Pedroia HOF candidate?

[Spudboy]

What is it good for?

 

Absolutely nothing!

[harmony]

Who had more career walk offs? Ortiz or Edgar?

I can't track down that statistic but here are career lines in so-called high-leverage situations:

 

DO 1955 PA, .290/.386/.551/.937

EM 1749 PA, .313/.431/.511/.942

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=ortizda01&year=Career&t=b

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=martied01&year=Career&t=b

 

Ortiz has a slight edge over Martinez in career Situational Wins Added:

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/wpa_li_bat_career.shtml

[moonslav59]

But what about being down a run in the bottom of the 11th inning of the decisive fifth game of an American League Divisional Series?

 

I get it that many would pick David Ortiz but I doubt the vote would be unanimous. Given their respective career strikeout rates -- 17.4 percent for Ortiz and 13.9 percent for Edgar Martinez -- Ortiz might be the likelier candidate to be the Mighty Casey [Who] Has Struck Out.

 

Nothing against Edgar. He was a great one. I think he deserves the HOF too. I'm sure you can pull up some big numbers for him.

 

Here are some on Papi:

 

For perspective, Papi has a .930 career OPS (.955 with Boston).

 

141 OPS+ career

 

1) .962 playoff OPS in 357 PAs (While not all playoff PAs are big ones, most are.)

 

2) 1.372 World Series OPS in 59 PAs.

 

3) . 937 High Leverage in 1955 PAs (.901 low).

 

4) .869 Late & Close (1424 PAs)

 

5) .996 at Fenway, 1.025 at NYY, .943 at TOR, .951 at TBR and .865 at BAL.

 

6) .924 1st half / .936 2nd half

 

 

Edgar .933 career OPS (147 OPS+)- both top Papi.

 

1) .873 playoff OPS in 148 PAs.

 

2) No World Series PAs.

 

3) .942 High Leverage (.919 low)

 

4) .920 Late & Close

 

5) .977 at Kingdome/ .879 at SAFECO

 

6) .942 1st half /' .923 2nd half

 

These two are amazingly close in numbers.

 

 

 

[Behindenemylines]

As points of reference, I offer the career bWAR of secondbasemen Dustin Pedroia, Chase Utley, Robinson Cano and Ian Kinsler:

 

32-year-old Dustin Pedroia, 49.4 bWAR in 11 seasons, two World Series, two World Series titles, one AL RoY, one AL MVP

 

37-year-old Chase Utley, 63.4 bWAR in 14 seasons, two World Series, one World Series title

33-year-old Robinson Cano, 60.3 bWAR in 12 seasons, one World Series, one World Series title

34-year-old Ian Kinsler, 51.5 bWAR in 11 seasons, two World Series, no World Series titles

 

Also, Pedey has done it with the glove as well.

[Dojji]

Let's worry about Pedroia's hall of fame career when he's done playing.

 

Personally, I wonder if he'll stay in the game. My gut says he has something to teach young players as a hitting coach.

[Kimmi]

Let's worry about Pedroia's hall of fame career when he's done playing.

 

Personally, I wonder if he'll stay in the game. My gut says he has something to teach young players as a hitting coach.

 

I've heard that Pedroia is the first player at the park on most days. He absolutely loves the game. I can't imagine him not staying in the game after he retires as a player.

[S5Dewey]

I've heard that Pedroia is the first player at the park on most days. He absolutely loves the game. I can't imagine him not staying in the game after he retires as a player.

 

It never occurred to me that Pedey would just hang up his spikes and walk away when his playing days are over. I see him as a coach of whatever part of the game he chooses. He's already helped David Price with his pitching!