BATTING
GAMES
Willi Castro, 158
Carlos Santana, 150
Manuel Margot, 129
AT-BATS
Castro, 558
Santana, 521
Ryan Jeffers, 412
RUNS
Castro, 89
Santana, 63
Byron Buxton, 62
HITS
Castro, 138
Santana, 124
Jose Miranda, 114
DOUBLES
Castro, 31
Miranda, 28
Buxton, 27
TRIPLES
Castro, 5
Miranda, 4
Buxton, 3
Alex Kirilloff, 3
HOME RUNS
Santana, 23
Jeffers, 21
Buxton, 18
RBIs
Santana, 71
Jeffers, 64
Castro, 60
WALKS
Santana, 65
Castro, 51
Carlos Correa, 40
Trevor Larnach, 40
STRIKEOUTS
Castro, 150
Edouard Julien, 102
Buxton, 99
Santana, 99
STOLEN BASES
Castro, 14
Buxton, 7
Austin Martin, 7
CAUGHT STEALING
Castro, 9
Kyle Farmer, 5
Martin, 3
AVERAGE
Correa, .310
Miranda, .284
Buxton, .279
ON-BASE
Correa, .388
Matt Wallner, .372
Larnach, .338
SLUGGING
Buxton, .524
Wallner, .523
Correa, .517
OPS
Correa, .905
Wallner, .895
Buxton, .859
PITCHING
GAMES
Griffin Jax, 72
Cole Sands, 62
Caleb Thielbar, 59
STARTS
Pablo Lopez, 32
Bailey Ober, 31
Simeon Woods Richardson, 28
COMPLETE GAMES
Ober, 1
SHUTOUTS
None.
INNINGS
Lopez, 185.1
Ober, 178.2
Joe Ryan, 135
WINS
Lopez, 15
Ober, 12
Sands, 9
LOSSES
Lopez, 10
Jhoan Duran, 9
Ober, 9
SAVES
Duran, 23
Jax, 10
Sands, 4
HOME RUNS ALLOWED
Ober, 27
Lopez, 26
Ryan, 19
HIT BATSMEN
Lopez, 8
Duran, 6
Ober, 6
Sands, 6
WALKS ALLOWED
Woods Richardson, 48
Ober, 43
Lopez, 41
STRIKEOUTS
Lopez, 198
Ober, 191
Ryan, 147
ERA
Jax, 2.03
Jorge Alcala, 3.24
Ryan, 3.60
WHIP
Jax, 0.87
Ryan, 0.99
Sands, 1.00
Ober, 1.00
AVERAGE AGAINST
Jax, .184
Alcala, .190
Ober, .208
Willi Castro had a fine season but him leading so many categories is depressing.
He led the team in HBP too.
Agreed.
I’m not saying Castro isn’t a valuable player, because a guy who can play that many positions with a better than league average offensive profile has real value, particularly to a team where so many players have issues staying in the field. He deserved the All-Star nod and should be in line for a nice bump in arbitration.
That said, striking out in nearly a quarter of his plate appearances amounts to a lot of unproductive outs for a guy with only a 102 OPS+. He didn’t lead the team in SO%, but among qualified hitters his 23.6% was second, and among all batters who struck out more often and accumulated over 10 PA, only Buxton takes walks at a lower rate than Castro.
And he ditched his SB value from last season
As a team, there were some pretty solid foundation in the pitching -- great K/BB #s, WHIP. Wallner and Carlos had successful seasons, sans injuries.
Buxton had a pretty decent season all around too. At this point 100 games played is what we can expect I'll definitely take the .279 average, 859 OPS, 18 HRs.
And still a great centerfielder after myriad leg injuries. Statcast gave him a +4 runs in half a season. It's lower on a per-inning basis than previous seasons, but he retains nearly elite sprint speed.