Best Arms and Double Play Turners

by R.J. Anderson on Feb 11, 2009 4:46 PM EST Comment 12 comments

First the outfield arms:

Name	ARM
Hunter Pence	8.6
Nick Markakis	6.8
Ryan Ludwick	6.3
Pat Burrell	6
Shane Victorino	5.1
Alfonso Soriano	4.7
B.J. Upton	4.6

Now the pivot specialists:

Name	DPR
Bobby Crosby	3.1
Akinori Iwamura	2.4
Miguel Tejada	2.2
Daric Barton	1.7
Mark Ellis	1.5
Jose Reyes	1.4

And after the jump, the worst.

Name	DPR
Mark Teixeira	-1.1
Edgar Renteria	-1.1
Kelly Johnson	-1.3
Derek Jeter	-1.6
Freddy Sanchez	-1.8
Brian Roberts	-2.9
Placido Polanco	-3.1
Yunel Escobar	-3.9

Name	ARM
Brian Giles	-9.4
Grady Sizemore	-5.2
Lastings Milledge	-5.1
Corey Hart	-4.6
Jason Bay	-4.5
Brad Hawpe	-4.1
Jermaine Dye	-3.9
Adam Dunn	-3.7
Chris Young	-3
Jeremy Hermida	-2.9
Carlos Lee	-2.5

All courtesy of FanGraphs

Things I'm all ready thinking about:

- Splits on whether lefties/righties turn DPs better at which positions.

- Arm/DP aging curves.

- Arms by position.

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Whats the Time Frame?

by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Feb 11, 2009 4:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

This season only.

by R.J. Anderson on Feb 11, 2009 5:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

A's defense looking good...

I miss Chad God

by ChadGod on Feb 11, 2009 7:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Unless I am reading this incorrectly Matt Kemp comes in at 8.1 runs for 2008 OFers, which would put him at #2 on your OF list. Which leads me to believe that this is like that previous arm study that showed Kemp at the top of the list, in that it is not just about arm strength, accuracy and time to get rid of the ball, but also about speed and how quickly you get to the ball and can charge it. I have no problem with the outfielders speed and his arm being combined, but if that is the case, I’d like to see it called something else. I’m not saying Kemp doesn’t have a fine arm, but I have trouble believing it’s the 2nd best OF arm in all of baseball based on what I see with my own eyes.
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Feb 11, 2009 8:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Suzuki

Ichiro is 5.5, which would put him on the list too. Seems to be an incomplete list. When I sorted the league leaders by defense/arms, I get the same OF list as you, but when I start looking at other individual players who I think have good arms and should be on the list, they indeed should be.
vr, Xei

by Xeifrank on Feb 11, 2009 8:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs