I finally broke down and "donated" to get all the WAR data from Sean Smith. The following is a look at the top 20 fielders (along with others that might join the list due to their current rank and rate they are accumulating the stats) in Outfield Arm, Infield Double Plays and Total Zone.
Total Zone
Rank | Name | Average Total Zone | Total Total Zone |
1 | Brooks Robinson | 11.65 | 268 |
2 | Mark Belanger | 13.11 | 236 |
3 | Ozzie Smith | 11.26 | 214 |
4 | Andruw Jones | 13.85 | 180 |
5 | Buddy Bell | 8.65 | 173 |
6 | Germany Smith | 10 | 160 |
7 | Joe Tinker | 10.47 | 157 |
8 | Bid McPhee | 8.56 | 154 |
9 | Robin Ventura | 9.06 | 154 |
10 | Barry Bonds | 6.95 | 153 |
11 | Jack Glasscock | 7.45 | 149 |
12 | Brian Jordan | 9.87 | 148 |
13 | Devon White | 8.71 | 148 |
14 | Clete Boyer | 9.73 | 146 |
15 | Luis Aparicio | 8 | 144 |
16 | George Davis | 7.15 | 143 |
17 | Jim Piersall | 7.47 | 142 |
18 | Cal Ripken | 6.71 | 141 |
19 | Paul Blair | 7.78 | 140 |
20 | Graig Nettles | 6.36 | 140 |
Others | |||
56 | Albert Pujols | 12.38 | 99 |
Outfield Arm
Rank | Name | Average Arm | Total ARM |
1 | Roberto Clemente | 4.61 | 83 |
2 | Jesse Barfield | 5.15 | 67 |
3 | Al Kaline | 2.68 | 59 |
4 | Raul Mondesi | 3.69 | 59 |
5 | Andruw Jones | 4.46 | 58 |
6 | Larry Walker | 3.06 | 55 |
7 | Carl Yastrzemski | 2.35 | 54 |
8 | Dwight Evans | 2.65 | 53 |
9 | Willie Mays | 2.17 | 50 |
10 | Andy Van Slyke | 3.57 | 50 |
11 | Ken Griffey | 2.38 | 50 |
12 | Jim Edmonds | 2.76 | 47 |
13 | Ellis Valentine | 3.36 | 37 |
14 | Bobby Abreu | 2.64 | 37 |
15 | Johnny Callison | 2.31 | 37 |
16 | Barry Bonds | 1.64 | 36 |
17 | Kenny Lofton | 1.7 | 34 |
18 | Paul Blair | 1.89 | 34 |
19 | Ichiro Suzuki | 4.25 | 34 |
20 | Vladimir Guerrero | 2.54 | 33 |
Others | |||
23 | Alexis Rios | 6.2 | 31 |
31 | Pat Burrell | 2.89 | 26 |
55 | Shane Victorino | 4 | 20 |
61 | Jeff Francoeur | 4.75 | 19 |
Double Plays
Rank | Name | Double Play | Average Double Play |
1 | Phil Rizzuto | 61 | 4.69 |
2 | Joe Gordon | 52 | 4.73 |
3 | Willie Randolph | 40 | 2.11 |
4 | Cal Ripken | 40 | 1.9 |
5 | Pee Wee Reese | 39 | 2.44 |
6 | Marty Marion | 39 | 3 |
7 | Eddie Collins | 37 | 1.48 |
8 | Bill Mazeroski | 37 | 2.18 |
9 | Roger Peckinpaugh | 35 | 2.06 |
10 | Frankie Crosetti | 31 | 1.82 |
11 | Buddy Myer | 29 | 1.61 |
12 | Jackie Robinson | 28 | 2.8 |
13 | Lou Boudreau | 28 | 1.87 |
14 | Brooks Robinson | 26 | 1.13 |
15 | Del Pratt | 26 | 2 |
16 | Johnny Evers | 26 | 1.44 |
17 | Fernando Vina | 25 | 2.08 |
18 | Ozzie Smith | 25 | 1.32 |
19 | Frankie Frisch | 25 | 1.32 |
20 | Bobby Grich | 24 | 1.41 |
I am not going to go into a bunch of analysis since I am still digesting the numbers myself, but a few items that I noticed right off hand:
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Brooks Robinson and Ozzie Smith were great defenders.
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Andrew Jones was great in the outfield, too bad he declined so fast (turned it around a little this year, but still not close to what he used to be)
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There seem to be more good outfield arms recently, while the ability to turn double seems to be associated with players that played 50 years ago. Since Sean Smith's numbers look at an amount above and below average, I am wondering there is a bunch of weak arms now that make the other outfielders seem better. That might be the same situation 50 years ago with infielders turning double plays.
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Personally, I seemed to have underrated Cal Ripken's defense.
Addition of Catchers (07/26/20090
Rank | Name | Catcher |
1 | Charlie Bennett | 155 |
2 | Ivan Rodriguez | 152 |
3 | Jim Sundberg | 114 |
4 | Bob Boone | 107 |
5 | Gary Carter | 106 |
6 | Brad Ausmus | 101 |
7 | Johnny Bench | 97 |
8 | Del Crandall | 72 |
9 | Charles Johnson | 71 |
10 | Rick Dempsey | 70 |
11 | Steve Yeager | 70 |
12 | Ron Karkovice | 62 |
13 | Clay Dalrymple | 62 |
14 | Charlie O'Brien | 58 |
15 | Buck Ewing | 58 |
16 | Doc Bushong | 55 |
17 | Butch Wynegar | 54 |
18 | Bill Holbert | 53 |
19 | Mike Matheny | 53 |
20 | Tom Pagnozzi | 53 |