Wednesday, September 13, 2023

S56 Best Hitter by the Ages

 Jack Torrance - Contributing Reporter


The Cobbfather history books are now a lot like Youtube. You start by looking up Randy Johnson taking out a bird with his fastball and you end up at cats falling off fences. Here are last season's best hitters by age. We'll list wOBA and OPS+, and as a reminder a score of 100 in OPS+ is league average. 95 would be 5% worse than league average. 105 being 5% better. Used a minimum of 200 ABs. 

  • 21 - David Quintana - HEL - $327k - .386 wOBA, 137 OPS+
    • 88 R, 45 HR, 123 RBI, 2 SB, .284 AVG
  • 22 - Louie Weiss - HUN - $343k - .457 wOBA - 181 OPS+
    • 131 R, 49 HR, 131 RBI, 5 SB, .332 AVG
  • 23 - Wei-Yin Wan - HUN - $378k - .448 wOBA - 175 OPS+
    • 141R, 47 HR, 113 RBI, 2 SB, .330 AVG
  • 24 - Dilson Rojas - SAL - $378k - .437 wOBA - 166 OPS+
    • 99 R, 47 HR, 110 RBI, 21 SB, .296 AVG
  • 25 - Jemile Frandesen - HAR - $1.5M - .474 wOBA - 195 OPS+
    • 61 R, 29 HR, 70 RBI, 2 SB, .330 AVG
  • 26 - Bennie Serra - HOU - $378k - .421 wOBA - 158 OPS+
    • 73 R, 46 HR, 105 RBI, 3 SB, .285 AVG
  • 27 - Jordany Solarte - PIT - $7.3M - .371 wOBA - 127 OPS+
    • 106 R, 13 HR, 67 RBI, 26 SB, .295 AVG
  • 28 - Kyle Crain - ATL - $6.8M - .472 wOBA - 194 OPS+
    • 120 R, 59 HR, 157 RBI, 0 SB, .353 AVG
  • 29 - Douglas Laxton - NO - $7.4M - .480 wOBA - 197 OPS+
    • 102 R, 41 HR, 111 RBI, 10 SB, .349 AVG
  • 30 - Vin Pirela - PHI - $7.3M - .398 wOBA - 145 OPS+
    • 98 R, 52 HR, 132 RBI, 0 SB, .289 AVG
  • 31 - Omar Gonzales - TOK - $20M - .489 wOBA - 202 OPS+
    • 149 R, 63 HR, 141 RBI, 19 SB, .339 AVG
  • 32 - Anibal Castillo - SLC - $20M - .377 wOBA - 131 OPS+
    • 92 R, 32 HR, 98 RBI, 11 SB, .290 AVG
  • 33 - Will Roth - OK - $5.9M - .406 wOBA - 151 OPS+
    • 78 R, 24 HR, 117 RBI, 4 SB, .335 AVG
  • 34 - Yovani Bonilla - VC - $3.8M - .355 wOBA - 116 OPS+
    • 45 R, 12 HR< 53 RBI, 15 SB, .294 AVG
  • 35 - Bey Combs - CHR - $7M - .362 wOBA - 123 OPS+
    • 90 R, 28 HR, 87 RBI, 25 SB, .275 AVG
  • 36 - Vic Nova - CSP - $5M - .324 wOBA - 95 OPS+
    • 63 R, 9 HR, 47 RBI, 27 SB, .269 AVG
  • 37 - Harry Padilla - DOV - $2.8M - .319 wOBA - 94 OPS+
    • 50 R, 11 HR, 40 RBI, 9 SB, .273 AVG
  • 38 - Jorge Johnson - CSP - $6M - .301 wOBA - 83 OPS+
    • 43 R, 7 HR, 44 RBI, 2 SB, .280 AVG