Heroes of the Zeros: Left Field

by Slyde on Dec 23, 2009 8:00 AM EST in All Decade Team

Of all of the positions on the All Decade Team, this one should be the clearest no-brainer. One person started 53% of the games in LF during the decade and had the best offensive numbers. The Reds did have some decent other hitters in LF, but none of them had the playing time to match up in my opinion.

Ballot is after the jump.

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	Years	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	wOBA	WAR
Wladimir Balentien	2009	40	125	110	12	29	7	1	3	11	15	27	.264	.352	.427	.779	104	.345	0.5
Russell Branyan	2002-2003	158	460	393	56	91	21	1	25	65	61	155	.232	.337	.481	.818	112	.348	2.2
Jolbert Cabrera	2008	48	126	115	17	29	6	1	3	12	8	29	.252	.310	.400	.710	84	.305	-0.3
Brady Clark	2000-2002	151	242	206	29	47	7	0	6	29	28	27	.228	.325	.350	.674	73	.291	-0.6
Chris Dickerson	2008-2009	128	421	357	51	101	22	5	8	30	56	101	.283	.383	.440	.823	116	.361	2.7
Adam Dunn	2001-2008	1087	4562	3727	678	920	192	8	270	646	755	1212	.247	.380	.520	.900	130	.376	22.2
Jason Ellison	2007	37	56	48	7	9	1	0	1	2	5	15	.188	.278	.271	.549	41	.247	0.3
Jonny Gomes	2009	98	314	281	39	75	17	0	20	51	26	85	.267	.338	.541	.879	127	.367	0.6
Quinton McCracken	2006	45	60	53	5	11	1	1	1	2	4	9	.208	.263	.321	.584	47	.247	0.2
Darnell McDonald	2009	47	111	105	12	28	6	1	2	10	5	31	.267	.306	.400	.706	84	.309	-0.3
Laynce Nix	2009	116	337	309	42	74	26	1	15	46	22	81	.239	.291	.476	.767	98	.318	2.0
Deion Sanders	2001	32	83	75	6	13	2	0	1	4	4	10	.173	.235	.240	.475	21	.215	-1.0
Dernell Stenson	2003	37	93	81	14	20	5	0	3	13	11	24	.247	.333	.420	.753	100	.331	0.8
Dmitri Young	2000-2001	294	1179	1088	136	329	65	9	39	157	73	157	.302	.348	.486	.835	108	.350	1.4

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used Generated 12/22/2009.
WAR data made available from BaseballProjection.com
wOBA calculated via the formula included in The Book and does not include SB data.

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Hhhhhmmmm.....tough call.

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by jch24 on Dec 23, 2009 8:25 AM EST reply actions

Yeah

I was going to vote Norris Hopper, but since he’s not listed I’ll reluctantly go with Dunn.
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by JinAZ on Dec 23, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions

I didn't mention his name in the post

so I hope everyone realizes that I’m talking about Quinton McCracken.

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by Slyde on Dec 23, 2009 8:27 AM EST reply actions

How dare you sully the good name of Brady Clark with that statement?

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by jch24 on Dec 23, 2009 8:31 AM EST up reply actions

FWIW

I voted for Prime Time. He was the best defensive back to play LF for the Reds during the decade.

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by Slyde on Dec 23, 2009 8:36 AM EST up reply actions

No love for Brian Jordan and the Braves?

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by jch24 on Dec 23, 2009 9:20 AM EST up reply actions

the Braves are stoopid

"Nate Silver is a genius" .... BK

by obc2 on Dec 23, 2009 9:59 AM EST up reply actions

He definitely belongs on our special team

by ken on Dec 23, 2009 9:20 AM EST up reply actions

I would have voted for him

if he spelled his name Adaym.

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by bbjones on Dec 23, 2009 11:09 AM EST up reply actions

Can't reply again

I’m using IE8 (at work (shhh), so I have to).

Anyway, I was going to point out my surprise that McCrackhead was actually an above replacement level player.

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by sidnancy on Dec 23, 2009 9:07 AM EST reply actions

it's the script for the table sort

that’s all I know. Besides that, I’m not sure why it affects some but not others.

As for QCrack, grounding out 4-3 is worth a lot of runs in smaw baw!

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by Slyde on Dec 23, 2009 9:18 AM EST up reply actions

It works fine on FF

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by BK on Dec 23, 2009 10:00 AM EST up reply actions

and Chrome

"Nate Silver is a genius" .... BK

by obc2 on Dec 23, 2009 10:00 AM EST up reply actions

Voted Clark

’cause he could bunt.

