Brady Anderson in 1996 - Most well-rounded season ever?

by pipkin on Dec 8, 2008 1:05 PM EST Comment 28 comments

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-george-grantham-all-stars/

This dude at the Hardball Times (I found this via the wonderful Shysterball) took a concept that Bill James came up with whereby you look for players who were above-average for their careers in thirteen offensive statistics. Only Mr. Willie Mays and a guy named George Grantham met the requirements.

This other dude decided to look at it on a by-season basis. The results may surprise you. Or not, since I just gave them away. Whoops.

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Frank Robinson called

He wanted to remind you of the year 1966.

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by duck on Dec 8, 2008 2:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Not according to the article

The article finds someone who exceeds the average in AVG, SLG, OBP, doubles per PA, triples per PA, home runs per PA, runs per PA, stolen bases per, HBP per PA, sacrifice hits per PA, walks per PA, strikeouts per PA, and GIDP per PA. Frank’s season didn’t make the cut. Doesn’t mean anything, really, except that Brady was more proficient and stealing bases and getting hit by pitches (his specialty).

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by Stacey on Dec 8, 2008 3:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

and sacrifice bunts

its not really a real, useful thing

just a fun little diversion

by pipkin on Dec 8, 2008 6:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'll still take Frank's '66 year

He may not be warm and fuzzy, but he’s still one of my favorite O’s, along with Kiko Garcia and Joe Orsulak. And Eddie Murray.

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by duck on Dec 8, 2008 6:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I am taking Frank over Brady

plus Frank didn’t have those stupid sideburns

"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"

by exitfare on Dec 8, 2008 8:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That's not at all what that article is about

Who in God’s name WOULDN’T take Frank Robinson over Brady freaking Anderson?

[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8

by Stacey on Dec 8, 2008 10:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I understand

but what myself (and duck) were getting at is that we would take Frank’s ‘66 over Brady’s ’96

"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"

by exitfare on Dec 8, 2008 10:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

again I say

who wouldn’t? This guy’s “most well rounded” doesn’t equal “most valuable.” It’s just a funny examination of statistics. It’s not rating Brady’s 96 season as one of the best in history.

[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8

by Stacey on Dec 8, 2008 10:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

yes, Stacey gets it

I assume it was you who promoted it, too?

not much baseball news going on…

by pipkin on Dec 9, 2008 1:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

after getting hit by the bus on his rollerblades

I guess he didn’t really care about getting hit by pitches. Besides, he had the love of many a good Bawllmer woman to sustain him. And his special sideburn powers.

God. He was so 90’s.

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again."

by 2632 on Dec 8, 2008 10:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

hell yeah he was

dating Ashley Judd, doesn’t get much more 90s than that.

by birdman on Dec 8, 2008 11:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It could've been Courtney Love

by punkrawka on Dec 9, 2008 8:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

or Tonya Harding

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by duck on Dec 9, 2008 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Brady valued his kneecaps

"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"

by exitfare on Dec 9, 2008 2:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

What always puzzled me about that one was...

what was the hubcap doing INSIDE the trailer?

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on Dec 9, 2008 3:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You ain't country, is ya?

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by duck on Dec 9, 2008 4:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't understand?

"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"

by exitfare on Dec 9, 2008 8:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

One of Tonya's arrest

was for beating the snot out of her boyfriend with a hubcap while they were still in her trailer. Which begs the question….

what was the hubcap doing INSIDE the trailer?

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by duck on Dec 9, 2008 9:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

BRADY ANDERSON

My Favorite Oriole of All-Time!

Geaux Eaux's

by NawlinsOriole on Dec 8, 2008 2:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Probably my favorite too from those teams in the 90's

He had sideburns and was from Silver Spring. How cool is that?

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by jobe on Dec 8, 2008 4:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

same here

Brady is my favorite Oriole of all time.

by UMterp08 on Dec 8, 2008 4:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The year that Brady finally

broke through I remember him hitting ground balls down the line into the corner and you saw that acceleration through second and his legs were like pistons as he beat the throw for a triple.

Only a team as bad as the O’s would have had the patience to wait for Brady-which is why guys like Pie are worth taking chances on. Its why teams give up on a Jeremy Guthrie or Brandon Phillips.
They cant wait anymore.

by sanders833 on Dec 8, 2008 4:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Jim Hendry?

by jobe on Dec 8, 2008 7:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I hope so

eom

by sanders833 on Dec 8, 2008 7:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

me too!

That was when I was growing up and getting into baseball and Brady is one of my favorites. Shoot, I even thought his sideburns were awesome!

"We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow." - - Earl Weaver

by Gorilla Bird on Dec 9, 2008 10:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Prob the best season...

While on steroids……….

by fearthechant on Dec 8, 2008 4:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Say what you want

But as many names as have been aired by the Mitchell Report, et. al., there’s nothing concrete on Brady. Does that mean he didn’t use? Not necessarily. He could’ve had a more discreet dealer. But no one knows for sure. Hell, Davey Johnson hit 43 home runs with the Braves one year.

by Brotz13 on Dec 9, 2008 10:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

bing

Jim Palmer can gab all he wants about Brady on steroids and so can everyone else, and fuck it he probably was like everyone else in baseball and dabbled at the least, but nobody has come up with anything real about it, so enough already.

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by SC on Dec 10, 2008 8:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs