Covering the Corner - 2012 In Review: Outfield
Cleveland Baseball: A team that's accomplished some things.
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2012-10-29T15:00:43-04:00
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Russ Canzler: Waiting in the Wings
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<p>The Indians tried Duncan, Damon, and Cunningham in left field in 2012, and in September, finally gave a shot to Russ Canzler in September. </p> <p><b>Bats: </b>Right <b>Throws: </b>Right</p>
<p><b>2012 Age: </b>26</p>
<p><b>2012 oWAR (B-Ref): </b>0.2</p>
<p><b>2012 dWAR (B-Ref): </b>-0.4</p>
<p><b>2012 WAR (Fangraphs): </b>-0.1</p>
<p><b>2012 Salary: </b>$480,000 (Split Contract/Renewal)</p>
<p><b>2013 Contract Status: </b>Renewable</p>
<p>There isn't much to review about <span>Russ Canzler's</span> season, at least at the major-league level. Because the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Indians</a> went with a combination of <span>Shelley Duncan</span>, <span>Johnny Damon</span>, and <span>Aaron Cunningham</span>, Canzler spent most of the 2012 season in Columbus. This season was supposed to be Canzler's big chance; the Indians acquired him last winter from Tampa after Canzler hit .314/.401/.530 in Durham in 2011. He was right-handed, could play both the outfield and first base, and the Indians were thin at both positions to say the least.</p>
<p>Canzler struggler initially after getting sent down to Columbus, perhaps a hangover from not making the big-league club, but he quickly rebounded, and by August, he had improved his OPS to .815, which included a .487 slugging percentage. After all three of the previously-mentioned outfielders were designated for assignment, that finally gave Canzler the opportunity to get extended playing time in September in both the outfield and first base.</p>
<p>He hit .269/.299/.398 with the Indians in 97 Plate Appearances, with 3 homers and 3 doubles, though with that came 22 strikeouts and just 4 walks. I don't think the Indians can give Canzler a starting job, though given all the holes at power positions (first base, left field, DH), Canzler should get a prominent role on next year's club. The Indians are still left-handed heavy, and Canzler is one of the few right-handed power hitters in the organization.</p>
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2012-10-29T10:00:58-04:00
The Last of Choo?
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<figcaption>Have we seen the last of Choo in an Indians uniform? | Eric P. Mull-US PRESSWIRE</figcaption>
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<p>Choo rebounded into his usual form in 2012, and it's looking likely that that will have been his last season in an Indians uniform. </p> <p> </p>
<p><b>Bats: </b>Left <b>Throws: </b>Left</p>
<p><b>2012 Age: </b>29</p>
<p><b>2012 oWAR (B-Ref): </b>4.5</p>
<p><b>2012 dWAR (B-Ref): </b>-1.9</p>
<p><b>2012 WAR (Fangraphs): </b>2.6</p>
<p><b>2012 Salary: $4.90M (Avoided Arbitration, 1-17-2012)</b></p>
<p><b>2013 Contract Status: Arbitration (5.119 Service Time)</b></p>
<p>Choo's 2011 was a lost season of sorts, but even in that "off" season he still hit .259/.344/.390, good enough for a 107 OPS+. In 2012 he was healthy, and he hit like it, especially in the middle of the season. Manny Acta moved him to the leadoff spot in May, and Choo took off at about the same time, becoming the Tribe's best hitter during in the middle months of the season.</p>
<p>Shin-Soo ended the season with the club's highest on-base percentage (.373) and slugging percentage (.441), and his 131 OPS+ ranked 15th in the AL, ahead of Austin Jackson, <span>Paul Konerko</span>, and <span>Nick Swisher</span> thanks to park effect adjustments. I hate to use the word underrated because it's so subjective, but a player like Choo fits that definition perfectly. He's never made an All-Star Game, his best showing in the MVP voting was 14th (in 2010), and he's never ranked high in any major counting stat, yet he's consistently been one of the most valuable players in the American League. He does a lot of things very well, whether it be hitting for average, hitting for power, taking a walk, stealing a base, or preventing runners from taking that extra base.</p>
<p>His overall value took a hit this year due to his defensive ratings; UZR took a nosedive from 2.0 in 2011 to -17.0, mostly on the basis of range (-16.8). UZR tends to be notoriously variable, so it could just be an outlier, or this could represent a disintegration of his defensive ability. I have a hard time believing Choo's defense could go to pot that quickly while he's still in his 20s, though.</p>
<p>Choo may be underrated by the baseball public, but I guarantee that he's not underrated by other General Managers, who will be trying to outbid each other to land Choo next winter. By that time it's likely that he'll be on another club, as the combination of his pending free agency and a poor 2013 team outlook will probably prompt the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Indians</a> to deal him sooner or later.</p>
<p>Having Scott Boras as your agent does simplify your career path if you're a good player. There have been exceptions (Jared Weaver to name one of them), but generally his clients eschew long-term contracts before free agency, even at times long-term contracts that don't buy out any free agent years. That means that a player has the risk of waiting for that big payday until their late-20s or early-30s, but most of the time, it's worked out. It is very rare for a Boras client to declare free agency and re-sign with his former club, much less a club that could be classified as small-market or mid-market.</p>
<p><span>Shin-Soo Choo</span> is one year away from becoming a free agent, and because he is a Boras client, the Indians have two choices: trade him this winter or before the July trade deadline, or let him walk after the season and get a compensatory draft choice. Given the Indians' behavior with pending free agents post-Thome (and reinforced by Mark Shapiro in the <a href="http://www.foxsportsohio.com/10/25/12/A-conversation-with-the-Indians-Mark-Sha/landing_indians1.html?blockID=809163&feedID=3652">FSO interview</a>), I think it's a virtual certainty that they will trade Choo, whether it be in the next couple of months or, failing that, in the middle of the season.</p>
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<th class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="left">Year</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" tip="Player’s age at midnight of June 30th of that year" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">Age</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">Tm</th> <th class="tooltip" tip="Games Played or Pitched" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">G</th> <th class="tooltip" tip="<strong>Plate Appearances</strong><br>When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts<br>Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH,<br>which excludes catcher interferences.<br>When <span class=tooltip>this color</span> click for a summary of each PA." style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">PA</th> <th class="tooltip" tip="Runs Scored/Allowed" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">R</th> <th class="tooltip" tip="Hits/Hits Allowed" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">H</th> <th class="tooltip" tip="Doubles Hit/Allowed" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">2B</th> <th class="tooltip" tip="Triples Hit/Allowed" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">3B</th> <th class="tooltip" tip="Home Runs Hit/Allowed" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">HR</th> <th class="tooltip" tip="Runs Batted In" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">RBI</th> <th class="tooltip" tip="Stolen Bases" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">SB</th> <th class="tooltip" tip="Caught Stealing" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">CS</th> <th class="tooltip" tip="Bases on Balls/Walks" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">BB</th> <th class="tooltip" tip="Strikeouts" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">SO</th> <th class="tooltip hide_non_quals" tip="<strong>Hits/At Bats</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played<br>Bold indicates highest BA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded title at end of year." style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">BA</th> <th class="tooltip hide_non_quals" tip="<strong>(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF)</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">OBP</th> <th class="tooltip hide_non_quals" tip="<strong>Total Bases/At Bats or <br>(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">SLG</th> <th class="tooltip hide_non_quals" tip="<strong>On-Base + Slugging Percentages </strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">OPS</th> <th class="tooltip hide_non_quals" tip="<strong>OPS+</strong><br>100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]<br>Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)" style="background-color: #ddd; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: 2px;" align="center">OPS+</th>
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<tbody>
<tr data-row="5">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2005</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/2005.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Seattle Mariners">SEA</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">10</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">21</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">4</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.056</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.190</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.056</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.246</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">-28</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="7">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2006</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">23</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">TOT</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">49</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">179</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">23</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">44</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">12</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">18</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">50</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.280</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.360</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.452</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.812</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">110</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="8">
<td csk="2006.01" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2006</td>
<td csk="23.01" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">23</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/2006.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Seattle Mariners">SEA</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">4</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">12</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">4</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.091</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.167</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.182</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.348</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">-8</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="9">
<td csk="2006.02" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2006</td>
<td csk="23.02" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">23</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2006.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">45</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">167</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">23</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">43</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">11</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">18</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">46</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.295</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.373</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.473</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.846</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">119</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="11">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2007</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">24</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2007.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">6</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">20</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.294</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.350</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.294</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.644</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">72</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="13">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2008</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">25</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2008.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">94</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">370</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">68</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">98</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">28</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">14</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">66</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">4</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">44</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">78</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.309</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.397</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.549</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.946</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">151</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="14">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2009</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">26</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2009.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">156</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">685</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">87</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">175</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">38</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">6</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">20</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">86</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">21</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">78</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">151</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.300</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.394</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.489</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.883</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">136</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="16">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2010</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">27</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2010.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">144</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">646</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">81</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">165</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">31</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">90</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">7</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">83</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">118</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.300</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.401</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.484</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.885</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">147</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2011</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">28</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2011.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">85</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">358</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">37</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">81</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">11</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">8</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">36</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">12</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">36</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">78</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.259</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.344</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.390</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.733</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">107</td>
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<tr data-row="19">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2012</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">29</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2012.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">155</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">686</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">88</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">169</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">43</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">16</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">67</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">21</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">7</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">73</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">150</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.283</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.373</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.441</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.815</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">131</td>
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<td colspan="3" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="left">8 Yrs</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">699</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">2965</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">390</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">738</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">163</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">19</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">83</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">373</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">85</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">28</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">337</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">634</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">.289</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">.381</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">.465</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">.847</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">132</td>
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https://www.coveringthecorner.com/2012/10/29/3569328/2012-in-review-shin-soo-choo
Ryan
2012-10-25T15:00:58-04:00
2012-10-25T15:00:58-04:00
Michael Brantley: New and Improved?
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<figcaption>Gary A. Vasquez-US PRESSWIRE</figcaption>
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<p>Michael Brantley was the “player to be named later” in the 2008 deal with Milwaukee that ended CC Sabathia’s time in Cleveland. By 2011, for better or for worse, he appeared to be the most productive player the Indians acquired in that trade. Brantley entered 2012 looking to take another step forward and become a quality Major League player.</p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 19.2pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-family: ">Bat:<span> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: ">Left<span> </span><b>Throws:<span> </span></b>Left</span><span style="font-family: "></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 19.2pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-family: ">2012 Age:</span></b><span><span style="font-family: "> </span></span><span style="font-family: ">25</span><span style="font-family: "></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 19.2pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-family: ">2012 bWAR:</span></b><span><span style="font-family: "> </span></span><span style="font-family: ">2.9</span><span style="font-family: "></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 19.2pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-family: ">2012 fWAR:</span></b><span><span style="font-family: "> </span></span><span style="font-family: ">2.7</span><span style="font-family: "></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 19.2pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-family: ">2012 Salary:</span></b><span><span style="font-family: "> </span></span><span style="font-family: ">$495,000</span><span style="font-family: "></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 19.2pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b><span style="font-family: ">2013 Contract Status:<span> ~</span></span></b><span style="font-family: ">$500,000 (will be arbitration eligible in 2014)</span><span style="font-family: "></span></p>
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<p>Brantley spent 2012 playing center field for the <a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Indians</a>, after splitting time between left and center in 2011. Baseball-Reference has his center field defense as having been about the same this season as it was the year before, while Fangraphs rates it as having improved, both in terms of his range and his arm. A centerfielder is responsible for covering a lot more ground, and Brantley's range isn't what you want to see from someone in center. There are longer throws to make there as well, and while Brantley's arm was better in 2012, it's not ideal for someone playing center.</p>
<p>Brantley's improved defense still rates as a bit below average as a centerfielder, whereas he'd be a plus defender if he were in left field.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, Brantley's bat profiles much better as a center fielder, he simply hasn't shown the kind of power a team generally needs to get from a corner outfielder. Brantley's slugging percentage in 2012 was .402 (a career high). If you look at the thirty centerfielders who played the most in 2012, the median SLG% was .425. Brantley was below that, but not drastically. If you look at the same figure for leftfielders, the median jumps to .454 and Brantley is now much farther below average.</p>
<p>Either way, the jump in Brantley's slugging percentage is good to see, though it's not actually indicative of new power. We can look at Brantley's ISO, which measures how many extra bases a player is getting per at bat (SLG% - BA = ISO). Brantley's figure actually dropped slightly, from .118 to .114. How did his SLG% go up then? He raised his batting average 22 points.</p>
<p>Here, let's take a look at Brantley's career numbers so far:</p>
