Tag Archives: Justin Turner

Bellinger leading August offensive onslaught

The top of the Dodger lineup continues to prove why they are the best in baseball. Through games of August 12th,  the top of the lineup has four of the five best offensive performances so far in August. The interloper is Austin Barnes who is doing everything at an elite level in August, albeit in …

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Turner leads all NL in wRC+ on August 9th, 2017

You gotta take these snapshots when you can. With Justin Turner rocking two home runs last night he took the lead in the NL for wRC+.  Using smart baseball methodology you could make a case that Justin Turner is the best offensive player in the NL right now. The Dodgers have four of the top 11 …

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Dicking around with LAD bWAR

With so many Dodgers having great seasons, while premature I thought it would be fun to check in on the all-time bWAR infield leaders for the Dodgers and see how the new brood is matching up. I used > 5 bWAR as the criteria Since bWAR is an accumulation stat the more you play the more you …

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LAD first half leaderboards – sOPS+

Oh look, Justin Turner again. To recap, Justin Turner has the best LAD first half in Batting Average, On-Base Percentage, and sOPS+. In other words, the red-bearded wonder is well on his way to having the greatest offensive season ever by a Los Angeles Dodger. And I thought he could be replaced!!!!!!!! This list is …

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LAD First half leaderboards – On Base Percentage

How about the more celebrated OBP leaderboard. We used .350 as the batting average cutoff, for OBP, we will move the criteria up to .400. Whoops, too many seasons using .400, we will need to raise it to .425. Justin Turner once again on top but he had to work at it to beat out Junior …

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LAD first half leaderboards – Batting Average

With so many Dodgers having amazing first halves, we will be displaying the historical significance of those performances. Justin Turner and Cody Bellinger will populate these boards, but will anyone else show up? Justin fell from .380 but not only walks away with the best first half batting average, good bet he will be on top …

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Justin Turner currently in the company of Rod Carew and Tony Gwynn

Can Justin Turner keep his batting average above .380 by the all-star game? With Alex Wood his 1st half season is done so we know we will end the first half with a perfect 10 – 0 record. Only 15 hitters since 1958 have managed to have at least a .380 BA by the all-star …

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Old Tyme stats kicking butt

Alex Wood is 10 – 0 in the first half but starter wins aren’t supposed to mean anything anymore Justin Turner is hitting over .380 just before the break but batting average isn’t supposed to mean anything anymore since we have wRC+ to hang with now. So why is everyone celebrating the batting average of …

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The Campaign Continues

Dodger fans at the game tonight were treated to Orel Hershiser and Justin Turner putting on the Ritz as they combined on the Nations birthday with a memorable moment. At the same time, Dodger fans listening to Joe Davis got a glimpse why he is filling the big shoes of Vin Scully very well. Orel took …

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Dodgers dominating June

Overall Record – 51/26 – Best record in National League June Record – 18/5 – Already tied for 3rd most wins in the month of June. The record is 21 wins in 1973. As of right now, they have best-winning % in the month of June. Team Split Year W W-L% LAD June 1973 21 …

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