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Youkilis or Teixeira

Posted by: Frisbetarian in Untagged  on Jul 2, 2009

The Hartford Courant asked me to write a short piece about the competition for the 2009 American League All Star Team at first base. This can also be seen  in today's Courant, sans the last paragraph.


Kevin Youkilis is a clear choice offensively as the starting 1st baseman for the American League in the 2009 All Star Game. His on base percentage, which of the easily calculated stats corresponds most closely with runs scored, is almost 60 points higher than Mark Teixeira’s.  To put that into perspective, in sixty fewer plate appearances Youkilis has reached base only seven fewer times than Teixeira. Teixeira does have 20 home runs to Youkilis’ 14 (more on this later), but Youkilis still has a 20 point advantage in slugging percentage, which makes his OPS (On base plus slugging) almost 80 points higher than Teixeira’s.

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