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Fun with Numbers

I'm currently getting by on the hypothesis that the A's are only 2 'happenings' away from a WS title: (1) signing Barry Bonds, and (2) a healthy team.  I'm going to tackle the first issue in this diary by looking at what the A's numbers 'with Bonds' and 'without Bonds' would've been in 2007.  I've taken out Mike Piazza's 2007 numbers as well as the fill-in outfielders, including Langerhans, Bocachica, Thompson, Kielty, Putnum, and Davanon.  I'm obviously replacing some of our weaker links with Bonds, so the results will be overstated, but take a look just for fun.

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A's 2007 numbers:
AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS
A's 2007 numbers: 0.256/0.338/0.407/0.745
Numbers with Bonds: 0.259/0.352/0.421/0.773

Would this add up to significantly more runs for the A's?  The A's scored 741 runs in 2007.  Teams comparable to the A's+Bonds were the Cincinnati Reds (OPS .772 and 783 runs), the Atlanta Braves (.774, 810), and Cleveland (.771, 811).  

With an additional 60 runs, the A's run differential would have been +43, which would've put us around 86 wins, still not enough to have made the playoffs this year.  Add in a healthy Rich Harden replacing starts by Braden, Meyer, and Lewis, and you could certainly make a case that the A's would've been in the race for the AL West.  Add in a healthy Street, Duke, and Calero, and you could make the case that the A's would've been the team to beat in the AL.

Or maybe I'm just daydreaming...

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You had me at "Fun"...
and lost me at "Numbers".   ;)
It kind of sounds corny, but you develop a bond with your pumpkins.

by Poppy on Oct 9, 2007 8:33 AM PDT reply actions  

You had me at "Bonds"...

and lost me at "a healthy team" <still can't stop laughing...>

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Oct 9, 2007 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

No... all we really need is Tony Batista!

He is a free agent, afterall...

Psalm 150:6

by bzn5150 on Oct 9, 2007 8:51 AM PDT reply actions  

furmaniak?
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Oct 9, 2007 9:21 AM PDT reply actions  

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