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Tuesday, January 18, 2005
what can we say about cesar izturis
a defensive specialist, cesar finally made himself useful with the bat:
year aab w k hr 23 wal con pow avg
2001 134 2 15 2 8 .015 .888 .084 .269
2002 444 14 39 1 26 .031 .912 .067 .232
2003 561 25 70 1 27 .043 .875 .057 .251
2004 673 43 70 4 41 .060 .896 .075 .288
and we can see it in the numbers. most obviously in batting average. but what is batting average a result of? contact and power. he's always made contact, but look at that doubles increase. also he started taking walks. here and there.
dodger stadium is a tough place to hit. but cesar izturis is the right kind of hitter for it. the key is contact hitting, and doubles power, like paul loduca. or ozzie smith.
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