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padding: 3px; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; color: #aa0000; cursor: pointer; background-color: #dadcde; border: 1px solid #747678 #aaaaaa;">RBI</th> <th align="center" class="tooltip" tip="Stolen Bases" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; color: #aa0000; cursor: pointer; background-color: #dadcde; border: 1px solid #747678 #aaaaaa;">SB</th> <th align="center" class="tooltip" tip="Caught Stealing" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; color: #aa0000; cursor: pointer; background-color: #dadcde; border: 1px solid #747678 #aaaaaa;">CS</th> <th align="center" class="tooltip" tip="Bases on Balls/Walks" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; color: #aa0000; cursor: pointer; background-color: #dadcde; border: 1px solid #747678 #aaaaaa;">BB</th> <th align="center" class="tooltip" tip="Strikeouts" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; color: #aa0000; 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padding: 3px; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; color: #aa0000; cursor: pointer; background-color: #dadcde; border: 1px solid #747678 #aaaaaa;">SLG</th> <th align="center" class="tooltip hide_non_quals" tip="<b>On-Base + Slugging Percentages </b><br>For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA<br>per team game played" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; color: #aa0000; cursor: pointer; background-color: #dadcde; border: 1px solid #747678 #aaaaaa;">OPS</th> <th align="center" class="tooltip hide_non_quals" tip="<b>OPS+</b><br>100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]<br>Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; font-style: inherit; text-align: center; color: #aa0000; cursor: pointer; background-color: #dadcde; border: 1px solid #747678 #747678 #747678 #aaaaaa;">OPS+</th>
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<tbody>
<tr class="full" id="batting_standard.2009" data-row="5" style="vertical-align: top;">
<td align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted solid #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;">2009</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">22</td>
<td align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2009.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians" style="text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: inherit; color: #551a8b;">CLE</a></td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">28</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">121</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">112</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">10</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">35</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">4</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">0</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">0</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">11</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">4</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">4</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">8</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">19</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">.313</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">.358</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">.348</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;">.707</td>
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<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;">23</td>
<td align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2010.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians" style="text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: inherit; color: #551a8b;">CLE</a></td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;">72</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;">325</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;">297</td>
<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;">38</td>
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<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;">63</td>
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<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;">.348</td>
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<td align="right" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid solid solid dotted #747678 #747678 #747678 #aaaaaa;">98</td>
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<p>The jump in Brantley's batting average was not caused by any huge leap in his BABIP (for which large swings are shown to be generally caused by luck). His .310 BABIP is right in line with his previous figures. Instead, Brantley simply put a lot more balls in play, by dramatically cutting down his strikeout rate (for which large swings are generally caused by changes in a player's approach or an injury/recovery. Brantley struck out in 15.3% of his PA in 2011, but in 2012 that dropped to 9.2%. A Difference of 6.1% amounts to 37 fewer strikeouts over 600 PA. That's a really significant improvement.</p>
<p>Baseball Info. Solutions (BIS) is an organization that charts pitches and (among other things) determines whether or not they were in the strike zone. A player's O-Swing% is the percentage of pitches OUTSIDE the strike zone that a player swings at. The league average is close to 30%. Z-Swing% is the percentage of pitches INSIDE the strike zone that a player swings at. The league average is close to 65%.</p>
<p>In 2011, Brantley's O-Swing% was 25% and his Z-Swing% was 53%. Brantley was swinging at fewer pitches than the average hitter. This means he was seeing a lot of called strikes, which of course leads to more strikeouts. In 2012, his O-Swing% dropped to 23%, so he was doing an even better job of avoiding swings on bad pitches. More notably, his Z-Swing% climbed to 61%, he was much better at recognizing strikes. Players have far greater success swinging at pitches inside the zone than on outside the zone pitches, helping Brantley to cut down those strikeouts.</p>
<p>This improved batting-eye also allowed Brantley to increase his walk rate from 6.9% to 8.7%. That isn't a huge jump, but it's still an additional 11 walks over the course of a full season. Those improvements led Brantley's OBP to leap from .318 to .348, which is a respectable figure, even if he were playing leftfield.</p>
<p>Brantley's OPS+ rose all the way to 113, the first time in his career he's ever rated as above league average. That's still not good for a leftfielder, but it's not a total wreck either, and it's very solid in centerfield.</p>
<p>Brantley's hitting is much better against righties than against lefties, but not much more than the typical platoon splits for a left-handed hitter. More notably, when looking at Brantley's various splits for 2012, he was just about the only regular player whose production climbed in the second half. That's right, the rarest of creatures in Cleveland this summer, a strong performance after the All-Star break!</p>
<p>Brantley is probably always going to be something of a tweener, stuck between two positions. Not quite good enough on defense to serve as a great centerfielder, not quite enough power in the bat to be a great leftfielder. He made great strides in 2012 though, and is now a solid Major League player, not the "fourth outfielder" many envisioned him to be as recently as this spring.</p>
<p><b>Place in the Indians' 2013 Plans: </b>He will start in the outfield, which position he mans will be determined by what other players the Tribe has come Spring Training. He mostly batted 5th in 2012, hopefully the Indians 2013 lineup has enough talent that Brantley can be moved down a couple spots (we'll see)</p>
https://www.coveringthecorner.com/2012/10/25/3554180/2012-in-review-michael-brantley
Jason Lukehart
2012-10-03T12:01:03-04:00
2012-10-03T12:01:03-04:00
2012 in Review: Grady Sizemore
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<p>The Indians signed Sizemore to a one-year deal after he explored offers from other clubs. Finding that no one was willing to offer him a multi-year deal, he ended up returning to the Indians in the hopes of having a successful season, then turning that into a long-term deal this winter.</p> <p><b>2012 WAR: 0.0 (Age 29)</b></p>
<p><b>2012 Salary: $5.0M (Free Agent)</b></p>
