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- From: eebonar@sn01.sncc.lsu.edu (Dave Bonar)
- Subject: Re: Alex Cole's defense ... a question.
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 13:48:28 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.135052.4584@wvnvms.wvnet.edu>, cc007001@wvnvms.wvnet.edu writes...
- >I was recently reading an article on rec.sport.baseball.fantasy where
- >Dave Bonar commented that Alex Cole is not good defensively in center.
- >I realize that he had a low fielding percentage in 1991 but everything
- >else that I have seen indicates (to me) that he had good range.
- >
- >> Rank Year Player DA
- >> 1 1991 Johnson, Lance .639
- >> 2 1991 White, Devon .629 Looks like Devo's rep is deserved.
- >> 3 1991 Pettis, Gary .601
- >> 4 1991 Cuyler, Milt .594
- >> 5 1991 Cole, Alex .593 Here's a surprise!
- >> ...
- >> ?? 1991 League .573
- >> ...
- >
- >So is Cole's reputation based on his errors alone?
-
- Cole's defensive rep. might well be based totally on his errors.
- I don't have the defensive average or range factor info around (for any
- years of interest) so I'll admit that I basically repeated what I've heard
- on Cole (I haven't seen him play nearly enough to have an idea).
-
- Dave
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