Monti Bizarro Baseball: May 2007

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Monti Bizarro Baseball, Season 4: April 2006

It’s a month into the season, and already big changes are evident in the dying Spring air of the 2006 season.

At the conclusion of April, Daly City stands at 19-9 (.679), tied with the Canon Image Stabilizers in the Shinto-World League for the best record in the majors. However, the Monti’s 19-9 mark is not only their lowest starting mark ever, but leaves little margin for error as the all super-.500 Galactica Division hotly tails the team, with the Apple Septic Tanks two games back, the Mozilla Firefoxes 3 games back, and the Microsoft Longhorns 4 games back.

Despite standing atop the standings, Daly City is far from being the dominant team it used to be. It’s ranked 2^nd in runs scored, and with a 3.79 team ERA, a full run over 2005’s ERA, ranked 3^rd in pitching. What’s been plaguing the team? Everyone knew the team would be worse hitting-wise, losing a huge chunk of production in Batter of the Year Joey Wong and all-star catcher Sam Lau. Compared to 2005’s .304-.369-.484 average line, the team is down to .283-.357-.436 – a similar on-base ability, but a huge power outage (OBP in fact ranks 1^st in the league, while SLG is 5^th out of 8 teams). The problem seems to have stemmed from a lack of any midrange whatsoever. Several players (Derek Lew, Rudy Puzon, Henry Nghe, and surprisingly, Francis Chen) have all performed fairly well, each slugging in the .521-.546 range. After this, however, there is a significant dropoff to Jason Liu, who slugs .429, Jonathan Chee, who slugs .404, and then 3 ¼ more sub-.400 sluggers after that. Lacking a 1-9 slot of consistent slugging power, and lacking a single supreme slugging force (like Wong, or the Lew of years past), Daly City seems to be struggling a lot more with scoring runs.

On the pitching side, there seems to be a heavy contrast between the rotation and the bullpen. The rotation’s ERA is a fairly low 3.15, which is still a bit higher than usual. However, the bullpen ERA is at a hideous 5.93, driven by several abysmal performances among nearly every single member of the bullpen (save Josiah Leong, ironically).

Despite the struggles, Daly City is still winning, although these days there seems to be more haphazard duck-taping of the leaks rather than smooth sailing.

Tina “Experimental ErRR” Quach, catcher: After finally inheriting the catcher position after two seasons waiting in the wings of Sam Lau, Quach began the season behind the plate… only to fall flat when stepping up to it. She’s played in 23 games out of 28 so far, but has done so with an abysmal .228-.287-.304 line. Defensively she’s getting her bearings straight, and despite a weak arm has thrown out 3 out of 9 would-be base stealers. One of the biggest drop-offs so far from 2005 production, Tina definitely needs to turn it around for the team to return back to form.

Marco Paz, backup catcher: The rookie hasn’t seen too many chances so far he’s had 7 starts to play, and in 30 plate appearances, a .143-.167-.250 line to show for it. Given time, Paz looks to come around, although at this time there really isn’t much to see.

Derek Lew, first baseman: After a bit of an agonizing 2005 season, Lew looks to be back to form so far in 2006. He’s hitting .277-.346-.546, and while his contact numbers are a little off, he’s slugging every bit as well as he used to, and is currently Daly City’s top power hitter in terms of slugging. A surprisingly new aspect of Lew’s game is his newfound penchant for walks – after only 14 in all of 2005, Lew already has 11 so far in 2006, a .083 BB/PA that far exceed’s 2005’s .027 BB/PA. With Wong gone, Lew emerges as the veteran and leader of this team, and so far he’s done a superb job returning to form and leading what’s left of the hit parade.

Rudy Puzon, designated hitter: There’s no sophomore slump for this rookie hitter, who burst right out of the gate to hit .333-.412-.541 in 27 games, averaging well over his 2005 numbers in each category. Part of Daly City’s new 3-4-5 core of Puzon, Lew, and Nghe, Puzon has so far been instrumental in keeping the team afloat, and his continued hitting is vital to the run production of the team, especially in his dual role of run-driver for the 1-2 hitters and place-setter for RBI leaders Lew and Nghe.

