Max Muncy is now in Manny Ramirez territory

♦ July 2, 2018 ♦ 1 Comment

Most Dodger fans can remember the impact that Manny Ramirez had on the Dodger franchise in the summer of 2008. Manny had the greatest run of any Dodger in history, putting up a 1.232 OPS after he was acquired dirt cheap in the summer of 2008.

Max Muncy is now one of seven Dodgers to have an OBP > .400 and a Slug% > .600 with at least 200 plate appearances. The big difference is that these were the final season stats for the other six but for Muncy, the season is still going on, and there is no way in hell he can keep up this pace.

Or can he?

Player             OPS  OBP  SLG  PA Year Age
Manny Ramirez    1.232 .489 .743 229 2008  36
Babe Herman      1.132 .455 .678 699 1930  27
Gary Sheffield   1.081 .438 .643 612 2000  31
Duke Snider      1.071 .423 .647 679 1954  27
Mike Piazza      1.070 .431 .638 633 1997  28
Babe Herman      1.047 .436 .612 637 1929  26
Duke Snider      1.046 .418 .628 653 1955  28
Duke Snider      1.046 .419 .627 680 1953  26
Hanley Ramirez   1.040 .402 .638 336 2013  29
Max Muncy        1.024 .416 .608 221 2018  27
Mike Piazza      1.006 .400 .606 475 1995  26

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Generated 7/2/2018.

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  1. 68elcamino427
    July 3, 2018 – 12:27 pm

    Turner Ward says there is a chance!

    Muncy is looking out farther for the ball and is timed up.
    Watch his home run from last night and you will see what I mean.

    Muncy brought his knowledge of the strike zone with him.
    Now Ward has introduced some technique that Muncy is assimilating.

    Max Muncy, late bloomer.

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