2001 Season Review -- 2001 Texas Rangers

February 19, 2002
This article takes a look at how the 2001 Texas Rangers performed relative
to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams,
more information on our projection system, the projections for 2001, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike zone affected the
stats in 2001, visit the following pages:
2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March
22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 901 890
Runs allowed 826 968
Run Margin 75 -78
Wins 88 73
Pythagorean wins 87 74
Placement 2nd 4th
Position Players
Ivan Rodriguez, c , bats right, age 29
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 557 185 35 3 33 101 109 1 28 5 68 14 7 .332 .361 .583 .945 105
Prorated Tex 442 147 28 2 26 80 87 1 22 4 54 11 6 83
Actual Tex 442 136 24 2 25 70 65 4 23 3 73 10 3 .308 .347 .541 .888 78
Bill Haselman, c , bats right, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 71 19 5 0 2 7 9 0 4 0 13 0 0 .268 .307 .423 .729 9
Prorated Tex 133 35 9 0 4 13 17 0 7 0 24 0 0 17
Actual Tex 130 37 6 0 3 12 25 1 8 0 27 0 1 .285 .331 .400 .731 16
Doug Mirabelli, c , bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 64 14 3 0 1 8 8 0 10 1 13 0 0 .219 .320 .313 .632 7
Prorated Tex 50 11 2 0 1 6 6 0 8 1 10 0 0 6
Actual Tex 49 5 2 0 2 4 3 0 10 0 21 0 0 .102 .254 .265 .520 4
Prorated Bos 141 31 7 0 2 18 18 0 22 2 29 0 0 16
Actual Bos 141 38 8 0 9 16 26 4 17 2 36 0 0 .270 .360 .518 .877 27
Prorated Tot 191 42 9 0 3 24 24 0 30 3 39 0 0 21
Actual Tot 190 43 10 0 11 20 29 4 27 2 57 0 0 .226 .332 .453 .784 30
Marcus Jensen, c , bats switch, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected FA 65 13 4 0 1 8 8 1 9 0 17 0 0 .200 .307 .308 .614 7
Prorated Bos 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Bos 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0
Prorated Tex 22 4 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 6 0 0 2
Actual Tex 25 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 .160 .160 .200 .360 1
Prorated Tot 25 5 2 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 7 0 0 2
Actual Tot 29 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 .172 .172 .207 .379 1
Mike Hubbard, c , bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 70 18 3 0 1 8 8 0 4 0 10 1 0 .257 .293 .343 .636 7
Prorated Tex 10 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Actual Tex 11 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 .273 .273 .636 .909 2
Rafael Palmeiro, 1b, bats left, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 547 164 29 2 40 96 122 3 92 14 72 3 2 .300 .400 .580 .979 129
Prorated Tex 603 181 32 2 44 106 134 3 101 15 79 3 2 142
Actual Tex 600 164 33 0 47 98 123 7 101 8 90 1 1 .273 .381 .563 .944 135
Carlos Pena, 1b, bats left, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 64 17 4 0 3 13 11 1 9 1 10 1 0 .266 .360 .469 .829 12
Prorated Tex 61 16 4 0 3 12 11 1 9 1 10 1 0 11
Actual Tex 62 16 4 1 3 6 12 0 10 0 17 0 0 .258 .361 .500 .861 12
Michael Young, 2b, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 69 17 4 1 0 9 9 0 4 0 11 3 1 .246 .284 .333 .617 7
Prorated Tex 395 97 23 6 0 51 51 0 23 0 63 17 6 38
Actual Tex 386 96 18 4 11 57 49 3 26 0 91 3 1 .249 .298 .402 .699 46
Randy Velarde, 2b/1b/3b, bats right, age 38
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 602 180 29 3 13 102 64 4 68 1 103 16 6 .299 .373 .422 .795 95
Prorated Tex 297 89 14 1 6 50 32 2 33 0 51 8 3 46
Actual Tex 296 88 16 2 9 46 31 5 29 0 73 4 2 .297 .369 .456 .825 50
Prorated NYA 49 15 2 0 1 8 5 0 6 0 8 1 0 8
Actual NYA 46 7 3 0 0 4 1 3 5 0 13 2 0 .152 .278 .217 .495 4
