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10/31/2005: "Our Pitcher Gets His Due"
It was touch and go there, for a while--after an extraordinarily hot stretch one of the pillars of our rotation cooled off near the end of the season. Some people were worried that he had been overtaken by Dontrelle Willis, at least in the minds of the voters.
But, finally, after a long stretch of futility, one of our starters has taken the award home. And so, I would like to congratulate Jason Marquis, your 2005 National League Silver Slugger.
Unlike that other pitching award Dontrelle really had no claim to this one, batting out of the nine-hole aside. Marquis improved on his already-impressive .292/.297/.375 tally from 2004 by going .310/.326/.460, with an extra-base hit every 8.7 at-bats. (For perspective, Albert Pujols hit one every 7.3 at-bats.) The season ended with his OPS 2% above the league average OPS for a position player. How valuable is that?
Well, take big free-agent target A.J. Burnett. According to Bill James's Win Shares system, he was worth 14.1 win shares on the mound. Marquis, on the other hand, was worth 9.2, the same as such luminaries as Horacio Ramirez and Kris Benson. However, Burnett cost his team 2.4 win shares with the bat, while Marquis slashed enough doubles to add 2.6. So, Burnett was the better pitcher--by a significant margin--but as players, by this method, Marquis Marq was just as valuable to his team.
So, it's not something we often think about--unless the player decides to, say, become a center fielder--but it's not a hollow achievement; congratulations are in order to the Sultan of Staten Island Swat.
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I admit, I'd like to see Marquis take some turns in the outfield in the spring... seriously! I think the guy can legitimately hit!
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