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This Phillies review is not a sabermetrics article, which means no heavy statistical analysis. But because some readers rely on stats, this is only a reference: no reason to articulate the importance of these numbers.
Exception:
The preferred stat to measure offensive strength is wRC+ (weighted runs created plus), which adjusts for park and league. Using 100 as average, each number above or below is the percentage difference: For instance, 125 is 25 percent above average.
Phillies offensive ratings:
- Harper: 125 (2019), 134 (2018) and 155 (2017).
- Hoskins: 113 (2019), 128 (2018) and 158 (2017).
- McCutchen: 120 (2019), 121 (2018) and 122 (2017).
- Realmuto: 108 (2019), 126 (2018) and 107 (2017).
- Kingery: 101 (2019) and 96 (2018).
- Segura: 92 (2019), 110 (2018) and 111 (2017).
- Haseley: 88 (2019).
Comparison offensive ratings:
- Trout: 180 (2019), 190 (2018) and 180 (2017).
- Freeman: 138 (2019), 137 (2018) and 150 (2017).
- Machado: 108 (2019), 140 (2018) and 102 (2017).
Phillies plate discipline for 2019:
- McCutchen: 21.0 K% and 16.4 BB% with a .378 OBP.
- Harper: 29.2 K% and 13.4 BB% with a .356 OBP.
- Hoskins: 24.5 K% and 16.5 BB% with a .364 OBP.
- Realmuto: 22.8 K% and 6.9 BB% with a .329 OBP.
- Kingery: 26.4 K% and 3.8 BB% with a .349 OBP.
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According to Fangraphs, low walk rates are only acceptable for players with exceptional power numbers. Here are plate-discipline comparisons.
Rating K% BB% Excellent 10.0% 15.0% Great 12.5% 12.5% Above Average 16.0% 10.0% Average 20.0% 8.0% Below Average 22.0% 7.0% Poor 25.0% 5.5% Awful 27.5% 4.0% If you have any questions or opinions regarding the Philadelphia Phillies, please open the comments section.