Monday, November 4, 2013

2013 Chachi #65 Batting Leaders - Chase Utley & Michael Young


I already have my sights set on the 2014 season, but I want to post these 2013 team leaders cards before the hot stove season kicks into high gear.  I'm going to keep the narrative to a minimum and for each statistical category I'll list the top five from 2013 and then the top and bottom five from the past 40 years.

Given the team's poor performance during 2013, I thought looking at the leaders in the bottom five since 1973 would give me some perspective on just how bad the team actually performed when viewed in a historical context.

2013 Leaders
1.  Chase Utley - .284
2.  Michael Young - .276
3.  Domonic Brown - .272
4.  Jimmy Rollins - .252

Top 5 Since 1973
1996 - Jim Eisenreich - .361
1999 - Bobby Abreu - .335
2007 - Chase Utley - .332
1979 - Pete Rose - .331
1976 - Garry Maddox - .330

Bottom 5 Since 1973
2012 - Jimmy Rollins - .250
1983 - Gary Matthews - .258
2011 - Shane Victorino - .279
1985 - Mike Schmidt - .277
1989 - Tommy Herr - .287

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