Knuckle Curve » jack_wilson http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve Major League Baseball News from Spring Training to the World Series Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:55:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A’s Dump Kendall on Cubs http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/as-dump-kendall-on-cubs/ http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/as-dump-kendall-on-cubs/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:25:55 +0000 Geoff Young http://www.knucklecurve.com/as-dump-kendall-on-cubs/ Post from: Knuckle Curve

]]> The Oakland A’s have traded veteran catcher Jason Kendall to the Chicago Cubs for left-hander Jerry Blevins and catcher Rob Bowen. The linked article’s headline reads “Cubs strengthen catcher position,” but I don’t see how.

Kendall is batting .226/.261/.281 this season, and he’s 33 years old. Since the start of the 2005 season, his line is a surreal .271/.337/.321. Kendall’s slugging percentage is the lowest in the big leagues during that stretch:

Lowest Slugging Percentages, 2005 – 2007
Player BA OBP SLG ISO
Stats are through games of July 15, 2007, and are courtesy of David Pinto’s Day by Day Database. Minimum 1500 plate appearances.
Jason Kendall .271 .337 .321 .050
Willy Taveras .292 .337 .350 .058
Omar Vizquel .275 .339 .355 .080
Juan Pierre .284 .325 .364 .080
Jack Wilson .263 .309 .364 .101

Kendall’s ISO is half of Wilson’s; that is just wretched. Kendall has been the worst regular offensive player in baseball over the past 2 1/2 years, and now he’s a Cubbie…

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