Prorated Tot 345 103 17 2 7 59 37 2 39 1 59 9 3 54
Actual Tot 342 95 19 2 9 50 32 8 34 0 86 6 2 .278 .356 .424 .780 53
Mike Lamb, 3b, bats left, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 69 18 4 0 1 10 8 1 5 1 8 0 0 .261 .320 .362 .682 8
Prorated Tex 282 73 16 0 4 41 33 4 20 4 33 0 0 31
Actual Tex 284 87 18 0 4 42 35 5 14 1 27 2 1 .306 .348 .412 .760 40
Ken Caminiti, 3b, bats switch, age 38
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 485 141 29 0 30 96 100 3 85 10 84 5 2 .291 .394 .536 .930 106
Prorated Tex 176 51 11 0 11 35 36 1 31 4 31 2 1 38
Actual Tex 185 43 8 1 9 24 25 2 22 2 41 0 0 .232 .318 .432 .750 25
Prorated Atl 161 47 10 0 10 32 33 1 28 3 28 2 1 35
Actual Atl 171 38 9 0 6 12 16 0 21 1 44 0 1 .222 .306 .380 .686 21
Prorated Tot 337 98 20 0 21 67 70 2 59 7 58 3 1 74
Actual Tot 356 81 17 1 15 36 41 2 43 3 85 0 1 .228 .312 .407 .719 46
Scott Sheldon, 3b/ss, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 103 27 7 0 5 17 18 0 10 0 26 1 1 .262 .322 .476 .797 16
Prorated Tex 114 30 8 0 6 19 20 0 11 0 29 1 1 18
Actual Tex 120 24 5 0 3 11 11 0 3 0 35 1 1 .200 .216 .317 .533 8
Alex Rodriguez, ss, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 573 182 32 3 45 134 133 7 75 3 108 24 7 .318 .398 .620 1.017 145
Prorated Tex 631 200 35 3 50 148 146 8 83 3 119 26 8 160
Actual Tex 632 201 34 1 52 133 135 16 75 6 131 18 3 .318 .399 .622 1.021 159
Kelly Dransfeldt, ss, bats right, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 71 14 3 0 1 9 7 0 4 0 19 1 1 .197 .240 .282 .522 5
Prorated Tex 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual Tex 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Frank Catalanotto, lf/rf/2b/3b/1b, bats left, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 93 27 5 1 3 16 13 2 8 0 14 1 1 .290 .356 .462 .818 15
Prorated Tex 453 132 24 5 15 78 63 10 39 0 68 5 5 75
Actual Tex 463 153 31 5 11 77 54 8 39 3 55 15 5 .330 .391 .490 .882 92
Rusty Greer, lf, bats left, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 572 169 42 3 15 100 98 4 86 1 80 2 2 .295 .387 .458 .845 103
Prorated Tex 239 70 18 1 6 42 41 2 36 0 33 1 1 42
Actual Tex 245 67 23 0 7 38 29 1 27 1 32 1 2 .273 .342 .453 .795 38
Bo Porter, lf/rf/cf, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 147 36 6 1 4 26 17 1 21 0 35 8 4 .245 .341 .381 .722 20
Prorated Tex 84 21 3 1 2 15 10 1 12 0 20 5 2 12
Actual Tex 87 20 4 2 1 18 6 0 9 0 34 3 2 .230 .296 .356 .652 10
Chris Magruder, lf, bats switch, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected SF 66 14 3 0 0 9 4 1 7 0 9 2 1 .212 .297 .258 .555 5
Prorated Tex 27 6 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 4 1 0 2
Actual Tex 29 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 .172 .226 .172 .398 1
Gabe Kapler, cf, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 443 127 30 3 15 65 67 1 43 2 64 9 5 .287 .348 .470 .818 72
Prorated Tex 500 143 34 3 17 73 76 1 48 2 72 10 6 81
Actual Tex 483 129 29 1 17 77 72 3 61 2 70 23 6 .267 .348 .437 .785 78
Chad Curtis, cf/lf/rf, bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 64 17 4 0 1 10 9 0 9 0 12 1 1 .266 .351 .375 .726 9
Prorated Tex 111 29 7 0 2 17 16 0 16 0 21 2 2 15
Actual Tex 115 29 3 0 3 24 10 1 14 0 21 7 1 .252 .338 .357 .695 15
Ricky Ledee, rf/cf/lf, bats left, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 98 25 5 1 3 15 15 0 12 1 23 2 1 .255 .333 .418 .752 14
Prorated Tex 240 61 12 2 7 37 37 0 29 2 56 5 2 32
Actual Tex 242 56 21 1 2 33 36 3 23 0 58 3 3 .231 .303 .351 .654 27
Ruben Mateo, rf, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 517 150 29 1 23 86 76 12 22 5 80 15 3 .290 .333 .484 .816 82