<p><b>2013 Status: Free Agent (8.056 Service Time)</b></p>
<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Indians</a> signed Sizemore to a one-year deal after he explored offers from other clubs. Finding that no one was willing to offer him a multi-year deal, he ended up returning to the Indians in the hopes of having a successful season, then turning that into a long-term deal this winter.</p>
<p>But major injuries ended Sizemore's season before it even started. Sizemore underwent arthroscopic knee surgery after the 2011 season, and while working his way back from that surgery, he injured his back just a couple days into spring training. That required surgery, and put the rehab of his knee on hold. Towards the middle of the season, he seemed poised to at least play in some game action, but those hopes were ended when he was shut down for the season in mid-August when problems cropped up in his right knee again.</p>
<p>In the wake of the spring training injury, Peter Gammons <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120302&content_id=26950532&c_id=mlb">wrote a column</a> about Sizemore, comparing him to several other "all-out" players who had shortened careers.</p>
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<p>Sizemore ran out every ball as if it were his last at-bat. He dove in the outfield and crashed into walls. "Do you ever worry about being the next <span>Darin Erstad</span>?" I asked him. "Someone who plays so hard he beats himself up and shortens his career?"</p>
<p>Sizemore stared back as if the question had been delivered in Sanskrit. Clearly, he'd never given the idea any thought whatsoever.</p>
"I play the way I play," Sizemore answered, and looked down.</blockquote>
<p>As Gammons noted, there have been players who played all out and had long and productive careers, even Hall of Fame careers. But Sizemore is not destined to be one of those exceptions, because even if he makes it back to the field, he's not going to be the same player that we remember from the mid-00s. And that's depressing, even if you aren't an Indians fan. For 4.5 seasons, <span>Grady Sizemore</span> was one of the best all-around players in baseball, and he still had room for improvement. Yes, he would have slowed down as he got older, which would have eroded his value in the field and on the base paths, but that would have been made up for by better power and a better approach at the plate. But even allowing for that, he still would have been a viable center fielder into his early 30s, and easily could have made the transition to left field.</p>
<p>But now? My heart says that he'll finally get back onto a major-league field in 2013, being a productive (but part-time) outfielder after playing a month or so in Columbus. My head says otherwise. If he wants to continue to play, he'll get a minor-league deal from someone, and try to work his way back via spring training and minor-league games, but that's if his body will allow him.</p>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2004</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">21</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2004.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">43</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">159</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">138</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">15</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">34</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">6</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">4</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">24</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">14</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">34</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.246</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.333</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.406</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.739</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">97</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="6">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2005</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2005.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">158</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">706</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">640</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">111</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">185</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">37</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">11</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">81</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">10</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">52</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">132</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.289</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.348</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.484</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.832</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">123</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="7">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2006</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">23</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2006.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right"><b><i>162</i></b></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">751</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">655</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right"><b><i>134</i></b></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">190</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right"><b><i>53</i></b></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">11</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">28</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">76</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">6</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">78</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">153</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.290</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.375</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.533</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.907</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">133</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="8">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2007</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">24</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2007.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right"><b><i>162</i></b></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right"><b>748</b></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">628</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">118</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">174</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">34</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">24</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">78</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">33</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">10</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">101</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">155</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.277</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.390</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.462</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.852</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">123</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="9">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2008</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">25</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2008.