Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Mookie Betts - How do his numbers batting lead off stack in the last 50 years in Red Sox history

Mookie Betts is off to an exceptional start to the 2016 season. How do his numbers compare to the best seasons of any Red Sox batting lead off in the last 50 years? I would say better than good.

First let's look at the best seasons in total. 1997 Nomar Garciaparra, 2004 Johnny Damon and 2011 Jacoby Ellsbury.


YEARNAMEGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOBAOBPSLGOPS
1997Garciaparra1526831222094411309835910.3060.3420.5340.876
2004Damon143608121187336209176680.3080.3850.480.865
2011Ellsbury144621112203455299749900.3270.3810.5560.936

Now let's see where Mookie stands compared to those players through 52 games of the team's season.
Mookie leads in AB's, runs, hits, HR's, RBI, slugging and OPS.

YEARNAMEGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBKBAOBASLGOPS
1997Garciaparra48217336011562614350.2760.3190.4560.775
2004Damon49194325512132932190.2840.3840.4020.786
2011Ellsbury52205356116062717400.2980.3660.4630.829
2016Betts522304965114124014350.2830.3250.5220.847










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