Mariner rookie position players from the past few years who got off to hot starts:
What They Did
Reed: .397/.470/.466
Ballgame: .455/.526/.576
Balentien: .265/.288/.633
Clement: .308/.419/.577
Morse: .406/.476/.536
Rivera: .373/.385/.490
Leone: .229/.315/.521
Jacobsen: .316/.396/.620
LaHair: .375/.423/.625
What They've Done Since
Reed: .242/.301/.354
Ballgame: .257/.314/.317
Balentien: .164/.261/.197
Clement: .162/.242/.342
Morse: .268/.326/.355
Rivera: .152/.184/.253
Leone: .200/.274/.364
Jacobsen: .235/.271/.383
LaHair:
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hahaha
JI - July 30, 2008
So you're saying LaHair is going to keep doing well because of the law of averages?
Last Fan Of Jose Lopez - July 30, 2008
Greg Dobbs hit a grand slam in his very first AB
Alex B - July 30, 2008
Home run
Graham MacAree - July 30, 2008
Johjima hit a home run in his first game AND his second game.
Llewdor - July 30, 2008
It was just a home run, not a grand slam
Only three players in the 100+ year history of major league baseball have hit a grand slam in their 1st at bat, and two of them have done it in the last 3 years.
(Who can name them?)
Gomez - July 30, 2008
Kevin Kouzmanoff and ???
Mariner John - July 30, 2008
Here's a clue for the 2nd recent one: if it happened at home, it's likely nobody saw it
You just have to know the 3rd one.
Gomez - July 30, 2008
Hermida, i guess I remember that.
Bobby Bonds. Yay for manipulated free Play Index.
Mariner John - July 30, 2008
Hermida
Graham MacAree - July 30, 2008
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Aaron Campeau - July 30, 2008
How's Lahair's defense been, I haven't really paid attention.
Chris Davis looked bad yesterday on defense. Sure some of the throws his way were off, but he has to catch at least one bad throw.
LantermanC - July 30, 2008
Whoever wanted Leone to take over third full-time was stupid
seattlebruin - July 30, 2008
Attn: LaHair
Please, prove us all wrong. We need something good to come out of this season.
IceStormV1 - July 30, 2008
Mariners who got off to cold starts:
Alex Rodriguez
Before: 206/.289/.441
After: .367/.422/.642
Ken Griffey:
Before: .189/.246/.240
After: : .279/.334/.430
JI - July 30, 2008
So our prospects need to suck right away.
I seem to remember an OF who struggled early on that was supposed to be good. We should call him up from oh gently caress you Bavasi
dbroncos31 - July 30, 2008
Adam Jones....
brokejumper - July 30, 2008
You forgot Greg Pirkl.
JI - July 30, 2008
What's your definition of start?
Kirsten Schlewitz - July 30, 2008
My guess if from their debut to the time their slash stats peaked.
JI - July 30, 2008
So arbitrary definition
seattlebruin - July 30, 2008
Good hitters tend to have multiple peaks and valleys.
JI - July 30, 2008
Seems to me that it would hold more weight if there was an actual timeline.
Kirsten Schlewitz - July 30, 2008
It's mostly irrelevant
they’ve never re-peaked.
JI - July 30, 2008
Besides, that makes it hard to cherry pick your data
johnbai - July 30, 2008
This isn't intended to be an actual analysis of anything
Jeff Sullivan - July 30, 2008
I was just giving you a ribbing
johnbai - July 30, 2008
This ribbing has a lot more truth than most ribbings considering I did indeed cherry-pick my data
Jeff Sullivan - July 30, 2008
Ah-ha.
Kirsten Schlewitz - July 30, 2008
Doesn't change the point.
Jeff Sullivan - July 30, 2008
It doesn't; I just wanted to clarify that there was not a designated time period.
Kirsten Schlewitz - July 30, 2008
For his pleasure.
Llewdor - July 30, 2008
ic wut u did there
johnbai - July 30, 2008
Pretty much
First ~30-60 AB’s.
Jeff Sullivan - July 30, 2008
You still forgot Greg Pirkl
JI - July 30, 2008
Pirkl's first stint as a mariner did not go well
if you take ‘hot start’ to mean his second call-up, the one in 1994, then yeah.
Big Pirk was an icon in Tacoma, especially after he had a few effective relief outings. Seems there used to be a hell of a lot more of that position-player-as-pitcher thing in AAA in the 90s. Like when Jamie Burke beat the Rainiers by throwing 2 or 3 IP of scoreless ball in an extra-inning game.
marc w - July 30, 2008
Limited players who have hot starts cool off after opposing teams figure them out?
Gomez - July 30, 2008
I hope this is a picture of Jacoby Ellsbury
seattlebruin - July 30, 2008
No, it's Reggie Willits.
Eyebrows - July 30, 2008
Oh, Ellsbury was just a guess (I can't see the picture at work)
seattlebruin - July 30, 2008
This sort of image speculation is very funny for those of us who CAN see it.
Llewdor - July 30, 2008
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