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Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Replacement Level Fielding
Using a process similar to that recently published by Chone and jinaz, I come up with each player’s plays made above average for each of the three years, 2004-2006. (Everett from 2004-2006 is +10, +40, +39).
I take the top 30 fielders at each position by balls in zone (i.e., opportunities), for each year. Those are my regulars. Everyone else is a bench player.
The bench 1B is a better fielder than the regular 1B, by 0.7 plays per 162 GP. Here are how the regulars fare relative to the bench player:
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