Who was baseball’s previous shortstop over the previous 5 seasons, Corey Seager or Trea Turner?
We would as effectively flip a coin.
Seager hit extra house runs over the 2020-2024 half-decade: 127 vs. Turner’s 108. Seager additionally posted a greater slugging common: .530 vs. 492. And he drew extra walks: 225 to 180.
However Turner performed extra video games: 643 vs. Seager’s 540. Turner additionally had the next batting common: .300 vs. .287. And he stole many extra bases: 120 to eight.
If we decide to not use the aforementioned coin, how will we select between them? My system makes use of the five-year general base values for each gamers, evaluating the bases that they reached (by hits, walks, hit batters, stolen bases, and sacrifices) with the quantity that a median batter would have attained underneath the identical circumstances.
The outcome, as you would possibly anticipate, is just about a useless warmth.
Seager posted an OBV of plus-313 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Texas Rangers over the half-decade. Turner countered with an general worth of plus-312 for the Washington Nationals, Dodgers, and Philadelphia Phillies.
That’s a distinction of 1 base in 5 years.
In the present day’s rankings embody all big-league gamers who made no less than 1,400 plate appearances through the previous 5 seasons — and who spent no less than half of their time at shortstop.
Rounding out the highest 5 behind Seager and Turner are Bobby Witt Jr., Francisco Lindor, and Gunnar Henderson. It ought to be famous that Witt and Henderson collected their spectacular values in simply three seasons, on condition that each have been rookies in 2022.
Look beneath to see the half-decade’s prime 10 shortstops. Every is listed with fundamental stats for 2020-2024: video games, house runs, runs batted in, batting common, and general base worth.
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1. Corey Seager (G 540, HR 127, RBI 351, BA .287) — OBV +313
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2. Trea Turner (G 643, HR 108, RBI 356, BA .300) — OBV +312
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3. Bobby Witt Jr. (G 469, HR 82, RBI 285, BA .288) — OBV +254
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4. Francisco Lindor (G 658, HR 118, RBI 386, BA .259) — OBV +237
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5. Gunnar Henderson (G 343, HR 69, RBI 192, BA .268) — OBV +184
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6. Xander Bogaerts (G 616, HR 79, RBI 282, BA .290) — OBV +178
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7. Carlos Correa (G 563, HR 85, RBI 300, BA .273) — OBV +133
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8. Willy Adames (G 643, HR 120, RBI 386, BA .243) — OBV +127
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9. Trevor Story (G 364, HR 56, RBI 193, BA .249) — OBV +92
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10. Dansby Swanson (G 678, HR 100, RBI 365, BA .255) — OBV +91