Prorated Tex 137 40 8 0 6 23 20 3 6 1 21 4 1 22
Actual Tex 129 32 5 2 1 18 13 6 9 0 28 1 0 .248 .322 .341 .663 15
Craig Monroe, rf/lf, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Tex 52 11 1 0 2 8 5 0 6 0 18 2 0 .212 .293 .346 .639 6
Cliff Brumbaugh, rf, bats right, age 27
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Actual Tex 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .000 .091 .000 .091 0
Actual Col 36 10 2 0 1 5 4 0 2 0 9 0 1 .278 .316 .417 .732 3
Actual Tot 46 10 2 0 1 6 4 0 3 0 14 0 1 .217 .265 .326 .591 3
Ruben Sierra, dh/rf, bats switch, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 67 18 3 0 2 9 11 0 7 1 9 1 0 .269 .333 .403 .736 9
Prorated Tex 330 89 15 0 10 44 54 0 34 5 44 5 0 43
Actual Tex 344 100 22 1 23 55 67 0 19 0 52 2 0 .291 .322 .561 .884 58
Andres Galarraga, dh/1b, bats right, age 40
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tex 544 160 28 1 31 85 110 19 41 7 129 3 4 .294 .363 .520 .883 99
Prorated Tex 243 72 13 0 14 38 49 8 18 3 58 1 2 44
Actual Tex 243 57 16 0 10 33 34 9 18 1 68 1 0 .235 .310 .424 .734 31
Prorated SF 156 46 8 0 9 24 32 5 12 2 37 1 1 29
Actual SF 156 45 12 1 7 17 35 3 13 1 49 0 3 .288 .351 .513 .863 27
Prorated Tot 399 117 21 1 23 62 81 14 30 5 95 2 3 73
Actual Tot 399 102 28 1 17 50 69 12 31 2 117 1 3 .256 .326 .459 .784 57
Pitchers
Rick Helling, starter, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 5.02 32 32 12 12 0 204 207 31 84 136 .262 .798
Prorated Tex 34 34 13 13 0 215 217 33 88 143
Actual Tex 5.17 34 34 12 11 0 216 256 38 63 154 .297 .876
Doug Davis, starter, throws left, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 6.14 27 27 7 9 0 152 180 25 82 115 .297 .864
Prorated Tex 32 32 8 11 0 180 212 29 97 136
Actual Tex 4.45 30 30 11 10 0 186 220 14 69 115 .295 .783
Darren Oliver, starter, throws left, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 6.01 27 27 6 11 0 142 178 17 57 77 .309 .864
Prorated Tex 29 29 6 12 0 153 191 18 61 83
Actual Tex 6.02 28 28 11 11 0 154 189 23 65 104 .306 .881
Kenny Rogers, starter, throws left, age 36
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 4.79 32 32 12 12 0 205 233 19 71 117 .290 .791
Prorated Tex 20 20 7 7 0 126 144 12 44 72
Actual Tex 6.19 20 20 5 7 0 121 150 18 49 74 .307 .874
Rob Bell, starter, throws right, age 24
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Cin 5.07 32 32 9 11 0 178 164 40 82 156 .245 .822
Prorated Cin 8 8 2 3 0 43 40 10 20 38
Actual Cin 5.48 9 9 0 5 0 44 46 9 17 33 .275 .854
Prorated Tex 20 20 6 7 0 112 103 25 51 98
Actual Tex 7.18 18 18 5 5 0 105 130 23 47 64 .310 .952
Prorated Tot 28 28 8 10 0 155 143 35 72 136
Actual Tot 6.67 27 27 5 10 0 150 176 32 64 97 .300 .924
Aaron Myette, starter/reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 6.32 11 0 1 1 0 16 19 3 11 11 .302 .948
Prorated Tex 54 0 5 5 0 77 93 15 54 54
Actual Tex 7.14 19 15 4 5 0 81 94 12 37 67 .293 .873
Ryan Glynn, starter/reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 5.86 32 32 10 12 0 183 215 29 88 99 .296 .858
Prorated Tex 8 8 3 3 0 48 57 8 23 26
Actual Tex 7.04 12 9 1 5 0 46 59 7 26 15 .309 .886
Joaquin Benoit, starter, throws right, age 21
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 6.48 13 0 1 1 0 17 21 3 8 11 .313 .927
Prorated Tex 4 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 3 4
Actual Tex 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 5 8 3 3 4 .364 1.241
Pat Mahomes, reliever/starter, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 6.29 28 5 3 4 0 63 68 12 40 44 .275 .889
Prorated Tex 45 8 5 6 0 102 110 19 65 71
Actual Tex 5.70 56 4 7 6 0 107 115 17 55 61 .280 .873
