by Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com
February 25, 2007
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The Road Warrior?
|
Career
|
PA |
AB |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
K |
|
Home |
1219 |
1135 |
302 |
65 |
8 |
37 |
176 |
65 |
184 |
|
Road |
1218 |
1148 |
273 |
55 |
9 |
52 |
170 |
55 |
246 |
|
Career
|
AVE |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
AB/HR |
PA/K |
PA/BB |
PA/ABB |
|
Home |
0.266 |
0.303 |
0.435 |
0.738 |
30.68 |
6.63 |
18.75 |
20.32 |
|
Road |
0.238 |
0.273 |
0.437 |
0.710 |
22.08 |
4.95 |
22.15 |
23.88 |
Throughout his career, Pedro Feliz has been an
extraordinarily bad hitter on the road. While you would generally expect a
player to be better at home, his road numbers are simply downright detrimental.
In particular, take note of how often he strikes out on the road and how rarely
he reaches base.
And while his HR ratio at
Willie Mays Field is affected by the way the ballpark clearly suppresses
home runs, his much improved road ratio can be explained away by thrice yearly
trips to hitter friendly Coors Field, where he has belted a whopping 15.7% of his
career round trippers (in 169 PA – more than he has at any other visiting
park). In fact, Feliz has hit nearly 60% of his 89 career HR in just two of the
33 different ballparks he’s played in.
% of Career HR – PA/HR
|
Ballpark |
HR |
PA |
% |
PA/HR |
|
Willie Mays Field |
37 |
1219 |
0.416 |
32.95 |
|
Coors Field |
14 |
169 |
0.157 |
12.07 |
|
Combined |
51 |
1388 |
0.573 |
27.22 |
|
Road HR minus Coors |
38 |
1049 |
0.427 |
27.61 |
|
Bank One Ballpark |
8 |
141 |
0.090 |
17.63 |
|
Minute Maid Park |
5 |
39 |
0.056 |
7.80 |
|
Network Associates |
5 |
56 |
0.056 |
11.20 |
|
PETCO |
4 |
95 |
0.045 |
23.75 |
|
Dodger Stadium |
3 |
136 |
0.034 |
45.33 |
|
Miller Park |
3 |
58 |
0.034 |
19.33 |
|
Wrigley Field |
2 |
47 |
0.022 |
23.50 |
|
Great American BP |
2 |
42 |
0.022 |
21.00 |
|
Pro Player |
2 |
52 |
0.022 |
26.00 |
|
Shea Stadium |
2 |
45 |
0.022 |
22.50 |
|
US Cellular |
1 |
9 |
0.011 |
9.00 |
|
Busch Stadium II |
1 |
8 |
0.011 |
8.00 |
Feliz has played in 33
different Major League ballparks
One of the toughest things for a team to do in baseball is
to win on the road. Pedro Feliz, far from the clutch performer he is made out
to be, continually hurts the Giants in that regard by consistently failing to
produce away from the friendly confines of Willie Mays Field.
The Streaky Mr. Feliz
In talking with supporters of Feliz, you’ll often hear him
described as streaky, as if that’s somehow a good thing. Another word though
for streaky is inconsistent, and Pedro Feliz is quite possibly the most
inconsistent hitter in all of baseball. Feliz runs hot and cold like an old
house with ancient plumbing.
|
Feliz - 2004 |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
K |
AVE |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
|
4/5 - 4/28 |
61 |
5 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
1 |
13 |
0.311 |
0.323 |
0.443 |
0.765 |
|
4/29 - 5/6 |
21 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
0.238 |
0.227 |
0.429 |
0.656 |
|
5/7 - 5/12 |
17 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
0.412 |
0.412 |
1.118 |
1.529 |
|
5/13 - 5/16 |
13 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0.154 |
0.154 |
0.154 |
0.308 |
|
5/18 - 5/21 |
17 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0.353 |
0.353 |
0.588 |
0.941 |
|
5/22 - 6/3 |
43 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
0.209 |
0.277 |
0.349 |
0.625 |
|
6/4 - 6/7 |
22 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0.318 |
0.318 |
0.727 |
1.045 |
|
6/8 - 6/12 (1) |
16 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0.063 |
0.167 |
0.063 |
0.229 |
|
6/12 (2) - 6/17 |
22 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
0.409 |
0.480 |
0.818 |
1.298 |
|
6/18 - 7/15 |
66 |
5 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
3 |
13 |
0.167 |
0.203 |
0.258 |
0.460 |
|
7/16 - 7/25 |
28 |
1 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0.357 |
0.357 |
0.571 |
0.929 |
|
7/26 - 7/30 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