Cristian Ortiz, second baseman: Hounded by critics all offseason, Ortiz appeared to silence most of them as he raised his batting average to well over .300 in late April, only to see a slump that would bring it all the way back down to a meager .265-.312-.393 line. While a single month isn’t very telling, the beginning of the season has been a bad sign for Ortiz, whose critics have lamented that he performed far pass his actual skill level in 2005. On the bright side, Ortiz has 13 steals in April, putting him on pace for 78, which would just barely top Cubilo’s record.

Henry “Mr.” Nghe, shortstop: The rookie of the year returns in 2006 to slightly less flashy numbers but overall better performance. While his batting average of .333 is off his league-leading .362 mark, a newfound ability to walk and new penchant for extra base hits has left his OBP at .430, higher than 2005’s .408, and his .536 slugging not far behind 2005’s .545. Hitting at the backend of the 3-4-5 core, Nghe is tied for the league in RBI, and perhaps due to his high OBP, also leads the team with 21 runs, despite having only the 6-7-8 hitters to drive him in.

Joanna Maung, saung-gah-basewoman: Coming in with the need to fill big shoes, and at the same time with no expectation to do so, Maung in her first full starting role has adapted beautifully. Both her AVG and OBP at .333-437 are career highs, yet at the same time her SLG of .354 is a career low. Despite cranking out the hits and walks at a dizzying pace, Maung has only 2 doubles, leaving her with 31 singles out of 31 hits for a shocking .939 1B%. While the team will take what it can get – solid on-base production – from a good tablesetter, there’s some luster missing from a Joanna Maung who no longer hits those clutch pinch-hit homers. When or if those start to come around, Maung looks, surprisingly, to join the echelon of elite hitters on the team, at least based on her performance so far.

Jonathan “The Cheet” Chee, leftfielder: After making a big name for himself in 2005, Chee returned again to a permanent starting role in LF. He’s been doing well so far, with a .314-.392-.404 line that isn’t too far off from his 2005 numbers, although he’s scored only 16 runs despite hitting well at the #2 spot in front of the 3-4-5 core. HBP-wise, Chee’s monthly total of 4 is a far ways off from his 2005 total of 49, so he’ll need to start leaning in towards those beanings if he wants to duplicate his 2005 success in that regard.

Tiffany Ho, centerfielder: After a meager half-season with not much in the way of noteworthy statistics, Ho plowed into the 2006 season as the starting centerfielder. While her fielding has been decent, her batting abilities are clearly still developing. With a .292-.309-.349 line, she’s been building up her average, although her OBP and SLG numbers aren’t really going anywhere for now. Time will tell, but until then Ho slaves away at the bottom-of-the-order 7-8-9 slots.

Francis Chen, rightfielder: Guess who’s back to form? Surprise! It’s Francis Chen, who was set to become a bench player in favor of Jason Liu, only to be brought back by grassroots activism. It turns out that all 2005 postseason indicators (where Francis went .244-.404-.805) were correct – so far this season Francis has batted .234-368-.521 and leads the team with 7 HR, right around where most optimists estimated his performance, and setting the stage for potentially greater development in the coming months. It’s always a roller coaster ride with Francis Chen, so stay tuned to see what happens in the coming two months.

Jason Liu, backup outfielder: Once slated in the offseason to become the opening day rightfielder for the first time, Liu surprisingly found himself back on the bench, despite arguably being Daly City’s best hiter in 2005. Maybe it’s frustration and discouragement, but Liu hasn’t been hitting well at all so far, with a mere .171-.189-.429 line (check out that AVG to SLG ratio though!). As long as Francis Chen keeps slamming away and The Cheet keeps getting on-base, the plate appearances may be hard to come by for Liu, especially if he keeps hitting like this.

Nathan Yan, #1 Starting Pitcher: It’s been a rough month for Yan, who somehow still comes out better than his 2005 average. In his first start Yan got slammed for a career-high 10 hits in only 8 innings, allowing 4 runs (only 1 earned). He was, however, still set to win that game, when he handed off the ball to Josiah Leong for the save. Instead, Leong BLOWS THE FIRST SAVE OPPORTUNITY OF THE SEASON and renders Yan with his first ever career No Decision, breaking the streak. Since that first game, Yan has bunkered down, throwing four complete games but only one shutout. Nonetheless, his 0.82 ERA is fairly below 2005’s 0.98 ERA, and Yan’s K per 9 rate has skyrocketed to a godly 18.2, over last year’s already-record 15.3. Yan also threw a 20-K game in his 2^nd start, and tied that record again in his 5^th start.

Whitney Anne Esguerra, #2 Starting Pitcher: The rookie starter has had four great starts and one bad one thus far, and has emerged with a 1-2 record to show for it (including a complete game 1-run loss), which isn’t too surprising given her team-low 2.9 runs per game. She’s currently pitching at a 2.83 ERA, 1.06 WHIP level, which just may be the best performance from a rookie pitcher in years. So far, she’s shown every bit of the potential that put her into the #2 slot, and it’s just a matter of time (and some offensive support) before the wins start rolling in.

Terrence Zhao, #3 Starting Pitcher: Another victim of poor and inconsistent offensive production, Zhao, like Esguerra, has thrown four good starts and one bad one, including a 9 2/3 inning, 1 run performance that went far into extra innings and resulted in a no decision. Zhao’s ERA stands at 3.77 and his WHIP at 1.29 with a 1-1 record, but the real culprit has been his low 5.2 runs per game offensive support. On the plus side, Zhao seems to be gaining a little bite on pitches, striking out 9.9 K’s per 9 innings and fast approaching the magical 10-K mark.

Sean Wade, #4 Starting Pitcher: The steadfast rookie, who has built his reputation on consistency in his rookie year, has been anything but so far this season. In four out of five starts Wade has given up 6 runs or more, and yet the fifth start was a complete game shutout. This all combines together for a 6.35 ERA and 1.24 WHIP, which may easily be Wade’s worst month ever. However, with a team-high 9 runs per game offensive support, Wade’s record stands at 2-1. So early into the season it’s hard to make any judgements, but Wade’s performance thus far has been most disappointing, to say the least.

Samantha Chin, #5 Starting Pitcher: Going through her rookie year brimming with potential, Chin seems to have achieved that sooner rather than later. So far through April, she’s 4-0 with 2.92 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP, although she’s thrown with a more consistent style rather than sheer dominance (no shutouts or complete games, but four out of five quality starts).

Miguel Pardo, #6 Starting Pitcher: For yet another year, the enigmatic Pardo starts out the season blazing, defying all analysts’ predictions. In three starts this year (all quality starts), he’s 2-1 with a 2.86 ERA, including a beautiful 2-run complete game, despite a high-ish 1.32 WHIP. As always with Miguel, it’s a game of roulette every time he takes the mound, but for now it seems as if luck is on his side once again.

Helen Yamamoto, Mopup Reliever: I guess the one thing that can be said about Yamamoto is that she has improved. Where her ERA used to be 9.35, she’s now down to 7.72, her WHIP down from 2.54 to 1.93. She’s given up an earned run in every appearance she’s made, although she’s not actually the worst of the bullpen woes…

Angel Poon, Middle Reliever: What’s happened to the steady Poon? Once humming along steadily as one of the team’s better relievers, Poon seems to have hit a very rocky spot. Her ERA has ballooned to a team-high 8.53, with her WHIP at 1.58. Could this be the beginning of the end for Daly City’s longest-tenured reliever?

Zubeda Khan, Middle Reliever: Khan seems to have taken her fall from the closer’s role hard, as she gets slammed for a 6.43 ERA and 1.43 WHIP in her first month as a middle reliever. More than anything, she seems to be particularly affected by big hits, having given up 3 HR and 3 doubles in only 7 innings of work (her SLG of .688 is far higher than 2005’s .408). Like the rest of Daly City’s ailing bullpen, things need to turn around quick for Khan before the efforts of the rotation and feeble offense are squandered away.

