Brian McCann Wins the Silver Slugger Award

by gondeee on Nov 13, 2008 4:23 PM EST in News Comment 22 comments

It looks as though our catcher, Brian McCann, has won his second Silver Slugger award as the best hitting catcher in the National League. Here is my article on him winning in 2006. Here are McCann's stats this year:

	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2008 - Brian McCann	145	509	68	153	42	1	23	87	57	64	5	0	.301	.373	.523

The complete list of 2008 Silver Slugger Award winners:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Catcher: Joe Mauer, Twins
First base: Justin Morneau, Twins
Second base: Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox
Third base: Alex Rodriguez, Yankees
Shortstop: Derek Jeter, Yankees
Outfield: Josh Hamilton, Rangers
Outfield: Carlos Quentin, White Sox
Outfield: Grady Sizemore, Indians
Designated hitter: Aubrey Huff, Orioles

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Catcher: Brian McCann, Braves
First base: Albert Pujols, Cardinals
Second base: Chase Utley, Phillies
Third base: David Wright, Mets
Shortstop: Hanley Ramirez, Marlins
Outfield: Ryan Braun, Brewers
Outfield: Matt Holliday, Rockies
Outfield: Ryan Ludwick, Cardinals
Pitcher: Carlos Zambrano, Cubs

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larry wuz hosed~!

Following the Braves...one long hard drink at a time.

by bigjoe on Nov 13, 2008 4:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Surprised Soto didn't get it

Grats to Heap.

But D Wright over Chipper at 3rd? Really?

by VictorW on Nov 13, 2008 4:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

AB R H HR RBI BB SB BA OBP SLG
Chipper 439 82 160 22 75 90 4 0.3645 0.4700 0.5740
Wright 626 115 189 33 124 94 15 0.3019 0.3905 0.5335

I wanted to comlain but those are the nbrs and in reality Wright had a better year, mostly because he was healthier.. obviosuly if u extrapolate Larry Wayne’s nbrs to the equal nbr of ABs, he blows David Wright out of the water, but we cant do that. It sucks because CHipper is the better hitter… but he simply didnt play in enough games.

"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."

by Swo12bv on Nov 13, 2008 4:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

damnit the stats didnt wokr out the way i wanted. im sry

"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."

by Swo12bv on Nov 13, 2008 4:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

128 games of Chipper > 160 games of Wright in 2008

Here’s some sabermetric stats courtesy of Beyond the Boxscore and some guy named Justin.

Basically Chipper is 66 runs above a replacement 3B and Wright is 62 runs offensively. These are counting stats and not rate stats. That .470 OBP with power is just amazing. Gonna create a lot of runs when you make outs a little over half the time.

And for kicks, defensively, Chipper was 15 above replacement and Wright was 5 above.

by VictorW on Nov 13, 2008 4:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Last year I argued that Chipper should have won the GG over Wright and I was probably wrong in saying that. But this year it’s a joke that Wright walked away with it. Plain and simple.

I guess I should be one to talk.
There's nights that I can't even walk.
There's days I couldn't give a fuck.
And in between is where I'm stuck.

by Smoltz's Beard on Nov 13, 2008 5:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I liked Zimmerman last year

or maybe Feliz. But, yeah, a lot of metrics had Chipper at or near the top of fielding for NL 3B’s for 2008.

by VictorW on Nov 13, 2008 5:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i have good news. based on that write-up Jeff Francouer was not the wrost RF in baseball

"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."

by Swo12bv on Nov 13, 2008 8:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

What do you guys think…Jeter with the SS? He had a better BA and OBP, but Peralta had more HR, RBI, and higher SLG, OPS.

It doesn’t surprise me that Jeter got it, but I dunno…

I guess I should be one to talk.
There's nights that I can't even walk.
There's days I couldn't give a fuck.
And in between is where I'm stuck.

by Smoltz's Beard on Nov 13, 2008 5:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

well the yankees need some kind of Hardware for the 40M left side of the IF

"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."

by Swo12bv on Nov 13, 2008 5:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Jeter is a Yankee, and Peralta is an Indian. And his name is spelled funny, and he looks like D-Lo Brown from the WWF.

But it’s not like any other shortstop in the entire American League screams out like Jeter does. Much like my debate over the ROY, there’s a factor of noise and attention one brings, and Jeter being on the Yankees already puts him ahead of everyone else, he just needs to put up satisfactory stats to back it.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Nov 13, 2008 5:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs