The voting results for the 2009 Fielding Bible Awards have been released, and Jack Wilson, Ichiro, and Franklin Gutierrez claimed 33% of the electronic hardware, with both Adrian Beltre and Jack Hannahan finishing as runners-up at third base. This is about as significant as the Kids Choice Awards, with the only real difference being that most of the Mariners have probably heard of the Kids Choice Awards.
It is interesting that, of the eight non-pitcher defensive positions, you could make the argument that the Mariners wound up with the best glove at four of them. It's absurd how good this defense was all season. It's also absurd how few people realize the difference that made. Can a brother get a big bat over here?!
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It's amazing that a defense could be this good and still field Yuni for two months
Poochie - October 30, 2009
Also, nearly a month of Bill Hall dragging his rotting corpse in left field.
abender20 - October 30, 2009
Positive UZR in LF in 2009!
He dragged good routes, despite below-average speed.
marc w - October 30, 2009
I looked at that and assumed his Thriller rendition in LF was offset by outfield time in Milwaukee.
abender20 - October 30, 2009
Solely with the M's, just in LF, Hall was +1.5 in range runs
and was +0.6 in range runs for his time in RF.
It nets to near zero, thanks to some poor arm scores in his LF time. But… hahahahaha!
(Bill Hall only played one inning in LF with the Brewers)
marc w - October 30, 2009
I do not understand how this is possible, but hooray for Bill Hall.
abender20 - October 31, 2009
No, Lopez is still on the Mariners.
abender20 - October 31, 2009
The Fielding Bible, any good passages?
Janic - October 30, 2009
Ramirez 3:14
“Manny am, that I am”.
The Typical Idiot Fan - October 30, 2009
Shit...
“Manny am, that Manny am”.
The Typical Idiot Fan - October 30, 2009
Not to mention...
The Chavez-Saunders-Langerhans-Hall revolving door was no slouch in left.
Chavez could have given Crawford a run for his money in left. Yuni’s so bad, he can downgrade 2 defensive positions.
AnotherAaron - October 30, 2009
Our defense was a blast to watch this year and they deserve the recognition.
I second the call for a big bat.
Sec 108 - October 30, 2009
I hear Babe Ruth swung some pretty big bats.
Is 54 oz. big enough for you?
Phil Hatzenbuehler - October 30, 2009
If Babe Ruth's rotting corpse can swing a bat I'd be willing to watch.
Sec 108 - October 30, 2009
Not me.
Re-animated dead people creep me out.
rickpo - October 30, 2009
Another vote against Griffey coming back, then?
rtang - October 30, 2009
The Mariners
had 16.4 WAR as a team according to www.fangraphs.com
Over half of our teams value above replacement was defense?
CKremer - October 30, 2009
You're probably just looking at position players.
In which case, it makes perfect sense that half of our position players’ value this year came from defense.
stupidquestions - October 30, 2009
Seems logical
njd.aitken - October 30, 2009
I've generally seen a 50/33.3/16.6 split
Between WAR from Offense/Pitching/Defense.
So on a team with average hitting and defense, you’ll see a 3:1 Offensive:Defensive WAR ratio. It tells you both how bad the M’s offense was and how good their defense was that the ratio was 1:1 this year.
CMC_Stags - October 30, 2009
Yeah, this year's M's
had to have been one of the most statistically skewed teams in modern memory.
stupidquestions - October 30, 2009
But, all the visiting broadcast teams told me they were a terrible defensive team!!!
Errors!!!!
msb - October 30, 2009
To be fair, we did make a comically huge number of errors this season
seattlebruin - October 30, 2009
See!!!! Errors!!!!!
I knew it.
msb - October 30, 2009
Silly monkey, errors are for Kansas City
OlSalty - October 31, 2009
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