Reds stats through 50 games, 2013

[Kc61]

Reds went 7-3, gained one game on Cards, Reds now trail by 1.5 in Central tied with Pirates at 31-19. Reds at .620 win percentage. 18-7 at home, 13-12 on the road. Reds +62 in run differential, trail only Cards (+66) in NL. Reds record against Cubs, Marlins, Mets and Brewers a combined 19-3. Those four teams have the worst winning percentages in the NL. Cueto back, Cingrani down. Soto was up briefly. Marshall on DL for second time, Parra up.

Offense - Reds with .735 OPS, continued to climb from .729 last time and .705 previous time. Fourth highest OPS in the NL. Cards are seventh with .717 and Pirates are ninth with .704. Reds BA is seventh in NL at .252, Cards are third at .266, Pirates are twelfth at .243. Reds BA just slightly up from .251 last time. Reds OBP is .335, best in NL, same as last time, Cards are second at .331, Pirates are tenth at .310. Reds SLG is .400, seventh in NL, Cards are ninth at .387, Pirates are eighth at .393.

Reds OPS v. LHP is .742, fifth best in NL. Reds OPS v. RHP .732, sixth best in NL. OPS v. righties has improved since last year, OPS v. LHP has declined, overall impact is more balance and overall increase from .726 to .735 so far.

Reds wOBA is .319, fourth best in NL (Cards sixth, Pirates ninth), wRC+ is 99, fifth best in NL, Cards fourth, Pirates eighth. Reds second in NL in runs scored with 244, Cards third (233), Pirates eighth (197). Last 14 days, Reds OPS is tops in the NL at .774. Last 14 days, Cards seventh in OPS, Pirates tenth in OPS in NL.

Reds with 14 stolen bases, fourteenth best in NL, Cards are fifteenth, Pirates are fourth best with 31 steals. Reds with one stolen base in last 14 days.

Votto now leads NL in batting average among qualifiers e at .353. Votto also leads in OPS at 1.024. Votto and Choo are first and second in OBP at .479 and .441, respectively, although Choo in last 14 days has OPS of .782 and BA of .200. In last 14 days, Votto with OPS of 1.389 and Bruce at 1.036. Phillips remains RBI leader in NL with 42.

Focusing on last 14 days, Hanigan has OPS'd .869. Frazier .677. Cozart .674. Overall, for the season, Choo is at .949, Phillips .802, Bruce .780, Paul .760, Frazier .740, Mes .709, Cozart .601 (improved), Hanigan .551 (improved).

Pitching - Reds team ERA is 3.32 which is fourth in NL and improved from 3.45 last time. Cards lead league with 3.11 team ERA, Bucs second at 3.21.

Reds starting ERA is 3.18 which is second best in NL. Cards lead NL with 2.62 starting ERA, Pirates fifth with 3.53 starting ERA. Reds relief ERA is 3.62, eighth in NL and just around league average, 3.61. Cards with thirteenth best relief ERA at 4.35, Pirates second best in NL at .2.77.

Pirates lead NL with 22 saves, Cards third at 16, Reds fifth at 15. Pirates with best save percentage in NL at 81%, Reds third best at 75%, Cards tenth at 64%.

Fangraphs pitching WAR shows Cards first in NL at 6.9, Reds fifth at 5.1, Pirates seventh with 4.0. Reds FIP is 3.71, fourth in NL, Cards best, Bucs sixth. Cards, Bucs, and Reds are 1-3 in xFIP in that order, with Reds at 4.07.

Pitching BABIP so far this year - Reds .278 against is fourth lowest in NL; Pirates .266 is lowest among all NL teams; Cards second highest pitching BABIP in NL at .302.

Reds starters ERAs are Cueto 2.76, Bailey 3.08, Latos 3.17, Leake 3.25, Cingrani 3.27, Arroyo 3.39. Despite these, the most wins by any starter is five for Arroyo, with Leake and Latos at four, and Bailey at three.

Chapman 25 games pitched, half of Reds games played, Broxton and Hoover 22, Lecure and Ondrusek 18, Simon 16, Marshall 11, Parra 7. Relief LOB% Lecure 91.4, Chapman 87.2, Hoover 85.5 on the high side; Marshall 50%, Broxton 60.3%, Ondrusek 71.4%, Simon 72.1% on the lower side. Relief WHIP Marshall 0.86, Lecure 0.95, Simon 1.05 on the lowest end; Parra 2.86 on the higher end with Hoover at 1.31.

Chapman v. lefty hitters has 6.1 innings, 14 Ks, 0 BBs, 0.00 ERA (not sure how that is figured out), .136 BA against. Chapman v. righty hitters 16.2 innings, 25 Ks, 10 BBs, 3.78 ERA (again, not sure how calculated), .210 BA against. Against LHH, some Reds ERAs listed as follows -- Ondrusek 6.43; Arroyo 4.55; Bailey 4.22; Marshall (oddly, small sample) 4.15; Simon 4.00.

Fielding - Reds UZR rating is fourth best in NL, 5.6. Pirates' is ninth at -1.3; Cards' is thirteenth at -6.1. Reds with 21 errors, third fewest in NL. Cards have 18, tied with DBacks for fewest in NL. Pirates have 31, ninth fewest in NL. Cards have turned the most DPs in the NL with 135; Pirates have fifth most DPs with 114; Reds tenth most with 103.

[mth123]

Awesome again. It's Memorial Day and 50 games are in the books. There is still a lot of season left, but it's not early anymore.

Teams will start sizing up direction in the next week or so and opportunity to make deals will open up. Marshall's injury highligted the need for a lefty reliever, but your second to the last paragraph showing some stats against lefty hitters would seem to indicate that the Reds need one even if Marshall was healthy or Cingrani takes his place. Still the top need IMO.

[NebraskaRed]

2 things...I didn't realize that Chapman has pitched in 50% of the games so far this year.

And LeCure's 91.4 LOB rate. Wow!

[LexRedsFan]

2 things...I didn't realize that Chapman has pitched in 50% of the games so far this year.

And LeCure's 91.4 LOB rate. Wow!

I really wouldn't mind seeing LeCure more, and in high leverage situations. He's excelled in every role we've placed him in.

[Kc61]

I really wouldn't mind seeing LeCure more, and in high leverage situations. He's excelled in every role we've placed him in.

Been discussing this on some threads lately. Dusty seems to go out of his way to give Sam a lot of rest.

One poster said Sam has a lot of soreness. I recall in the minors he had his share of injuries.

The way Lecure has pitched, you'd expect him to be used a bit more, but I'm sure the Reds know what they are doing on this - they have to realize how effective he's been and how helpful he can be in games.