Sunday, April 21, 2013

Mickey Mantle was a great left handed hitter.

See previous post.

For cumulative seasons, From 1950 to 2013, vs RHP as LHB (within Platoon Splits), (requiring PA≥4500 and onbase_plus_slugging≥.920), sorted by greatest On-Base Plus Slugging for this split

Rk I Player Split From To G OPS GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip
1 Barry Bonds vs RHP as LHB 1986 2007 2607 1.084 8459 6496 1967 400 48 535 1336 367 93 1852 964 .303 .458 .626 1.084 4068 111 52 2 57 577 54 .283
2 Jim Thome vs RHP as LHB 1991 2012 2317 1.034 7412 5933 1735 340 24 494 1277 16 15 1381 1703 .292 .426 .608 1.034 3605 120 43 0 55 168 45 .327
3 Todd Helton vs RHP as LHB 1997 2013 1948 1.014 6444 5362 1762 444 27 289 981 22 24 982 695 .329 .431 .583 1.014 3127 112 30 0 67 168 58 .331
4 Lance Berkman vs RHP as LHB 1999 2013 1698 1.008 5819 4787 1471 337 24 314 987 63 34 946 984 .307 .423 .584 1.008 2798 92 47 0 39 140 46 .328
5 Larry Walker vs RHP as LHB 1989 2005 1765 .993 5613 4798 1515 334 42 293 885 168 48 694 839 .316 .407 .586 .993 2812 109 72 5 44 115 41 .329
6 Carlos Delgado vs RHP as LHB 1993 2009 1874 .981 6167 5110 1466 338 10 383 1089 8 7 879 1182 .287 .399 .582 .981 2973 100 117 0 61 171 33 .300
7 I Stan Musial vs RHP as LHB 1950 1963 1399 .980 4590 3903 1263 252 35 203 716 14 23 640 251 .324 .418 .562 .980 2194 109 15 0 32 177 43 .305
8 David Ortiz vs RHP as LHB 1997 2013 1682 .973 5390 4540 1329 329 11 312 957 9 7 795 938 .293 .396 .576 .973 2616 106 12 0 43 119 24 .305
9 I Mickey Mantle vs RHP as LHB 1951 1968 1965 .965 6573 5260 1477 205 42 369 1000 123 31 1260 1262 .281 .419 .546 .965 2873 47 10 11 32 96 60 .303
10 Duke Snider vs RHP as LHB 1950 1964 1799 .958 6445 5556 1686 281 61 351 1078 71 61 820 895 .303 .393 .566 .958 3142 139 15 28 26 151 84 .308
11 Brian Giles vs RHP as LHB 1995 2009 1683 .958 5616 4640 1402 315 36 245 829 92 38 891 566 .302 .414 .544 .958 2524 89 33 1 50 107 36 .298
12 Jason Giambi vs RHP as LHB 1995 2013 1973 .954 6150 4972 1422 289 8 323 1007 13 8 1033 1015 .286 .412 .542 .954 2696 109 79 1 65 91 31 .297
13 Jim Edmonds vs RHP as LHB 1993 2010 1809 .951 5940 5069 1499 341 22 318 920 56 39 790 1216 .296 .391 .560 .951 2838 87 31 6 44 90 33 .330
14 Chipper Jones vs RHP as LHB 1993 2012 2298 .947 7686 6451 1956 402 26 361 1206 117 37 1144 1005 .303 .405 .541 .947 3493 164 13 2 76 143 70 .309
15 Ken Griffey vs RHP as LHB 1989 2010 2401 .936 7816 6710 1951 375 29 444 1278 159 57 993 1133 .291 .382 .554 .936 3716 143 42 3 68 226 62 .290
16 I Willie Stargell vs RHP as LHB 1962 1982 2004 .935 6442 5620 1649 319 40 365 1108 14 13 726 1257 .293 .376 .559 .935 3143 108 48 2 46 200 48 .318
17 Fred McGriff vs RHP as LHB 1986 2004 2186 .930 6989 5946 1746 333 10 367 1063 58 19 970 1210 .294 .392 .538 .930 3200 153 24 0 49 162 54 .312
18 Willie McCovey vs RHP as LHB 1959 1980 2242 .926 7344 6157 1706 274 39 421 1189 21 14 1085 1034 .277 .387 .539 .926 3321 139 49 0 50 245 76 .270
19 Will Clark vs RHP as LHB 1986 2000 1727 .925 5579 4760 1478 299 30 220 793 36 33 727 780 .311 .400 .525 .925 2497 62 24 9 59 143 49 .329
20 I Eddie Mathews vs RHP as LHB 1952 1968 2027 .925 7388 6240 1774 287 56 391 1079 58 30 1076 880 .284 .388 .536 .925 3346 94 15 12 45 135 81 .276
21 Ryan Klesko vs RHP as LHB 1992 2007 1622 .920 5064 4329 1256 280 24 247 824 74 35 668 750 .290 .383 .537 .920 2325 100 14 1 46 82 48 .299
22 Bobby Abreu vs RHP as LHB 1996 2012 2145 .920 7198 5987 1795 420 48 250 1022 333 108 1130 1231 .300 .409 .511 .920 3061 111 20 1 60 109 50 .338
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 4/21/2013.

In 3,250 plate appearances from 1950 through 1960 lefty batter Ted Williams against righty pitchers had OPS 1.166.  Of the batters ahead of Mantle, Musial is the only one from Mantle's era; all the others played in the recent high offense era.

No comments: