Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Introducing the All-Star Lineup for the 2007 Giants (if the year was 2001)

During a conversation over the New Years’ weekend, a friend opined that the 2007 Giants have an all-star lineup…that is, if the year was 1995. An excellent point, I thought (and a shout out to Jeff for his insight!). The actual stats don't make the Giants' all-star days 12 years ago, but they're strangely not that far off:

Player Pos All-Star Yrs Peak BA*, Year Career BA 2006 BA
B Molina C n/a .295, 2005 .275 .284
R Aurilia 1B 2001 .324, 2001 .278 .300
R Klesko 1B 2001 .300, 2002 .280 .248
R Durham 2B 1998, 2000 .296, 1999 .281 .293
O Vizquel SS 1998, 1999, 2002 .333, 1999 .276 .295
P Feliz 3B n/a .276, 2004 .252 .244
B Bonds LF once or twice, from 1990 to 2004 .370, 2002 .299 .270
D Roberts CF n/a .293, 2006 .270 .293
R Winn RF 2002 .306, 2005 .284 .262

(*) Note that peak BA was taken from non-partial seasons.

If this were 2001, this might be a decent lineup. Six years later, not so much. Get the Bengay ready (to go with the cream and the clear, of course).

1 comments:

Orel said...

Bengay Molina?