bored so I was looking at all time
UZR numbers. (goes back to 2002). Minimum 4000 innings. (3 years of 162 gms, 9 inning play is about 4300). DRS doesn't have easily accessible numbers averaged out for one year of play, they are just cumulative I believe so i'll just look at UZR/150.
UZR/150 (ultimate zone rate per 150 games): The number of runs above or below average a fielder is, per 150 defensive games.
Shortstop
(UZR/150)
Adam Everett 15.0
Brendan Ryan 12.4
J.J. Hardy 10.9
also interesting.
Jeter has always faired well in Error Runs
(Error Runs (ErrR) Does the player commit more or fewer errors compared with a league-average player at their position?).
Always positive numbers. He is below average turning the DP though and what really kills him is his range. Those are not very surprising conclusions though. Jeter is very smooth out in the field, excellent hands.
Second Base:
Chase Utley 13.6
Placido Polanco 10.5
Dustin Pedroia 9.8
Third Base:
Adrian Beltre 15.3
Evan Longoria and Pedro Feliz 14.9
Scott Rolen 14.2
First Base:
Doug Mientkiewicz 11.4
Travis Lee 9.2
Kevin Youkilis 7.4
even at age 33-36 (2002-2005)
John Olerud is still close to the top at 6.3 UZR/150. (hall of famer)
Left Field:
Carl Crawford 13.0
Alfonso Soriano 12.9 (yes you read that right)
Moises Alou 8.5
DRS does not like Alfonso in LF so this could be a case of UZR having problems in Wrigley. UZR is much more accurate in the infield than the outfield because of the differences between all of the fields. DRS also does not agree with Alou, who also played for the cubs from 2002-2004 and the giants and mets after.
Right Field:
Ichiro Suzuki: 11.6
Austin Kearns: 11.3
Alex Rios: 10.2
Center Field:
Andruw Jones 19.0
Carlos Gomez 15.0
Michael Bourn 10.7
Even fat Andruw was godly. imagine if there were numbers back before 2002.
Anyway conclusion:
