e logs so I'm going to have to go look at every Tiger box score so far this season to find Guillen's 18 errors. Just to put this in perspective real quick, Guillen has 18 errors in 81 games this season and had 17 in 135 games in 2004, his range his getting worse not better. There has even been talk of him being the Tigers next first baseman. What is strange about Guillen and people who have watched at least 40 Tiger games this season will tell you the same thing, he makes the difficult plays and blows the easy ones. So here we go, off to the box scores...#1: In an April 7th win over the Royals.
1-0 in error games.
#2: In an April 21st loss to the White Sox. Error leads to a 10th inning run.
1-1 in error games.
#3: In an April 22nd win over the White Sox.
2-1 in error games.
#4: In an April 23rd win over the Angels. Three games in a row with an error.
3-1 in error games.
#5 and 6: In an April 24th loss to the Angels. Two errors in one innings led to 3 runs.
3-2 in error games.
#7: In a May 9th loss to the Mariners.
3-3 in error games.
#8: In a May 17th loss to the Red Sox. Error was the difference in the game.
3-4 in error games.
#9: In a May 19th victory over the Cardinals.
4-4 in error games.
#10: In a May 20th win over the Cardinals.
5-4 in error games.
#11: In a June 10th win over the Mets.
6-4 in error games.
#12: In a June 18th win over the Nationals.
7-4 in error games.
#13: In a June 30th loss to the Twins.
7-5 in error games.
#14: In a July 5 win over the Indians.
8-5 in error games.
#15: In a July 7th win over the Red Sox.
9-5 in error games.
#16: In a July 8th victory over the Red Sox.
10-5 in error games.
#17: In a July 12th loss to the Mariners. The error was the difference in the game. Although, I watched this game and it was an awful call more than an error. Tough break, Carlos.
10-6 in error games.
#18: In a July 15th win over the Mariners.
11-6 in error games.
Okay, that was fun. A few conclusions can be drawn:
1. His errors aren't nearly as costly in real life as they are in my mind. Although, just looking at this now, his errors did have a pretty huge factor in at least five Tiger losses.
2. The Tigers/Guillen have been very lucky that the errors, for the most part, have come at opportune times.
3. The Tigers winning percentage this season is, .604, in Guillen error games it is, .647. So, a moron could argue that it is to the Tigers benefit to boot a few in the field every now and again.
4 comments:
Thanks Blake. I still think he is getting worse and he needs to be moved to first.
WHen you talk about errors, you talk about one person in one particular instance. Can it be the difference in the game? WIthout a doubt. The difference is that if the error is not in the 9th, the team has a chance to make up for it. Thus, the responsibility rests on the team to make up for it. I would be interested to see of those 6 losses that he had errors in, which were in teh 9th. What do you think Blake, want ot go back and check that out?
What the numbers abotu Guillen shows is that he is a functional SS that can make tough plays. Is he the best? How can you give this guy crap though? he is coming off a career year in runs, hits, doubles, walks, stolen bases, and batting average and On base percentage. Is he the A-rod of Detroit? No matter what he does, its not good enough?
Whoa, I'm not saying that. I love Guillen, I love him. I love that he's on the Tigers and I'll take him over Jeter for a season. There has just been talk of his defense deteriorating and I wanted to look at that a little bit.
Usually if I noted that the error led to runs in a loss at was towards the end of the game or I didn't mention it.
Carlos Guillen might be the best offensive shortstop in the league but his defense is probably lower half in my opinion.
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