but it somehow didn't make it through compression.
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Still love these charts
Wish you did these more. Like all the time, Justin.
I love how Feliz is a sliver while Utley is an immense blob (graph-wise). It’s just awesome to see how dominant he is everywhere.
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by SFiercex4 on Oct 29, 2009 12:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He's my man crush among man crushes.
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by JinAZ on Oct 29, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does Feliz's base running even exist?
I'm still hoping to wake up from that nightmare I had about the 9th inning of Game 4.
by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Oct 29, 2009 12:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Who is this Feliz everbody keeps commenting on?
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by Justin Bopp on Oct 29, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait. Did Howard really out-glove Tex this year?
I know plus/minus at least has liked Howard in the past, and I know that one season is a small sample for fielders, but still.
by philkid3 on Oct 29, 2009 3:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That was what I was thinking too.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
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by EnglishMariner on Oct 29, 2009 8:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes he did, but not by much.
And as we all mentioned, sample size sample size sample size.
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by SFiercex4 on Oct 29, 2009 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Correct.
It might be worth looking at doing these for a career, rather than a single season. Better, it might be worth looking at these per season, compiling them, and then morphing them into an animated shape change. I bet we could watch fielding and baserunning go down over time.
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by Justin Bopp on Oct 29, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't say those things, or you might have to actually do them.
Get on it Justin! I’m too excited about it now.
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by SFiercex4 on Oct 29, 2009 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would also like to mention that there is quite a bit of uncertainty in terms of whether he actually did outglove Teixeira
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by SFiercex4 on Oct 29, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fielding
How was fielding calculated in these charts?
by cnubsbl16 on Oct 29, 2009 9:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Those charts are pretty dark
… which makes them hard to read. Use a light or white background.
I like how we can do all this analysis, see which team is better on paper, then watch the games turn out differently. Last night we saw the A-Rod of old.
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by JonPeltier on Oct 29, 2009 1:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. I need to lighten the BG. But!
I think most people acknowledge the value of sabermetrics is measuring success over time and analyzing the data as a predictor of future sucess. One game is definition of “small sample size.”
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by Justin Bopp on Oct 29, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the BG looks good
Can’t really understand how you can’t see it clearly.
by lookatthosetwins on Oct 29, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
these are awesome graphs!!
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Oct 29, 2009 5:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Utley is a beast.
And proved it last night.
Love the charts. I don’t see the problem with the dark gray background.
by Wilder. on Oct 29, 2009 6:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow Utley is incredible
Yet, I feel that many Phillies fans don’t appreciate him. They always talk about Howard and Rollins, yet Utley is far and away the best player on that team (well, actually, Cliff Lee’s really good too. Utley is easily the best position player on that team).
by boom_roasted on Oct 29, 2009 10:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He's the second best player in major league baseball.
He should probably already have one MVP award. The fact that it actually went to his (comically worse) teammate is a level of irony that seemingly only the BBWAA could be capable of.
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by PaulThomas on Oct 30, 2009 2:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pujols, Mauer...Utley?
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by Justin Bopp on Oct 30, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would definitely say Utley is top 3.
Not sure where to put Mauer with catcher defense being so difficult to quantify.
by boom_roasted on Oct 30, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
really?
What Phillies fans do you talk to? Utley’s a minor deity there.
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by WholeCamels on Nov 2, 2009 4:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
wow
holy shit, Cano’s graph is pretty damn good already, but Utley just makes him look terrible.
by RollingWave on Oct 29, 2009 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Just to repeat everyone
WOW Utley
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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by baetown415 on Oct 30, 2009 1:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sweet.
Can’t wait for the OF.
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