Alfred Vong, Long Reliever: Things have gone from bad to worse for Vong, and no one is quite sure why. His ERA has risen all the way to 5.89. In his share of close games, Vong has stepped in to throw 4, 4, and 6 inning outings, which may be stretching things a bit for the young reliever (he’s on pace to throw 110 innings, after having only thrown 63 2/3 in 2005). Surprisingly, his other performance metrics aren’t all that bad, with his WHIP at 1.15 and both AVG and OBP numbers lower than last year’s. Maybe a bit of luck is all Vong needs, and the team is hoping the bullpen, and most especially Vong (who’s thrown 30.2% of bullpen innings), finds it soon.

Alvina Chu, Setup Reliever: The leader of the Daly City bullpen, it’s perhaps most shocking of all to see the troubles of Chu, who owns a 5.91 ERA from two very bad relief outings. Her 1.13 WHIP still offers hope, however, although it is a far cry from her 0.91 2005 WHIP. At the very least, Chu is no longer vultering those starter wins into no-decisions…

Josiah Leong, Closer: When the team announced that Josiah Leong would be returning to the closer role in 2006, everyone braced themselves for one hell of a ride. Leong has delivered, to say the least. In his first four appearances Leong blew three saves (and in the process three wins, including Yan’s first no-decision), going into extra innings in both of them to win two for himself and lose the other. Outside of those three blown saves, however, Leong has been flawless, and since his last blown save has gone six shutout innings with only 2 hits and 2 walks, and seven consecutive saves. In fact, with 8 saves, Leong currently leads the league! With a return to the bullpen, Leong is also throwing at a 3.95 ERA, 1.24 WHIP clip, slightly below his career averages, and throwing out his three blown saves, has got a 0 ERA and .60 WHIP. More rough spots can be expected along the way, but perhaps this current shutout streak is a sign that Leong may have finally put it all together as a dominant reliever.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Career Leaderboard (as of 2005)

Games

Rk	Name	G	GS
1	Nathan Yan*	96	96
2	Angel Poon*	96	0
3	Josiah Leong*	95	47
4	Terrence Zhao*	87	83
5	Michelle Absalon	84	0
6	Sarah Jimenez	76	13
7	Katie Clayton	61	0
8	Willis Fong	55	55
9	Alvina Chu*	55	0
10	Erica Lum	53	39
11	Michelle Lin	52	51
12	Miguel Pardo*	50	41
13	Zubeda Khan*	42	0
14	Sean Wade*	29	29
15	Jessica Tirta	29	0
16	Samantha Chin*	26	26
17	Alfred Vong*	24	1
18	Helen Yamamoto*	19	0
19	Helen Chow	9	0
20	Aubrey Cubilo	8	8
21	Sean Mok	3	0

*Denotes active player
G: Games
GS: Games Started

A sheer sign of his workhorse nature, it shouldn’t be any surprise that Yan tops the charts in both Games Started and Games. Angel Poon, another three-year veteran, is tied for tops in games, but Josiah Leong, who looks to pitch an ungodly number of relief games in the long-relief closer role, looks to pass up everybody by the end of the season. In terms of starters, Yan and Zhao should remain at 1-2, but the season will likely see Wade, Pardo, and possibly Chin move up beyond 2003-2004 players Fong and Lin for the 3-5 spaces.

Innings

Rk	Name	G	GS	IP	IP/GS	IP/RA
1	Nathan Yan*	96	96	830	8.646	0.000
2	Terrence Zhao*	87	83	587	7.072	0.000
3	Willis Fong	55	55	415 1/3	7.552	0.000
4	Josiah Leong*	95	47	351	0.000	0.000
5	Michelle Lin	52	51	335 1/3	6.575	0.000
6	Miguel Pardo*	50	41	275	6.707	0.000
7	Erica Lum	53	39	258 2/3	0.000	0.000
8	Sarah Jimenez	76	13	213	0.000	3.381
9	Sean Wade*	29	29	201	6.931	0.000
10	Angel Poon*	96	0	181	0.000	1.885
11	Samantha Chin*	26	26	168 1/3	6.474	0.000
12	Michelle Absalon	84	0	120 2/3	0.000	1.437
13	Alvina Chu*	55	0	102	0.000	1.855
14	Katie Clayton	61	0	89	0.000	1.459
15	Alfred Vong*	24	1	63 2/3	0.000	2.768
16	Jessica Tirta	29	0	54 1/3	0.000	1.874
17	Zubeda Khan*	42	0	46 2/3	0.000	1.111
18	Aubrey Cubilo	8	8	44 2/3	5.583	0.000
19	Helen Yamamoto*	19	0	26	0.000	1.368
20	Helen Chow	9	0	18	0.000	2.000
21	Sean Mok	3	0	6 2/3	0.000	2.222

