Heroes of the Zeros: Right Field

by Slyde on Dec 28, 2009 8:00 AM EST in All Decade Team

The Reds had quite an interesting mix of right fielders during the past decade. There were a couple of old guys, a couple of phenom prospects, a couple of perennial backups, and a guy looking for redemption. As far as depth of position goes, right field might be the deepest position the Reds have had this decade, which also makes it a tougher decision for all of you. This may be the first position that I'm not certain who you'll pick. 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
Dante Bichette	2000	125	514	461	67	136	27	2	16	76	41	69	.295	.353	.466	.819	103	.350	0.5
Jay Bruce	2008-2009	209	839	758	110	182	32	3	43	110	71	185	.240	.309	.460	.769	98	.328	0.6
Jacob Cruz	2004-2005	206	312	274	34	63	18	0	7	46	32	89	.230	.321	.372	.693	81	.304	-0.6
Jose Guillen	2002-2003	122	467	424	64	133	24	1	27	79	24	81	.314	.363	.566	.929	142	.387	3.7
Todd Hollandsworth	2006	34	74	68	6	18	6	0	1	8	6	19	.265	.324	.397	.721	81	.319	-0.2
Austin Kearns	2002-2006	452	1835	1593	248	426	92	7	71	263	206	412	.267	.358	.468	.826	113	.357	10.8
Ruben Mateo	2002-2003	120	318	293	27	72	15	0	5	25	18	73	.246	.299	.348	.647	71	.287	-1.2
Alex Ochoa	2000-2001	208	654	593	98	178	41	7	20	93	48	80	.300	.354	.494	.848	111	.361	3.1
Wily Mo Pena	2002-2005	302	898	830	108	206	33	2	51	134	54	288	.248	.303	.477	.780	101	.331	0.5
Michael Tucker	2000-2001	234	588	501	86	128	23	5	22	66	67	119	.255	.348	.453	.801	100	.344	2.1
John Vander Wal	2004	42	55	51	2	6	2	0	2	4	4	20	.118	.182	.275	.456	17	.201	-0.7

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used Generated 12/23/2009.
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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There's only one choice

Alex Ochoa.

by homerun21 on Dec 28, 2009 9:19 AM EST reply actions

I had to go with AK47

He had such great potential. Stupid stupid luck.

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by jch24 on Dec 28, 2009 11:03 AM EST reply actions

It was all downhill for AK after Ray King sat on him

First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...

by btcoop71 on Dec 28, 2009 11:12 AM EST reply actions

after roughly the same number of at bats

Jay Bruce and Wily Mo have the same WAR.

Discuss.

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by obc2 on Dec 28, 2009 11:33 AM EST reply actions

depends on which WAR you use

FanGraphs WAR has a Bruce at 1.9, while WMP was only at 0.6 was a Red. It’s because UZR thinks Bruce was defensive stud last year, while Total Zone (Smith’s defensive metric in his WAR) thinks he was average. I happen to think that Bruce is pretty good defensively and WMP was not, so I’ll give the comp to Bruce.

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by Slyde on Dec 28, 2009 11:38 AM EST up reply actions

Austin Kearns is certainly the best description of what the 2000's were to the Reds

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by Cy Schourek on Dec 28, 2009 12:23 PM EST reply actions

A decade that started with such promise

was sat on by the proverbial fat ass of suckitude.

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by Slyde on Dec 28, 2009 12:34 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs

Poetic

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by jch24 on Dec 28, 2009 2:56 PM EST up reply actions

John Vanderwal for RF!

Let’s start a populist campaign.

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by ZJiff30 on Dec 28, 2009 12:39 PM EST reply actions

Quite a revovling door in RF...

Too bad that neither Kearns nor Ochoa were able to develop further their potential further.

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by Madville on Dec 28, 2009 1:15 PM EST reply actions

Guillen sure was good for a year

Traded at his peak for Aaron Harang. So, props for that.

Still, combining productivity and longevity, it’s gotta be Kearns.

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by bbjones on Dec 28, 2009 2:10 PM EST reply actions

I was saying "Koo-earns"...

by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 28, 2009 2:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I can't vote for Jacob Cruz??????

Our democracy has been compromised!

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by chesirecat on Dec 28, 2009 4:09 PM EST reply actions

Bart: Hello, Mr. …Kearns. I bad want… money now. Me sick.
Homer: Ooh, he card-reads good.
Bart: So pick please me, Mr. Burns.
Homer: [calling from offstage] It’s “Kearns”, stupid!

by Brendanukkah on Dec 28, 2009 4:23 PM EST reply actions