Originally Posted by
red-in-la
Uh, excuse me? Keppinger was the reds BEST player when he fouled that ball off his knee. That happened in 2008.
He was?
Well, let's see. Here's Kep:
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G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+
39 163 148 17 48 7 1 3 21 12 1 8 0 2 1 7 2 0 .324 .373 .446 .819
This guy also played a key defensive position. I wonder how his season played out?
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G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+
31 109 99 12 30 5 2 4 14 10 1 24 0 0 0 1 0 1 .303 .367 .515 .882
Now this guy didn't play as premium a defensive position but he seemed to hit the ball far:
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G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+
36 123 111 21 32 7 0 8 20 12 0 22 0 0 0 3 1 1 .288 .358 .568 .926
This guy was doing pretty well up to that point as well:
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G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+
38 160 149 22 42 10 2 7 18 10 1 28 0 0 1 4 6 2 .282 .325 .517 .842
It seems a number of players could've hung their hat on the Reds "MVP (through May 13th)" award.