Dodgers of the Decade: Center Field

January 1, 2010 at 10:50 am | Posted in Dave Roberts, Jason Repko, Juan Pierre sucks, Marquis Grissom, Matt Kemp, milton bradley, Tom Goodwin | 13 Comments

It’s our first surprise of the balloting, at least in my opinion - Gary Sheffield beats out Manny Ramirez in left field, and while him winning isn’t the surprise, I am intrigued that Sheffield won by nearly 30%. Let’s put him up on the board…

Dodgers of the Decade team:
C: Russell Martin (68%)
1B: James Loney (62%)
2B: Jeff Kent (88%)
3B: Adrian Beltre (80%)
SS: Rafael Furcal (87%)
LF: Gary Sheffield (62%)

…and move on to center. Hey, there’s a chance that Juan Pierre beats Matt Kemp, right? Personally, I’m voting for Marquis Grissom.

Center Field

Matt Kemp (464 games, 2006-09)
Dodger stats: .299/.346/.480 .826 61 hr 242 rbi
WAR: 9.5

Juan Pierre (426 games, 2007-09)
Dodger stats: .294/.339/.357 .696 1 hr 100 rbi
WAR: 1.4

Dave Roberts (302 games, 2002-04)
Dodger stats: .262/.342/.341 .683 7 hr 71 rbi
WAR: 4.8

Marquis Grissom (246 games, 2001-02)
Dodger stats: .245/.281/.450 .731 38 hr 130 rbi
WAR: 0.9

Jason Repko (230 games, 2005-09)
Dodger stats: .226/.297/.371 .668 11 hr 47 rbi
WAR: -0.1

Milton Bradley (216 games, 2004-05)
Dodger stats: .275/.358/.446 .804 32 hr 105 rbi
WAR: 4.8

Tom Goodwin (161 games, 2000-01)
Dodger stats: .239/.296/.316 .612 5 hr 33 rbi
WAR: -0.2

Kenny Lofton (129 games, 2006)
Dodger stats: .301/.360/.403 .763 3 hr 41 rbi
WAR: 0.9

Top three seasons
5.8 WAR Kemp, 2009
3.6 WAR Bradley, 2004
3.0 WAR Kemp, 2008

Man, I forgot how good Kenny Lofton was for the Dodgers in 2006. Imagine if they’d just signed him to a cheap one-year deal to keep the seat warm for Matt Kemp in 2007 rather than giving $44m to Pierre? I can only imagine where this franchise could be right now.

Best center fielder? Have at it.

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i love how repko managed to garner some votes

Comment by montana— January 1, 2010 #

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What, no Andruw Jones? =)

Comment by Jim— January 1, 2010 #

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- Sad that for $36m he didn’t even make the 100 game threshold, isn’t it?
  
  Comment by Mike Scioscia's tragic illness— January 1, 2010 #
  
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At first I thought Milton Bradley Jr. getting two votes was preposterous but then I realized he earns one for not tearing his knee while yelling too enthusiastically and possibly submarining the dodgers’ one game playoff chances. He earned his second vote for never hunting down Vin Scully so he could yell at him enthusiastically.

Comment by Wilson FoNasty-FoShow— January 2, 2010 #

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[...] 2B: Jeff Kent (88%) 3B: Adrian Beltre (80%) SS: Rafael Furcal (87%) LF: Gary Sheffield (62%) CF: Matt Kemp [...]

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[...] 2B: Jeff Kent (88%) 3B: Adrian Beltre (80%) SS: Rafael Furcal (87%) LF: Gary Sheffield (62%) CF: Matt Kemp (94%) RF: Shawn Green [...]

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[...] 2B: Jeff Kent (88%) 3B: Adrian Beltre (80%) SS: Rafael Furcal (87%) LF: Gary Sheffield (62%) CF: Matt Kemp (94%) RF: Shawn Green (79%) LH starter: Clayton Kershaw [...]

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[...] 2B: Jeff Kent (88%) 3B: Adrian Beltre (80%) SS: Rafael Furcal (87%) LF: Gary Sheffield (62%) CF: Matt Kemp (94%) RF: Shawn Green (79%) LH starter: Clayton Kershaw (56%) RH starter: Kevin Brown [...]

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[...] 2B: Jeff Kent (88%) 3B: Adrian Beltre (80%) SS: Rafael Furcal (87%) LF: Gary Sheffield (62%) CF: Matt Kemp (94%) RF: Shawn Green (79%) LH starter: Clayton Kershaw (56%) RH starter: Kevin Brown (42%) LH [...]

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[...] 2B: Jeff Kent (88%) 3B: Adrian Beltre (80%) SS: Rafael Furcal (87%) LF: Gary Sheffield (62%) CF: Matt Kemp (94%) RF: Shawn Green (79%) LH starter: Clayton Kershaw (56%) RH starter: Kevin Brown (42%) LH [...]

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[...] 2B: Jeff Kent (88%) 3B: Adrian Beltre (80%) SS: Rafael Furcal (87%) LF: Gary Sheffield (62%) CF: Matt Kemp (94%) RF: Shawn Green (79%) LH starter: Clayton Kershaw (56%) RH starter: Kevin Brown (42%) LH [...]

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[...] 2B: Jeff Kent (88%) 3B: Adrian Beltre (80%) SS: Rafael Furcal (87%) LF: Gary Sheffield (62%) CF: Matt Kemp (94%) RF: Shawn Green (79%) LH starter: Clayton Kershaw (56%) RH starter: Kevin Brown (42%) LH [...]

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[...] 2B: Jeff Kent (88%) 3B: Adrian Beltre (80%) SS: Rafael Furcal (87%) LF: Gary Sheffield (62%) CF: Matt Kemp (94%) RF: Shawn Green (79%) LH starter: Clayton Kershaw (56%) RH starter: Kevin Brown (42%) LH [...]

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