Monday, August 08, 2005

34 Facts That Probably Don't Mean A Thing

1. Jose Vidro came off the DL on 7/5. Since that time, the Nationals have gone 8-20.

2. They went 32-18 while he was on the DL.

3. Before his DL Stint, they were 15-13.

4. Vinny Castilla leads the team with 104 ABs with runners in scoring position.

5. He's only batting .221 in that situation.

6. Jose Guillen is slugging .304 with runners in scoring position.

7. Cristian Guzman is 'hitting' .103 with RISP.

8. He's 'slugging' .115 with RISP

9. In the same situation, Esteban Loazia is batting .200.

10. He's also slugging .300

11. Eight of Jose Guillen's homers have come in the 7th inning or later.

12. In 'close and late' situations, Guillen is batting .377.

13. In those same situations, Brad Wilkerson s batting .167, worst on the team of any regular.

14. Only four Nationals have multiple homers against left-handed pitching.

15. One of those players is Cristian Guzman.

16. When leading off an inning, Nick Johnson gets on base just 27% of the time.

17. When leading off an inning, Jose Vidro gets on 41% of the time.

18. Jose Guillen has hit 11 homers in just 36 day games.

19. We're nearing the two-year anniversary of Jamey Carroll's last major league home run.

20. Jose Guillen has five outfield assists.

21. Brad Wilkerson has six.

22. With a limited sample size, Brad Wilkerson gets to .6 more balls per game than Preston Wilson does in center field.

23. With a limited sample size, Marlon Byrd gets to half a ball a game more than Preston Wilson does in left field.

24. With a limtied sample size, Jamey Carroll gets to half a ball a game more than Jose Vidro does at second base.

25. The ERA of the starting pitchers playing in front of Gary Bennett and Brian Schneider are equal.

26. For all intents and purposes, Jose Vidros' defensive statistics are equal to Junior Spivey's.

27. Luis Ayala is second on the team with seven wins.

28. Luis Ayala is second on the team with six losses.

29. Luis Ayala is holding batters to a .293 batting average.

30. Tony Armas has a 7.49 road ERA.

31. Livan has a 3.18 road ERA in almost 100 innings.

32. John Patterson has a 1.67 home ERA.

33. His road ERA is over 4.

34. He's allowed 6 homers on the road in just over 40 innings.

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