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">157</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">745</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">634</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">101</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">170</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">39</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">33</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">90</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">38</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">98</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">130</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.268</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.374</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.502</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.876</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">133</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="10">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2009</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">26</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2009.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">106</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">503</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">436</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">73</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">108</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">20</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">6</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">18</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">64</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">13</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">8</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">60</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">92</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.248</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.343</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.445</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.788</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">110</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="11">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2010</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">27</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2010.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">33</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">140</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">128</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">15</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">27</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">6</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">13</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">4</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">9</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">35</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.211</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.271</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.289</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.560</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">58</td>
</tr>
<tr data-row="13">
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left">2011</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">28</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2011.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool" title="Cleveland Indians">CLE</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">71</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">295</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">268</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">34</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">60</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">21</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">10</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">32</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">18</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">85</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.224</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.285</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.422</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">.706</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">96</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<tr data-row="14">
<td colspan="3" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="left">8 Yrs</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">892</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">4047</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">3527</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">601</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">948</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">216</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">43</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">139</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">458</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">134</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">43</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">430</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">816</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">.269</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">.357</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">.473</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">.830</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">120</td>
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<td colspan="3" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/about/bat_glossary.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool#162_avg">162 Game Avg.</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">162</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">735</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">641</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">109</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">172</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">39</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">8</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">25</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">83</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">24</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">8</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">78</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">148</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">.269</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">.357</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">.473</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">.830</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">120</td>
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https://www.coveringthecorner.com/2012-in-review/2012/10/3/3447982/2012-in-review-grady-sizemore
Ryan
2012-09-26T14:04:00-04:00
2012-09-26T14:04:00-04:00
2012 in Review: Shelley Duncan
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<p>Let's Go Tribe's look back at key players from the 2012 Cleveland Indians season continues with outfielder Shelley Duncan.</p> <p> </p>
<p><b><br>2012 bWAR:</b> -0.6</p>
<p><b>2012 Salary:</b> $500,000</p>
<p><b>2013 Contract Status:</b> arbitration eligible (year 1)</p>
<p>Duncan's 2012 started off well, through nine games he had a slash line of .333/.514/.593. He had a huge game on April 15th, when he hit a big 3-run home run to put the Tribe ahead in the 3rd and then drew three walks and scored two more runs over the rest of the game. It was <span>Shelley Duncan's</span> world, the rest of us were just living in it.</p>
<p>Still, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Indians</a> clearly weren't entirely sold, because by that time <span>Johnny Damon</span> was rumored to be signing with the team, and you don't bring in Johnny Damon in 2012 unless you have some serious doubts about your left fielder. Some argued the Damon signing spooked Duncan and that's why his play dropped off. Personally, I think he was probably just hitting above his true talent level for a time and then regression and reality caught up with him. Whatever the case, he crashed in a big way after the Damon signing became official.</p>
