So, with a lull in the playoff action and with the 2020 regular season in our rear-view mirror, who's the best player ever?
1. OF Brian Frison (935 career VORP over 13 seasons)
2. SS John Hukill (848.1, 13 years)
3. SP Demarcus Ramirez (831.2, 15 years, Hall of Fame)
4. 1B Dong Lutz (813.1, 15 years)
5. SP Ronald Placencia (813.0, 12 years)
6. SP Chad Nelligan (760.2, 13 years, HOF)
7. SS Ricky Peppers (757.6, 14 years)
8. SP John Okane (752.5, 18 years)
9. SP Christopher Hester (736.5, 13 years)
10. SP Juan Villatoro (719.5, 12 years)
As a free postscript, Nigel Bryant's 110 VORP this year was the sixth best season ever.
1. Roberto Casarez, 2004, 133.9 VORP
2. John Hukill, 2013, 116.1
3. Hukill, 2011, 114.7
4. Casarez, 2005, 112.9
5. Dong Lutz, 2014, 112.6
6. Nigel Bryant, 110.0
Not bad for the kid's second year in the majors.
Very interesting list. I'd love to see Ricky Peppers crack 800 career VORP, but it's very unlikely.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be fun to regularly revisit this list in five or ten seasons. I wonder where John Grondin will end up.
Any chance, Mack, that you can put up a spreadsheet with some of your historical data on Google Documents, so we can link to it on the blog?