Comments on: All-Time All-Mariner Roster: First Base

By: DAMellen

DAMellen — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:51:01 +0000

So, next up 01 Boone and 00 A Rod vs 96 A Rod?

By: DAMellen

DAMellen — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:42:33 +0000

Okay, the big question is by just missing making it as your starting first baseman, is…whichever one of them didn’t make it, now elligible to be a bench player on the 25 man roster you’re putting together or will you be using actual bench players for that?

By: Crushgroovin

Crushgroovin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:09:50 +0000

Excellent Post men! I can’t for the riveting DH discussion with Edgar “the original Turbo” Martinez vs Jose “Turbo II” Vidro.

By: The Ghost of Spike Owen

The Ghost of Spike Owen — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:08:05 +0000

Great post, guys. Didn’t think I could be talked out of ’02 Olerud, but Dave makes a really compelling case for Alvin.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:18:44 +0000

i think you mean Jeffrey Leonard, who had an OPS+ of 100 that year.

M’s with an OPS+ over 100 that year, other than AD:

Reynolds 104
Briley 116 (!)
Griffey 108
Buhner 129 (only 58 games)

By: Jeff Nye

Jeff Nye — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:10:28 +0000

If he was pitched around, that should be reflected in his OBP, so it’s already accounted for as part of the discussion.

By: sealclubber253

sealclubber253 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:05:02 +0000

I didn’t mean any offense by the comment, I just think that a .293/.369/.551 season is pretty solid.

And my “star” comment about Mr. Mariner was only to point out that Olerud was just another guy in a group of guys that where having great success that year. Alvin Davis was about the only guy in 1989 that was putting up good numbers. I just remeber watching games back then and he was really pitched around. Other than Justin Leonard, there was a bunch of easy outs in that lineup.

By: scraps

scraps — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:25:43 +0000

Again, if you loved Olerud’s command of the strike zone, you would have loved Davis’s just as much.

By: scraps

scraps — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:24:48 +0000

They are also fairly similar players

If we look at their whole careers, though, there are a couple of serious differences: Davis was a model of consistency, while Olerud interspersed great seasons — 1998 and especially 1993, which are peaks well above Davis’s best (but not in Seattle) — with merely good ones; and Olerud made it to 36 as a full-time player, while Davis’s last full-time season was at age 30 (and it was a very bad season).

By: dingdangdo

dingdangdo — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:20:30 +0000

I only heard Al Davis play, radio was my only option for the games back then aside from a rare trip to the park. It’s hard to imagine a prettier back handed pick of a short hop than Olerud had, it was nearly a signature move. And he had such a command of the strike zone, I miss that cool look he’d give an ump when he disagreed with a call, didn’t he get tossed once for looking hard at an ump? Hate to break down such a great numbers discussion with the anecdotal stuff, but I get all misty eyed sometimes for guys like Olerud when I have to watch our current team scuffle.