Pitcher hitting

Posted by Jeremy Greenhouse
Just a reminder, it's important. A significant amount of a pitcher's value is tied to his ability to hit, which we have a pretty good idea how to measure. Yet for some reason we leave hitting production out of our pitcher valuations. So I'll add StatCorner's pitching runs above average, hitting runs above average using a wOBA around .180 as average, and I might as well include the +/- fielding runs above average to come up with one total value. Dan Haren, Josh Johnson, and Carlos Zambrano can hit. Tommy Hanson has two hits in 46 plate appearances. Here are the notable names I came up with.



Name
pRAA
hRAA
fRAA
Total


Zack Greinke
68
0
1
69


Tim Lincecum
53
1
-3
51


Justin Verlander
46
-1
3
49


Felix Hernandez
43
0
2
44


Dan Haren
36
7
1
44


Roy Halladay
44
0
-2
42


Chris Carpenter
39
3
-1
40


Jon Lester
36
-1
2
37


Javier Vazquez
34
2
2
37


Adam Wainwright
31
4
-1
34


Ubaldo Jimenez
32
5
-5
32


CC Sabathia
29
0
3
32


Joel Pineiro
29
0
1
30


Josh Johnson
25
7
-2
30


Brett Anderson
27
0
1
28


Scott Baker
28
-1
0
27


Wandy Rodriguez
27
-2
1
26


Carlos Zambrano
17
7
1
25


Mark Buehrle
8
1
11
20


Tommy Hanson
12
-4
1
9


Brian Moehler
-2
-5
0
-7


Ross Ohlendorf
-1
-5
-1
-7


Jon Garland
-9
-5
4
-9


Micah Owings
-18
8
0
-10

Any questions? Feel free to email me.

Comments

Elk said...

Mark Buehrle’s 11 fRAA really stands out on that chart. Is that accurate?

Posted 10/09 at 08:36 AM

Jeremy Greenhouse said...

Yes, that’s accurate, and it’s why I included him. He’s been worth five runs in the field over any other pitcher.

Posted 10/09 at 09:23 AM

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