*Denotes active player
IP: Innings pitched (innings are baseball’s time unit)
IP/GS: Average innings pitched per start
IP/RA: Average innings pitched per relief appearance

A much more exact statistic of work, Yan once again dominates this chart, not only in sheer innings but also in innings per start – rounded off he averages a complete game very start! It’s slightly disappointing to see Leong so low on the list, although he did spend a year in relief. Wade seems to be the fastest-rising player – after a single season he’s already 9^th on the list, and looks to pass up everyone up to and maybe even including Leong after this season. Angel Poon tops the charts for a pure reliever, a statistic she’ll probably hold onto for awhile.

Wins

Rk	Name	GS	W	L	Win%
1	Nathan Yan*	96	90	6	0.938
2	Terrence Zhao*	83	52	15	0.776
3	Willis Fong	55	48	3	0.941
4	Michelle Lin	51	34	3	0.919
5	Erica Lum	39	26	7	0.788
6	Sarah Jimenez	13	23	6	0.793
7	Miguel Pardo*	41	22	9	0.710
8	Josiah Leong*	47	21	17	0.553
9	Sean Wade*	29	20	8	0.714
10	Alvina Chu*	0	14	3	0.824
11	Samantha Chin*	26	13	1	0.929
12	Michelle Absalon	0	10	1	0.909
13	Angel Poon*	0	9	5	0.643
14	Alfred Vong*	1	4	2	0.667
15	Jessica Tirta	0	3	1	0.750
16	Aubrey Cubilo	8	3	1	0.750
17	Zubeda Khan*	0	2	3	0.400
18	Katie Clayton	0	0	1	0.000
19	Helen Yamamoto*	0	0	0	0.000
20	Helen Chow	0	0	0	0.000
21	Sean Mok	0	0	0	0.000

*Denotes active player
GS: Games Started
W: Wins, counted whenever a pitcher “wins” the game
L: Losses, whenever a player “loses” the game

Yan once again tops the leaderboard, by a very far margin. After three 30-2 seasons, however, his Winning % actually hasn’t improved, so he’s in fact still behind Fong, who in 2004 put together a perfect 29-0 season Yan still holds the prime distinction of being the only player to not have recorded a single no decision, however, although Wade had only one in his rookie year. The coming year should see all starters move up, possibly past Lin’s #4 spot, but likely not beyond Fong’s 48.
K

Rk	Name	IP	K	K/9
1	Nathan Yan*	830	1279	13.87
2	Terrence Zhao*	587	508	7.79
3	Willis Fong	415 1/3	454	9.84
4	Michelle Lin	335 1/3	392	10.52
5	Josiah Leong*	351	375	9.62
6	Miguel Pardo*	275	181	5.92
7	Sean Wade*	201	163	7.30
8	Samantha Chin*	168 1/3	163	8.71
9	Sarah Jimenez	213	149	6.30
10	Angel Poon*	181	142	7.06
11	Michelle Absalon	120 2/3	138	10.29
12	Alvina Chu*	102	95	8.38
13	Erica Lum	258 2/3	73	2.54
14	Alfred Vong*	63 2/3	53	7.49
15	Katie Clayton	89	49	4.96
16	Zubeda Khan*	46 2/3	38	7.33
17	Jessica Tirta	54 1/3	31	5.13
18	Aubrey Cubilo	44 2/3	28	5.64
19	Helen Yamamoto*	26	12	4.15
20	Helen Chow	18	12	6.00
21	Sean Mok	6 2/3	0	0.00

*Denotes active player
IP: Innings pitched (Innings are baseball’s time unit)
K: Strikeout, when the batter fails to even put the ball in play
K/9: A strikeout rate, measured by strikeouts per 9 innings pitched

