Major League second basemen posted a .771 OPS in 2016, the highest in the 43 seasons for which the Day by Day Database has position data. They beat out the 1999 season by seven points. That year, it was a great OBP of .350 that put that group of second basemen at the top. In 2016, it was slugging that moved this group to the top. Six second basemen with at least 400 PA at the position slugged .500 or better (only stats as a second baseman count), led by Daniel Murphy at .600. The interesting thing to me is that all those slugging second basemen did little to help their teams to the playoffs.
A sign of a good team is strength up the middle. A slugging second baseman should be a good sign of that. Aprat from Murphy, Rougned Odor of the Rangers ranked sixth in slugging at .502, and Jason Kipnis of the Indians ranked tenth at .476. The Astros with Jose Altuve and Mariners with Robinson Cano just missed. The Twins finished with the worst winning percentage in the majors despite Brian Dozier collecting 79 extra base hits as a second baseman.
Keep your eye on the second basemen in the playoffs.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2cPMBVE
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