My team in the Kimera Bartee Open (fantasy baseball league that rewards players for playing badly) has a collective hitting line that represents about 1.5 seasons worth of a real full-time player's at-bats. So, multiplying everything by 2/3, we get:
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K GIDP E
616 86 153 34 4 6 56 18 4 60 116 13 12
Our hypothetical bad player is hitting .248/.315/.346 (for OBP, assume no HBP or sac flies) - in today's offensive environment that's unacceptable, but you could squint and imagine a below-average shortstop. 34 doubles? 18 steals? Just 12 errors?
That's a lot better than Tony F. Pena would do (and yes, Pena is one of the players represented by this composite- had a big decision between Pena and Adam Everett with the #2 overall pick, and I'm still shocked that Pena was still around at #13).
Our composite hypothetical pitcher is 8-12 over 168 1/3 innings, with 186 hits allowed, 114 runs, 20 HR, 76 BB, 97 K. RA = 6.09, WHIP = 1.56
Posted by Matt Bruce at April 29, 2008 05:44 PM