No surprises here: Having blown away the league for three consecutive years, it shouldn’t be any surprise that Yan dominates this chart. After three years, Zhao also finally surpasses Fong for #2 all-time, although Leong, with his far higher K/9, should have been well past both now, if he had been consistent enough to pitch the innings. Depending on his innings, Leong may yet move past Fong. An interesting thing to note is the dying breed of high K pitchers – of the five players with higher than 9 K’s per 9 innings, 3 of them are retired

Quality Starts

Rk	Name	GS	QS	CG	SHO	QS%	CG%	SHO%
1	Nathan Yan*	96	90	68	35	0.938	0.708	0.365
2	Terrence Zhao*	83	61	20	14	0.735	0.241	0.169
3	Willis Fong	55	45	20	7	0.818	0.364	0.127
4	Michelle Lin	51	34	8	3	0.667	0.157	0.059
5	Josiah Leong*	47	28	1	0	0.596	0.021	0.000
6	Erica Lum	39	24	3	0	0.615	0.077	0.000
7	Sean Wade*	29	23	3	2	0.793	0.103	0.069
8	Miguel Pardo*	41	21	4	2	0.512	0.098	0.049
9	Samantha Chin*	26	14	2	1	0.538	0.077	0.038
10	Sarah Jimenez	13	9	2	1	0.692	0.154	0.077
11	Alfred Vong*	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.000	0.000
12	Aubrey Cubilo	8	1	1	0	0.125	0.125	0.000
13	Angel Poon*	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
14	Michelle Absalon	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
15	Alvina Chu*	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
16	Katie Clayton	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
17	Zubeda Khan*	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
18	Jessica Tirta	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
19	Helen Yamamoto*	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
20	Helen Chow	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
21	Sean Mok	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000

*Denotes active player
GS: Games started
QS: Quality starts, where the pitcher throws at least 6 innings with fewer than 3 earned runs allowed. A mark of consistency
CG: Complete games, where the pitcher throws the entire game from beginning to end. A mark of endurance
SHO: Shutouts, a complete game where the pitcher allows no runs. A mark of dominance
QS%: Quality starts as a percentage of starts
CG%: Complete games as a percentage of starts
SO%: Shutout games as a percentage of starts

Yan dominates all three QS, CG, and SHO categories by a large margin. A more interesting note is Zhao, who has steadily bettered year after year. Despite his overall career averages not being as high as Fong, at this point he’s probably a better pitcher, and over time he should be able to increase his averages up to #2. Other notes: it’s clear to see that Leong, Chin, and Pardo rank among the most inconsistent, where as Wade has already demonstrated he can be one of the most consistent players around.

ERA

Rk	Name	IP	ERA	CERA	DIPS	WHIP
1	Michelle Absalon	120 2/3	0.75	0.81	1.75	0.77
2	Nathan Yan*	830	1.21	0.72	0.96	0.67
3	Alvina Chu*	102	2.03	1.89	2.94	0.97
4	Willis Fong	415 1/3	2.04	1.83	2.76	0.93
5	Jessica Tirta	54 1/3	2.65	3.02	3.57	1.21
6	Terrence Zhao*	587	2.79	2.66	3.92	1.12
7	Sean Wade*	201	3.00	2.37	3.37	1.02
8	Michelle Lin	335 1/3	3.44	2.98	3.01	1.07
9	Sarah Jimenez	213	3.46	2.98	3.90	1.26
10	Zubeda Khan*	46 2/3	3.47	3.28	3.98	1.14
11	Erica Lum	258 2/3	3.51	4.32	5.88	1.58
12	Angel Poon*	181	3.58	3.52	3.94	1.19
13	Helen Chow	18	4.00	5.12	4.73	1.56
14	Sean Mok	6 2/3	4.05	5.56	6.83	1.65
15	Josiah Leong*	351	4.05	4.04	4.57	1.44
16	Samantha Chin*	168 1/3	4.06	3.29	3.73	1.21
17	Aubrey Cubilo	44 2/3	4.23	3.32	4.88	1.21
18	Alfred Vong*	63 2/3	4.24	3.84	4.65	1.19
19	Miguel Pardo*	275	4.88	4.81	5.05	1.56
20	Katie Clayton	89	7.28	6.05	5.83	1.74
21	Helen Yamamoto*	26	9.35	12.35	8.29	2.54