Mark Petkovsek, reliever, throws right, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 4.55 40 0 3 3 0 55 65 6 15 24 .297 .792
Prorated Tex 60 0 5 5 0 83 98 9 23 36
Actual Tex 6.69 55 0 1 2 0 77 103 14 28 42 .323 .905
Mike Venafro, reliever, throws left, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 3.82 70 0 5 3 1 73 79 5 26 42 .281 .740
Prorated Tex 59 0 4 3 1 62 67 4 22 35
Actual Tex 4.80 70 0 5 5 4 60 54 2 28 29 .240 .693
Juan Moreno, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tex 3.92 45 0 3 3 0 41 22 6 28 36 .153 .596
Tim Crabtree, reliever, throws right, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 3.54 70 0 5 3 28 74 78 5 25 52 .275 .723
Prorated Tex 26 0 2 1 10 27 29 2 9 19
Actual Tex 6.56 21 0 0 5 4 23 37 3 14 16 .385 1.029
Jeff Brantley, reliever, throws right, age 37
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 5.61 53 0 2 7 4 69 78 16 37 61 .286 .865
Prorated Tex 16 0 1 2 1 20 23 5 11 18
Actual Tex 5.14 18 0 0 1 0 21 26 5 9 11 .310 .920
Chris Michalak, reliever, throws left, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tor 7.18 27 27 6 13 0 145 203 23 68 99 .325 .834
Prorated Tor 20 20 4 10 0 107 150 17 50 73
Actual Tor 4.62 24 18 6 7 0 115 133 14 49 57 .296 .854
Prorated Tex 4 4 1 2 0 19 27 3 9 13
Actual Tex 3.32 11 0 2 2 1 22 24 5 6 10 .279 .833
Prorated Tot 23 23 5 11 0 126 176 20 59 86
Actual Tot 4.41 35 18 8 9 1 137 157 19 55 67 .293 .851
Kevin Foster, reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 6.89 11 0 1 1 0 16 20 3 12 14 .317 .977
Prorated Tex 12 0 1 1 0 17 21 3 13 15
Actual Tex 6.62 9 0 0 1 0 18 21 2 10 16 .309 .929
Justin Duchscherer, reliever/starter, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tex 12.27 5 2 1 1 0 15 24 5 4 11 .353 1.098
Danny Kolb, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 6.23 9 0 1 1 0 17 22 2 10 8 .319 .864
Prorated Tex 8 0 1 1 0 15 19 2 9 7
Actual Tex 4.70 17 0 0 0 0 15 15 2 10 15 .259 .742
J.D. Smart, reliever, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Actual Tex 6.46 15 0 1 2 0 15 19 3 4 10 .306 .919
R.A. Dickey, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 7.31 13 0 1 1 0 16 22 3 9 8 .333 .976
Prorated Tex 9 0 1 1 0 11 15 2 6 5
Actual Tex 6.75 4 0 0 1 0 12 13 3 7 4 .283 .986
Jonathan Johnson, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 6.95 30 0 2 4 0 56 76 11 30 44 .328 .962
Prorated Tex 6 0 0 1 0 11 15 2 6 9
Actual Tex 9.58 5 0 0 0 0 10 13 2 7 11 .317 .989
Mike Judd, reliever/starter, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tam 6.67 23 0 1 2 0 30 34 6 15 24 .288 .883
Prorated Tam 15 0 1 1 0 19 22 4 10 16
Actual Tam 4.05 8 2 1 0 0 20 19 2 10 11 .250 .715
Prorated Tex 8 0 0 1 0 10 12 2 5 8
Actual Tex 8.00 4 1 0 1 0 9 15 2 5 5 .357 .973
Prorated Tot 23 0 1 2 0 29 34 6 15 24
Actual Tot 5.28 12 3 1 1 0 29 34 4 15 16 .288 .806
Brandon Villafuerte, reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 8.79 11 0 1 1 0 14 24 3 11 12 .375 1.086
Prorated Tex 5 0 0 0 0 7 11 1 5 5
Actual Tex 14.29 6 0 0 0 0 6 12 3 4 4 .414 1.348
Francisco Cordero, reliever, throws right, age 23
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 5.27 17 0 1 1 0 27 31 3 17 20 .287 .840
Prorated Tex 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 2
Actual Tex 3.86 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 1 .300 .717
Jeff Zimmerman, closer, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Tex 3.74 70 0 7 3 2 99 93 12 38 92 .249 .716
Prorated Tex 46 0 5 2 1 64 60 8 25 60
Actual Tex 2.40 66 0 4 4 28 71 48 10 16 72 .192 .595
Projections and text: Copyright © 2002. Diamond
Mind, Inc. All rights reserved.
Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights
reserved.
|