2010 Fielding Bible Awards - Daric Barton

Among some head-scratching, Daric Barton was named the best defensive player at first base for the 2010 seaon. He dethrone Pujols who held it for four years.

I understand why some people may question it. But I find myself, and I really can't say I have bias because I love Pujols as a player, being okay with this.

over 1 year ago mrbendy 6 comments 0 recs |

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20 runs sounds about right

just think how good he will be next year, (without all the early season E’s)

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by adragon on Nov 1, 2010 11:30 AM PDT reply actions

You can attribute some of the errors on his broken finger

Barton apparently was a little upset that Mark Ellis chastised him about focusing on walking over being more aggressive on hitter counts. I predict more balls in play at the expense of a few walks next year.

by hishnik on Nov 2, 2010 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Cool!

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by Cheezombie on Nov 1, 2010 3:19 PM PDT reply actions

Total points by Team

Using this

http://fieldingbible.com/complete-votetally.asp

I did a really quick and dirty tally of the top teams and came up with this:

391 St Louis (34 from FA Westbrook)
377 A’s
308 Rays (86 from FA Crawford)
275 Phillies (44 from FA Werth)
273 Reds
271 Seattle
245 New York
196 Rockies
173 Boston
150 Texas
85 Baltimore

by Hang Man on Nov 2, 2010 10:21 AM PDT reply actions

Why would there be head scratching? Barton is fantastic defensively.

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by mikev on Nov 2, 2010 11:00 AM PDT reply actions

I don't know why.

I know how good of a defensive player Barton is. But reading some of the reactions from others, they seemed very miffed as to how Pujols didn’t win it.

ken korach's voice is like peanut butter on velvet, not joe buck's.

by mrbendy on Nov 2, 2010 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions