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Thursday, December 17, 2009

The best defenders of the decade by UZR

Posted by Nick Steiner
MGL gives us some great data.

So the best defender of the decade, in terms of overall runs saved, is Andruw Jones, with 161 runs saved. If you look at runs saved per 150 defensive games, given at least 500 defensive games, the leader is... Andruw Jones, at +20 per. If you combine runs saved with positional value, then the best is still Andruw Jones. Last year, Andruw played DH for much of the year... I don't think I've ever seen a player age so fast.

Scott Rolen, Adrian Beltre, Chase Utley and Doug Mientkiewicz also had great decades.





Nick is a Cardinals fan living in LA. He also writes for Viva El Birdos. He welcomes questions and comments via email


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Dave Studeman said...

You must have missed Carlos Baerga and Roberto Alomar!

Posted 12/17  at  06:33 AM
Michael Caragliano said...

I’m a Mets fan- I wish I’d missed them! Anybody know how to say “Dorian Gray” in Spanish?

Posted 12/17  at  07:05 AM
Zack M said...

it’s truly amazing how Andruw went from hitting 50 homeruns and being the best CF in the game to a part time DH at best.

Posted 12/17  at  10:51 AM
Bill M said...

What about Torii Hunter?

Posted 12/17  at  05:01 PM
Itcher said...

Adam Everett was awesome.  How many gold gloves did he win?

Posted 12/17  at  07:50 PM
Killeverything said...

About 4 less than Derek Jeter who’s horrible.

Posted 12/18  at  06:40 AM
Curacao said...

I think that Andruw’s problem was that he over played his body. Go and check who had the most played games without injury from ‘98 till 2005. Those are stats that don’t pay. It’s very sad to see him go from that to this. But we have faith that Ozzie will give him some play time and he’ll eventually will come back.

Posted 12/20  at  08:53 AM
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