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Baseball Tangents S2E3
Recently
- Rizzo: Somebody start banging for me
- Trevor Bauer Purposefully tipping his pitches
- Trevor Bauer on pine tar and more
Center Fielders
- Jackie Bradley
- Alex Verdugo
- Episode 1 of S2 featured a discussion of Alex Verdugo, I am not a time traveler as much as I wish I was.
- Mike Trout
- George Springer
- Ronald Acuna Jr
- Victor Robles
CF/SS
More Center Fielders
Real or Not?
- Burton Williamson or Bill Bruton (William)
- SABR Bio
- Career 26.1 WAR & OPS+ of 96
- 4th in ROY voting, Jim Gilliam )won that year, career 40.7 War)
| Year | League | Stolen Bases (rank) |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NL | 26 (1st) |
| 1954 | NL | 34 (1st) |
| 1955 | NL | 25 (1st) |
In 1954 also led NL in CS!
| Year | League | Errors as CF (rank) |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NL | 9 (2nd) |
| 1954 | NL | 7 (3rd) |
| 1955 | NL | 14 (1st) |
| 1956 | NL | 13 (1st) |
| 1957 | NL | 4 (4th) |
| 1958 | NL | 5 (4th) |
| 1960 | NL | 5 (4th) |
| 1961 | AL | 5 (5th) |
| 1962 | AL | 7 (1st) |
| Career | 77 (28th) |
| Year | League | Putouts as CF (rank) |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NL | 389 (4th) |
| 1955 | NL | 382 (3rd) |
| 1956 | NL | 395 (3rd) |
| 1959 | NL | 297 (5th) |
| 1960 | NL | 352 (3rd) |
| 1961 | AL | 406 (1st) |
| 1962 | AL | 396 (1st) |
| 1963 | AL | 342 (2nd) |
| Career | 3,808 (33rd) |
Bill Bruton’s Obscure Record - Most innings in a game without an opportunity
Further Reading from SABR
“The Game”
✅ Cincinnati Reds LF✅ Colorado Rockies SS
✅ Ian Desmond
✅ Colorado Rockies 1B
Projected WAR for Rockies 1B is 0.4 (not 1.5 per Kyle's guess)
🚫 Baltimore Orioles SS
Bonus rambling:
Nationals SS is not Avisaíl García
Phillies SS: Didi Gregorius
San Diego Padre OF/1B: Wil Myers
