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Thursday, March 11, 2004 |
One Big Bat, One Big Lie
I hear so much that the Dodgers neglect their offense and don't win with hitting that it seems meet to counter this with a few statistics. Following, the regular season OBP and OPS for the Dodgers in championship years:
| Year | # Teams | OPS | Rank | OBP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 12 | .657 | 9th | .305 | 11th |
| 1981 | 12 | .697 | 4th | .323 | 4th |
| 1965 | 10 | .647 | 8th | .312 | 6th |
| 1963 | 10 | .666 | 7th | .309 | 5th |
| 1955 | 8 | .804 | 1st | .356 | 1st |
Now, if the outlier 1955 season is unusual, so is the magical year 1988, with it's woefully underperforming offense. Most Dodger championships are right in the middle offensively. One bat, by itself, couldn't have fixed the Dodgers last year, and it won't fix the team this year, either.
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