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Known vs. Unknown
By Jonathan C. Mitchell on May 27, 2008

(AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Have you ever heard of Gary Sheffield? Robinson Cano? Ryan Howard? How about Valdimir Guerrero? Of course you have. How about David Murphy? Jeff Keppinger? Nate McLouth? Ryan Ludwick? Odds are you didn’t know who any of these guys were until a few weeks into the season, yet they are outproducing the above mentioned superstars by a landslide.

Catcher
.369/.412/.468, 1 homer, 8 doubles, 18 RBI, 13 runs, 0 steals, 8/12 BB/K (Dioner Navarro)
.150/.260/.299, 4 homers, 4 doubles, 12 RBI, 9 runs, 0 steals, 0/25 BB/K (J.R. Towles)

Firstbase
.306/.369/.549, 9 homers, 16 doubles, 2 triples, 35 RBI, 32 runs, 2 steals, 20/33 BB/K (Youkilis)
.204/.325/.333, 5 homers, 6 doubles, 0 triples, 23 RBI, 18 runs, 1 steal, 27/32 BB/K (Konerko)

.282/.335/.555, 14 homers, 13 doubles, 1 triple, 43 RBI, 31 runs, 14/48 BB/K (Adrian Gonzalez)
.207/.313/.472, 14 homers, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 37 RBI, 36 runs, 31/75 BB/K (Ryan Howard)

Seconbase
.315/.406/.461, 4 homers, 12 doubles, 26 RBI, 32 runs, 3 steals, 24/39 BB/K (Mark DeRosa)
.224/.278/.344, 4 homers, 10 doubles, 19 RBI, 17 runs, 1 steal, 12/19 BB/K (Robinson Cano)

Thirdbase
.277/.343/.447, 7 homers, 11 doubles, 23 RBI, 28 runs, 2 steals, 19/38 BB/K (Jorge Cantu)
.220/.292/.418, 9 homers, 8 doubles, 22 RBI, 19 runs, 2 steals, 16/49 BB/K (Bill Hall)

Shortstops
.324/.373/.446, 3 homers, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 21 RBI, 17 runs, 2 steals, 12/8 (Jeff Keppinger)
.282/.337/.390, 2 homers, 7 doubles, 3 triples, 23 RBI, 25 runs, 3 steals, 11/20 (Derek Jeter)

Outfield
.323/.408/.621, 12 homers, 17 doubles, 3 triples, 39 RBI, 43 runs, 5 steals, 25/27 (McLouth)
.262/.322/.450, 7 homers, 11 doubles, 2 triples, 28 RBI, 25 runs, 1 steal, 16/30 (Vlad Guerrero)

.333/.411/.723, 13 homers, 12 doubles, 2 triples, 38 RBI, 31 runs, 2 steals, 20/40 (Ludwick)
.213/.344/.331, 3 homers, 7 doubles, 0 triples, 12 RBI, 18 runs, 3 steals, 25/30 (Sheffield)

.302/.413/.599, 14 homers, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 44 RBI, 35 runs, 4 steals, 35/40 (Carlos Quentin)
.270/.327/.344, 0 homers, 6 doubles, 4 triples, 14 RBI, 28 runs, 8 steals, 15/31 (Delmon Young)

.286/.332/.476, 6 homers, 19 doubles, 1 triple, 35 RBI, 27 runs, 4 steals, 16/42 (David Murphy)
.165/.273/.271, 2 homers, 6 doubles, 1 triple, 7 RBI, 18 runs, 0 steals, 20/45 (Andruw Jones)

.269/.344/.461, 4 homers, 10 doubles, 5 triples, 11 RBI, 27 runs, 7 steals, 19/43 (Fred Lewis)
.219/.285/.388, 6 homers, 11 doubles, 1 triple, 23 RBI, 28 runs, 4 steals, 15/30 (Eric Byrnes)

.260/.338/.519, 9 homers, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 26 RBI, 22 runs, 7 steals, 15/32 (Jayson Werth)
.251/.338/.380, 5 homers, 9 doubles, 0 triples, 22 RBI, 24 runs, 0 steals, 24/31 (Ken Griffey Jr.)

.317/.379/.525, 8 homers, 14 doubles, 0 triples, 39 RBI, 28 runs, 1 steal, 16/33 (Xavier Nady)
.231/.349/.357, 3 homers, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 17 RBI, 16 runs, 0 steals, 25/33 (Brad Hawpe)

I tried to make these guys comparable. I was surprised to see how many veteran superstars are struglling and how many “no names” are flourishing.

The crazy thing is that hardly any of these guys were even drafted.

-Jonathan C. Mitchell

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