Francoeur's full-season line .260/.293/.449 -- ouch.

If Frenchy had one more dinger, I think his performance this year might
have qualified as the least productive 30-homer, 100-RBI season ever.

Francoeur managed to hit .239 with no runners on base, but .320 with
runners in scoring position, in addition to his very low [but perhaps
improving in the late season] walk rate. He also played every game this
year, which made it easy for him to rack up the counting stats. Plus, he
hit behind a lineup that was on base an awful lot.

I'm curious who baseball-reference will consider his similar players
after this season.

At least his throwing arm is still good...

Cheers,
Nicholas

--
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don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging
and filled with opportunity.
-Bobby Kennedy

On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 20:55:41 +0000 (UTC), Nick Beaudrot
<niq@techhouse.org> gave us:


Wonder no more, as bb-ref is updated today with 2006 stats:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francje02.shtml

and the winner is . . .Hall of Famer Duke Snider!

--
Lance

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R.C. Collins

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Lance Freezeland wrote:

And may I point out how pleased I am that Ruben Sierra has been replaced
by Frank Robinson as Andruw's closest comparable?

Jon

"Jon Richardson" <jonrichardson@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:4oiu3vFehp8rU1@individual.net...

Wow, that is an interesting list of comps. HOF, All-star, and junk. I
guess that underscores how hard it is to predict which way a 22 year old
power hitter's performance will go.

--
Bob Horton

Bob Horton <no_re_horton_jr_maps@hotmail.com> wrote:

Actually, everyone on the list managed to have at least a six or seven
year career. Max West was the worst of the bunch. Jack Clark and Darryl
Strawberry are certainly Hall of the Very Good.

I would say the list bodes well for Francoeurphiles.

Cheers,
Nicholas

[sorry, it was too easy]

--
All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we
don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging
and filled with opportunity.
-Bobby Kennedy

"Nick Beaudrot" <niq@techhouse.org> wrote

It's this split that most intrigues me. It could be just random; however, if
this is what happens when major league pitchers have just a little more
encouragement to throw him strikes, then he doesn't need to develop all that
much patience to become very dangerous.

Colin