As promised in our last installment, here are the career projections of 13 up-and-coming AL players based on Bill James’ Brock2 method. If you’re interested, the spreadsheet is available at Baseball1.com.
If not, just sit back, relax, and look at the numbers. And if you want a really good laugh, look at them again in about 20 years.
Career
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | AVG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Damon, Jo | 2022 | 7251 | 1102 | 1999 | 297 | 90 | 204 | 908 | 677 | .276 |
Encarnacion | 2319 | 8397 | 1317 | 2497 | 402 | 142 | 421 | 1459 | 565 | .297 |
Erstad, Da | 2293 | 8616 | 1360 | 2552 | 558 | 40 | 346 | 1342 | 813 | .296 |
Garciaparra | 2758 | 10933 | 1713 | 3255 | 620 | 100 | 652 | 2058 | 738 | .298 |
Grieve, Be | 2463 | 8773 | 1431 | 2570 | 578 | 20 | 339 | 1346 | 1317 | .293 |
Jeter, De | 2851 | 10961 | 1909 | 3331 | 465 | 92 | 296 | 1445 | 1149 | .304 |
Ordonez, Ma | 1549 | 5435 | 770 | 1562 | 270 | 14 | 196 | 768 | 345 | .287 |
Ortiz, Da | 2220 | 7078 | 1243 | 2043 | 464 | 0 | 282 | 1078 | 963 | .289 |
Posada, Jo | 1243 | 3878 | 528 | 978 | 223 | 0 | 180 | 596 | 511 | .252 |
Rodriguez, A | 3316 | 12841 | 2273 | 3923 | 717 | 57 | 866 | 2578 | 1050 | .305 |
Sweeney, Mi | 1611 | 4788 | 556 | 1243 | 248 | 0 | 173 | 652 | 432 | .260 |
Tejada, Mi | 607 | 2117 | 335 | 510 | 108 | 11 | 76 | 281 | 161 | .241 |
Walker, To | 1762 | 6031 | 763 | 1713 | 388 | 22 | 140 | 734 | 547 | .284 |
Peak (age 27)
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | AVG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Damon, Jo | 152 | 558 | 104 | 167 | 24 | 8 | 19 | 81 | 58 | .300 |
Encarnacion | 154 | 579 | 117 | 190 | 31 | 13 | 34 | 116 | 41 | .329 |
Erstad, Da | 153 | 592 | 116 | 192 | 43 | 3 | 29 | 106 | 60 | .325 |
Garciaparra | 154 | 643 | 135 | 216 | 42 | 8 | 46 | 143 | 44 | .336 |
Grieve, Be | 154 | 563 | 118 | 182 | 41 | 2 | 27 | 99 | 94 | .323 |
Jeter, De | 153 | 617 | 139 | 207 | 28 | 7 | 22 | 96 | 71 | .336 |
Ordonez, Ma | 152 | 548 | 92 | 169 | 29 | 2 | 22 | 85 | 37 | .309 |
Ortiz, Da | 153 | 501 | 111 | 158 | 36 | 0 | 24 | 87 | 76 | .317 |
Posada, Jo | 108 | 348 | 58 | 95 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 58 | 52 | .273 |
Rodriguez, A | 154 | 623 | 144 | 212 | 38 | 4 | 51 | 148 | 54 | .340 |
Sweeney, Mi | 152 | 461 | 64 | 131 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 69 | 45 | .283 |
Tejada, Mi | 29 | 102 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 10 | .266 |
Walker, To | 138 | 494 | 80 | 155 | 36 | 2 | 14 | 70 | 49 | .314 |
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