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Lamorak · 12-07-2002, 12:07 PM

Some Possibilites:
1- Team that can't get good bats will try to make due with good gloves instead. But it's a compesation but not a replacement, resulting in the poor record.

2- Too small a sample (a coincidence?) to make conclusions by.

3- Good fielding percentages occassionally hide a lack of range. That's been an occassional (fair or unfair...) criticism of some players. Steve Garvey for example has one of the best field percentages in baseball history. But many fans claimed he only made an effort on the easy plays but held back on the harder ones- letting them go for hit's or even error's attributed to other fielders.

FP is only a fraction of the defense equation. Range is critical and the ablilty to 'turn two' for middle infielders can be huge.

12-07-2002, 12:07 PM	#2
Lamorak Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 195	Some Possibilites: 1- Team that can't get good bats will try to make due with good gloves instead. But it's a compesation but not a replacement, resulting in the poor record. 2- Too small a sample (a coincidence?) to make conclusions by. 3- Good fielding percentages occassionally hide a lack of range. That's been an occassional (fair or unfair...) criticism of some players. Steve Garvey for example has one of the best field percentages in baseball history. But many fans claimed he only made an effort on the easy plays but held back on the harder ones- letting them go for hit's or even error's attributed to other fielders. FP is only a fraction of the defense equation. Range is critical and the ablilty to 'turn two' for middle infielders can be huge. Last edited by Lamorak; 12-07-2002 at 12:09 PM.