January 31, 200521 yr Care of ESPN # How much did the Marlins need a left-handed thumper like Carlos Delgado? Here's one way to look at it: All their left-handed hitters combined hit 27 homers over the last two seasons (20 last year, seven in 2003). Delgado hit that many all by himself in a mere 88 days in 2003. # Not only were those 27 homers by left-handed-hitting Marlins the fewest in the big leagues over these past two years, no one else was even in the same solar system. Here's the top (or bottom) five, courtesy of Elias: 27 Marlins 89 Padres 91 Cubs 96 Mariners 102 Astros # Before Delgado showed up, all the left-handed hitters currently on the Marlins' 40-man roster had combined for exactly six home runs over the previous two seasons -- four by Juan Pierre, two by a pitcher (Dontrelle Willis). Pierre hit his four in 1,336 at-bats. Delgado, while all that was going on, hit four in one game (Sept. 25, 2003). # Only one left-handed-hitting Marlin has ever hit more than 15 homers in a season (Cliff Floyd, who topped out at 22 twice and 31 once). Delgado, on the other hand, has hit 30 or more eight seasons in a row. # Who's the only active player currently working on a streak of eight straight 30-homer, 90-RBI seasons? Yep. Carlos Delgado. Here are the longest current streaks: Delgado 8 Alex Rodriguez 7 Manny Ramirez 7 Jim Thome 6 Todd Helton 6 Barry Bonds 5 # Meanwhile, how many first basemen have ever had more than eight straight 30-homer seasons? That would be two -- and you've heard of them: Jimmie Foxx (12) and Lou Gehrig (nine). Here are the 10 longest streaks like that in history, according to Lee Sinins' new Sabermetric Encyclopedia CD-Rom: Foxx (1929-40) 12 Gehrig (1929-37) 9 Delgado (1997-2004) 8 Jeff Bagwell (1996-2003) 8 Jim Thome (1997-04) 8 Fred McGriff (1988-94) 7 Willie McCovey (1965-70) 6 Todd Helton (1999-04) 6 Mark McGwire (1995-2000) 6 Mo Vaughn (1995-2000) 6
January 31, 200521 yr A few stats of Carlos Delgado that I like: Career vs. Tim Hudson: 9 for 27 (.333) with 5 HR Career vs. current Atlanta Pitchers: 17 for 48 (.354) with 9 HR
January 31, 200521 yr he's gonna hit 35-40 this year for sure.... Plus he's going to be an Rbi machine... i cant wait to see him play
January 31, 200521 yr A few stats of Carlos Delgado that I like: Career vs. Tim Hudson: 9 for 27 (.333) with 5 HR Career vs. current Atlanta Pitchers: 17 for 48 (.354) with 9 HR 673415[/snapback] thanks for posting that sir :thumbup
January 31, 200521 yr anyone have his numbers vs Pedro ? 673595[/snapback] i was just about to ask.. :mischief2
February 1, 200521 yr guess he his worth $52 million! 673811[/snapback] I agree, going from Dontrelle Willis as your top left handed batter to Carlos Delgado is a great improvement.
February 1, 200521 yr Career stats vs. Pedro: .294 5H 1HR 2RBI 3K (17AB ) 674205[/snapback] where you get these numbers at? I found...241AVG 354OBP 3 2B 1 3B 3HR 8 RBI 854OPS
February 1, 200521 yr Author where you get these numbers at? 674215[/snapback] That should read 2004, not career stats. Yahoo! Sports: http://bigleaguers.yahoo.com/mlbpa/players/5178/batvspit
February 1, 200521 yr guess he his worth $52 million! 673811[/snapback] I agree, going from Dontrelle Willis as your top left handed batter to Carlos Delgado is a great improvement. 674191[/snapback] :lol :lol :lol
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