Alex Ramirez
Posted by japanstats on 2008 January 23日 Wednesday
I’m not sure what to make of the sudden resurgence of the former Swallows star and now a new Giants cog Alex Ramirez’s career. He has been superficially consistent through his NPB career hitting around .300 with around 30 HRs and 100+ RBIs every year.
But his OBP/SLG/OPS has been seeing a steady decline since his peak in 2003 of 373/616/989 dipping down to 289/449/738 in 2006. But then suddenly we saw him hit 371/569/940 at the age of 32. I wouldn’t be surprised if his 2007 numbers were more an exception rather than a return to his peak form, and to see his numbers end up being closer to 2006 rather than 2007 figures. Then again, Yomiuri can afford to take that gamble…
Ramirez:
http://japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=1354
Wonder how much Ramirez will change his post-HR “performance” from his Swallows versions like this:
From my comment made on an EWC post.
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