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<p>Between April 18th and the end of his season, Duncan's line was .185/.251/.361 over 227 PA. He did manage to hit 9 home runs and 9 doubles over that time, but those numbers simply don't play, especially from a poor fielder and base runner. In August his line grew even worse, he put up a slash line of .120/.154/.260 and on August 29th the Indians finally put Duncan's season out of its misery by designating him for assignment.</p>
<p>Because Duncan has so little MLB service time, it's easy to think of him as a young player who was finding his way and then wasn't allowed to work through a slump, but Duncan is no spring chicken, he turns 33 on Saturday. He was actually one of the oldest players on the team, so I don't believe there was any reason to give him a long chance at turning things back around.</p>
<p>Here is a look at Duncan's offensive numbers during his time in Cleveland:</p>
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<tbody>
<tr style="vertical-align: top;" data-row="13" id="batting_standard.2010" class="full">
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted solid #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="left">2010</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">30</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="left"><a style="color: #551a8b; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: inherit;" title="Cleveland Indians" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2010.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool">CLE</a></td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">85</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">259</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">229</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">29</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">53</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">10</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">0</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">11</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">36</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">1</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">0</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">26</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">76</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">.231</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">.317</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">.419</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted dotted #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">.736</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid solid dotted dotted #747678 #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">105</td>
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<tr style="background-color: #ffffaa !important; vertical-align: top;" data-row="15" id="batting_standard.2011" class="full hl">
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="left">2011</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">31</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="left"><a style="color: #551a8b; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: inherit;" title="Cleveland Indians" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2011.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool">CLE</a></td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">76</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">247</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">223</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">29</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">58</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">17</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">0</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">11</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">47</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">0</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">1</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">19</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">56</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">.260</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">.324</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">.484</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa; white-space: nowrap !important;" align="right">.808</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted solid dotted dotted #aaaaaa #747678 #aaaaaa #aaaaaa;" align="right">125</td>
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<tr style="vertical-align: top;" data-row="16" id="batting_standard.2012" class="full">
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678 #747678;" align="left">2012</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">32</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="left"><a style="color: #551a8b; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: inherit;" title="Cleveland Indians" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2012.shtml?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool">CLE</a></td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">81</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">264</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">232</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">29</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">47</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">10</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">0</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">11</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">31</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">1</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">2</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">28</td>
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<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">.203</td>
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<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">.388</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px dotted dotted solid #aaaaaa #aaaaaa #747678;" align="right">.676</td>
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<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">158</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">37</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">0</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">33</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">114</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">2</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">3</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">73</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">191</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">.231</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">.309</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">.430</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid dotted #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">.739</td>
<td style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px; white-space: nowrap !important; border: 1px solid solid solid dotted #747678 #747678 #747678 #aaaaaa;" align="right">106</td>
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<p>During his time in Cleveland, Shelley Duncan had some big hits, grew a nice beard, <a target="_blank" href="http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/30/shelley-duncan-dave-duncan-in-his-underwear-my-daughter-and-me/">and became the hero of six-year-old girls everywhere</a>. He is gone, but not forgotten (yet).</p>
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<p><b>Place in the Indians 2013 Plans: </b>Whether a free agent is brought in or a minor league prospect is given the job, someone else will patrol left field next season.</p>
https://www.coveringthecorner.com/2012/9/26/3408120/2012-in-review-shelley-duncan
Jason Lukehart