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by Pops Daniels on Dec 23, 2009 9:10 AM EST reply actions

Good morning holmes.....have you guys recovered?

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by jch24 on Dec 23, 2009 9:20 AM EST up reply actions

Yes

but Hurricane In-Laws is set to blow in this evening. Alas.

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Dec 23, 2009 10:08 AM EST up reply actions

Damn, my condolences

But look on the bright side, you’ll get to hear about all the things you’re doing wrong! :)

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by jch24 on Dec 23, 2009 10:32 AM EST up reply actions

Yep, but only with mild innuendos

supplied by smug, southern accents. It’s not so bad. Hell, they could have been Fay bloggers.

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by Pops Daniels on Dec 23, 2009 10:37 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

i think we officially dubbed them

“Fay Dunn-Aways”

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by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 23, 2009 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs

Yes, please

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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Dec 23, 2009 2:31 PM EST up reply actions

YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS?

YOUR PROBLEM IS KIDS THESE DAYSDONT HAVE TO EARN ANYTHIN THEY GOT ITS ALL JUST HANDED TO THEM AND NO BODY HAS TO WORK HARD aND HUSTLE LIKE PETE DID AND MAKE HE MOST OUT OF THEIR TALENT THATS WHAT YOURE TEAM NEEDS IS A GUY WHOS WILLING TO GO ALL OUT ALL THE TIME. LOL

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by jch24 on Dec 23, 2009 10:49 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Firefox all caps today?

"Nate Silver is a genius" .... BK

by obc2 on Dec 23, 2009 9:24 PM EST up reply actions

I was being a Fay commenter, fuckface

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by jch24 on Dec 23, 2009 10:58 PM EST up reply actions

i have to vote for dunner here.

22 WAR and .900 OPS is too hard to ignore, no matter how many times he struck out, didn’t get to a fly ball, or gave up on a season because of how much he hates baseball.

fuckin’ dunn…

by GrooveLeg on Dec 23, 2009 9:29 AM EST reply actions

Duckin' Funn...

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by jch24 on Dec 23, 2009 9:51 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Damn, Deion

a .215 wOBA is really impressive.

And Dmitri Young wOBA’d .350 and OPS+’ed .350 in 294 games, but was only worth 1.4 WAR? Dude was truly terrible defensively.

Oh, and I voted for Dunn……sigh, I miss him.

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by nycredsfan on Dec 23, 2009 9:29 AM EST reply actions

oops, meant Dmitri OPS+ed 108

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by nycredsfan on Dec 23, 2009 9:30 AM EST reply actions

Someone needs to write a biography of Deion Sanders

and figure why in the hell he played baseball in Cincinnati. 10 years later, I’m still bemused by that one.

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by chesirecat on Dec 23, 2009 9:53 AM EST reply actions

The allure of Marge Schott

Sanders did have some good baseball seasons, just not with us. Dude hit 14 triples in 325 PAs one year. Damn.

by ken on Dec 23, 2009 11:55 AM EST up reply actions

Sandersreally played in 32 games?

I just kinda thought he played for like 2 weeks and quit/was released.

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by justin007000 on Dec 23, 2009 10:12 AM EST reply actions

Dunn

should be the easiest pick for the all decade team

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by Caleb on Dec 23, 2009 10:25 AM EST reply actions

Dunn, Harang, Griffey, BP are the easiest picks

"Nate Silver is a genius" .... BK

by obc2 on Dec 23, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions

I love this sooooooo much

I WANT ONE.

Even if it points out that I’m prone to heart disease and male pattern baldness.

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by jch24 on Dec 23, 2009 10:54 AM EST reply actions

Oh, and just to beat you bastards to it

Yes I know the state has my DNA on file, but they won’t release it for me to make a portrait out of it. I asked.

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by jch24 on Dec 23, 2009 10:55 AM EST up reply actions

somehow these guys all got the same one.

by GrooveLeg on Dec 23, 2009 11:34 AM EST up reply actions

This has nothing to do with baseball

I just thought it was freaking hilarious.

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by jch24 on Dec 23, 2009 11:57 AM EST reply actions

I voted for Dunn but I was able to vote again after I clicked on the link for the second time

Dernell Stenson got my second vote. I will always be a fan.

by Snake the Jake on Dec 23, 2009 4:04 PM EST reply actions

I'm most shocked that Chris Dickerson is the #2 in WAR

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2003 tells me offense doesn’t!

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by Cy Schourek on Dec 23, 2009 7:15 PM EST reply actions

Dude's wOBA is only .015 below Dunn's too

he’s nearly a 2.7 WAR player in 421 ABs. Best 4th OF in tha game.

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by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Dec 23, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions