Come on! The Blue Jays are undefeated when Buck Coats is in the starting lineup.
Well, youneverknow....
There's not all that much I miss about the Elias Baseball Analyst, but there are one or two things. They used to a nice chart for each team showing the team's W-L record for every player at every spot in the starting lineup, both offensively and defensively. Some teams still provide that information, updated each day in the Daily Game Notes. Texas and Toronto, alas, are not among them. So I had to do all of this myself.
It strikes me that this should be quite interesting for the Blue Jays, who haven't exactly been running the same lineup out there on a regular basis. Lyle Overbay is the only thing resembling an automatic every day player - he's been at first base for almost 94% of the team's games. Scott Rolen has been at third base for just over three quarters (76%) of the team's games. The rest has been pretty fluid as they say, or ought to. Rios in RF, Wells in CF, Stairs at DH, Barajas at C each appears more than half the time, less than two-thirds.
Let's begin with the raw W-L numbers for each player, when he's in the starting lineup.
Player W L Pct
Parrish 4 0 1.000
Coats 1 0 1.000
Burnett 14 10 .583
McDonald 12 9 .571
Wilkerson 26 20 .565
Halladay 12 10 .545
Barajas 34 29 .540
Lind 21 18 .538
Inglett 26 23 .531
Hill 28 25 .528
Rolen 44 40 .524
Rios 53 50 .515
Stairs 38 38 .500
Stewart 22 22 .500
Velandia 1 1 .500
Scutaro 44 45 .494
Overbay 51 53 .490
Wells 29 34 .460
Marcum 8 10 .444
Thomas 7 9 .438
Zaun 23 30 .434
McGowan 8 11 .421
Litsch 8 11 .421
Eckstein 26 36 .419
Mench 6 14 .300
Purcey 1 3 .250
Thigpen 0 1 .000
Diaz 0 1 .000
Richmond 0 1 .000
C 1b 2b 3b ss lf cf rf dh p TOTALAnd now we'll break it down by spot in the batting order:
W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L
Zaun 23 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 2 - - 23 30
Barajas 32 27 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 - - 34 29
Thigpen 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1
Overbay - - 51 53 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 51 53
Stewart - - - - - - - - - - 18 18 - - - - 4 4 - - 22 22
Wilkerson - - 1 1 - - - - - - 7 3 1 1 17 15 - - - - 26 20
Hill - - - - 28 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28 25
Rolen - - - - - - 44 40 - - - - - - - - - - - - 44 40
Eckstein - - - - 0 1 - - 22 33 - - - - - - 4 2 - - 26 36
Wells - - - - - - - - - - - - 29 34 - - - - - - 29 34
Rios - - - - - - - - - - - - 24 21 29 29 - - - - 53 50
Stairs - - - - - - - - - - 4 4 - - 2 4 32 29 - - 38 37
Scutaro - - 2 0 11 16 8 12 21 15 1 2 - - - - 1 0 - - 44 45
Inglett - - - - 16 13 2 3 - - 2 2 1 0 4 5 1 0 - - 26 23
Lind - - - - - - - - - - 20 18 - - - - 1 0 - - 21 18
Mench - - - - - - - - - - 2 9 - - 3 3 1 2 - - 6 14
McDonald - - - - - - 1 1 11 8 - - - - - - - - - - 12 9
Thomas - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 9 - - 7 9
Velandia - - - - 0 1 - - 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Coats - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 - - - - - - - - 1 0
Diaz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 - - 0 1
Burnett - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 10 14 10
Halladay - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 10 12 10
McGowan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 11 8 11
Marcum - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 10 8 10
Litsch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 11 8 11
Parrish - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 0 4 0
Purcey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 3 1 3
Richmond - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 0 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L W L
Zaun - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 12 17 6 7 23 30
Barajas - - - - - - 2 0 8 7 4 9 8 8 9 4 3 1 34 29
Thigpen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 0 1
Overbay - - 1 2 2 1 6 6 9 7 18 21 13 14 2 2 - - 51 53
Stewart 11 7 3 7 - - - - 1 1 4 3 3 3 0 1 - - 22 22
Wilkerson 6 4 0 1 - - - - 1 1 1 0 5 6 9 7 4 1 26 20
Hill - - 19 13 1 3 - - 0 1 2 2 6 6 - - - - 28 25
Rolen - - - - 9 12 15 11 0 2 16 9 3 5 1 1 - - 44 40
Eckstein 13 19 7 3 - - - - - - - - - - 0 5 6 9 26 36
Wells - - - - 0 1 24 29 5 4 - - - - - - - - 29 34
Rios 10 10 - - 43 38 0 1 - - 0 1 - - - - - - 53 50
Stairs - - 5 6 0 1 8 8 19 18 6 5 - - - - - - 38 38
Scutaro 3 7 14 19 - - - - - - 3 0 6 4 11 9 7 6 44 45
Inglett 12 9 6 5 - - - - - - - - - - 3 0 5 9 26 23
Lind - - - - - - - - 1 2 0 2 6 1 7 6 7 7 21 18
Mench - - - - - - 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 3 1 2 - - 6 14
McDonald - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 12 8 12 9
Thomas - - - - - - - - 7 9 - - - - - - - - 7 9
Velandia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1
Coats - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 0
Diaz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 - - 0 1
Pitchers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 6 3 6
Player Innings Hits Runs ER HR H/9 R/9 Er/9 HR/9
McDonald 184 178 90 79 23 3.86 8.71 4.40 1.13
Eckstein 474.2 461 217 203 47 3.85 8.74 4.11 0.89
Scutaro 321.1 283 139 130 26 3.64 7.93 3.89 0.73
Velandia 10 3 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 0.00
Inglett 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 992 927 446 412 96 3.74 8.41 4.05 0.87
Player Innings Hits Runs ER HR H/9 R/9 Er/9 HR/9
Wells 567 527 253 232 55 3.68 8.37 4.02 0.87
Rios 398 381 183 175 38 3.96 8.62 4.14 0.86
Wilkerson 20 15 10 5 3 2.25 6.75 4.50 1.35
Inglett 7 4 0 0 0 0.00 5.14 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 992 927 446 412 96 3.74 8.41 4.05 0.87
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