*Denotes active player
IP: Innings pitched (innings are baseball’s time unit)
ERA: Earned Run Average, the average earned runs allowed by the pitcher per 9 innings
CERA: Component ERA – an overall performance metric similar to ERA. Probably the performance indicator
DIPS: Defense-Independent Pitching ERA – an overall performance metric similar to ERA, which involves only walks, strikeouts, and homeruns.
WHIP: Walks and hits per inning pitched, a rough performance metric

What’s this? A category where Yan isn’t on top? Surprisingly, Yan’s career ERA has actually been bested by Absalon, who boasts a 0.84 ERA in 2003 and 0.64 ERA in 2004. Despite this, all other indicators point to Yan being the far more dominant pitcher. Among other players, Chu is making quite a name for herself, with the third best ERA all-time, just barely edging Fong.

Saves

Rk	Name	S	G	RA	GF	HLD	SVO	BS	SV%
1	Michelle Absalon	50	84	84	69	12	61	3	0.820
2	Josiah Leong*	40	95	48	46	0	43	3	0.930
3	Zubeda Khan*	29	42	42	40	0	34	5	0.853
4	Angel Poon*	7	96	96	50	19	29	5	0.241
5	Alvina Chu*	3	55	55	27	12	22	7	0.136
6	Sarah Jimenez	2	76	63	24	14	19	3	0.105
7	Katie Clayton	2	61	61	40	5	6	1	0.333
8	Jessica Tirta	2	29	29	13	3	5	2	0.400
9	Alfred Vong*	2	24	23	14	3	7	0	0.286
10	Erica Lum	2	53	14	7	0	2	0	1.000
11	Helen Yamamoto*	2	19	19	12	0	2	0	1.000
12	Helen Chow	1	9	9	3	3	4	0	0.250
13	Miguel Pardo*	1	50	9	5	1	2	0	0.500
14	Nathan Yan*	0	96	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
15	Willis Fong	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
16	Terrence Zhao*	0	87	4	0	0	0	0	0.000
17	Sean Wade*	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
18	Michelle Lin	0	52	1	1	0	0	0	0.000
19	Sean Mok	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0.000
20	Samantha Chin*	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
21	Aubrey Cubilo	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

*Denotes active player
S: Save, when a relief pitcher enters a close game and successfully maintains the lead (the primary role of a “closer”)
G: Games played
RA: Relief appearances
GF: Games finished, relief appearances in which the reliever was the last pitcher
HLD: Hold, similar to save, where a relief pitcher enters a close game and successfully maintains the lead (a reliever does not need to finish a game for a hold)
SVO: Save opportunities, the number of opportunities the pitcher has had to save the game.
BS: Blown saves, when a pitcher enters into a save situation and fails to maintain the lead
SV%: The percentage of save opportunities converted into actual saves.

After three tumultuous years and three starters, the leaderboard is still topped by none other than the inaugural closer Michelle Absalon, who picked up 46 saves in her first season, and added on another 4 the subsequent year. Last year’s closer, Zubeda Khan, managed a scant 29 saves, while year 2 closer Josiah Leong picked up 40. Leong returns as the year 4 closer, marking the first year without a new face at closer. With another year of saves under his belt, Leong should skyrocket past Absalon for first place, and until next year at least, no other candidate has presented himself/herself to climb significantly up this leaderboard.

Games

Rk	Name	G	GS	PA	AB
1	Joey Wong	474	473	2160	1924
2	Derek Lew*	440	440	2079	1972
3	Sam Lau	405	403	1745	1465
4	Aubrey Cubilo	337	337	1601	1527
5	Desiree Tienturier	326	326	1521	1366
6	Norman Ho	317	317	1464	1238
7	Jonathan Chee*	317	312	1363	1149
8	Sean Mok	255	246	1171	1059
9	Cristian Ortiz*	241	233	996	898
10	Jason Liu*	218	213	951	832
11	Henry Nghe*	151	149	671	618
12	Tina Quach*	150	142	606	535
13	Joanna Maung*	145	128	557	481
14	Rudy Puzon*	139	139	640	554
15	Francis Chen*	121	116	476	414
16	Jean Paredes	113	103	449	424
17	Justin Cheuk	112	106	446	409
18	Josiah Leong*	67	67	314	265
19	Tiffany Ho*	64	60	243	233
20	Joe Jaber	53	44	205	186
21	Kelvin Chang	26	24	104	98

*Denotes active player
G: Games
GS: Games started
PA: Plate appearance, the number of times the player has shown up at the plate to bat. This indicates how many opportunities the player had.
AB: At bats, the number of plate appearances minus PA’s that resulted in non-batting events, such as walks and hit-by-pitches. This indicates how many opportunities the player had to bat.

A quartet of three-year veterans headline this leaderboard, which isn’t really an indicator of anything but longevity. Wong dominates this chart, although Lew held the position for a long time before his injury-plagued 2005 season. With Lew the only player in the top 5 still active, look for him to move into the leaderboard without rival, as he becomes the only regular starter who has been with the team since 2003. Fellow three-year veterans (albeit not regular starters) Jonathan Chee and Cristian Ortiz also look to move up beyond most of the retired players on the board.

Hits

Rk	Name	AB	H	AVG
1	Joey Wong	1924	707	0.367
2	Derek Lew*	1972	590	0.299
3	Aubrey Cubilo	1527	452	0.296
4	Desiree Tienturier	1366	447	0.327
5	Norman Ho	1238	436	0.352
6	Sam Lau	1465	408	0.278
7	Sean Mok	1059	371	0.350
8	Jonathan Chee*	1149	324	0.282
9	Jason Liu*	832	259	0.311
10	Cristian Ortiz*	898	244	0.272
11	Henry Nghe*	618	223	0.361
12	Rudy Puzon*	554	167	0.301
13	Tina Quach*	535	161	0.301
14	Joanna Maung*	481	138	0.287
15	Jean Paredes	424	110	0.259
16	Josiah Leong*	265	95	0.358
17	Justin Cheuk	409	93	0.227
18	Francis Chen*	414	84	0.203
19	Tiffany Ho*	233	65	0.279
20	Joe Jaber	186	48	0.258
21	Kelvin Chang	98	34	0.347

Rk	Name	AB	H	1B	1B%
1	Joey Wong	1924	707	490	0.693
2	Derek Lew*	1972	590	309	0.524
3	Aubrey Cubilo	1527	452	308	0.681
4	Desiree Tienturier	1366	447	284	0.635
5	Sam Lau	1465	408	275	0.674
6	Sean Mok	1059	371	267	0.720
7	Jonathan Chee*	1149	324	257	0.793
8	Norman Ho	1238	436	243	0.557
9	Cristian Ortiz*	898	244	168	0.689
10	Henry Nghe*	618	223	149	0.668
11	Jason Liu*	832	259	126	0.486
12	Tina Quach*	535	161	117	0.727
13	Rudy Puzon*	554	167	114	0.683
14	Joanna Maung*	481	138	108	0.783
15	Jean Paredes	424	110	74	0.673
16	Josiah Leong*	265	95	59	0.621
17	Justin Cheuk	409	93	53	0.570
18	Tiffany Ho*	233	65	50	0.769
19	Francis Chen*	414	84	36	0.429
20	Joe Jaber	186	48	27	0.563
21	Kelvin Chang	98	34	22	0.647

*Denotes active player
AB: At bats, the number of plate appearances minus PA’s that resulted in non-batting events, such as walks and hit-by-pitches. This indicates how many opportunities the player had to bat.
H: Hits, when a player hits the ball and successfully reaches a base.
1B: Singles, hits that result in the player reaching the first base (out of four)
1B%: The percentage of hits that are singles

The number of singles correlate fairly well with the number of hits – there is not much change in the leaderboard here. Wong dominates by a large amount, although Lew, due to a team third-lowest 1B%, only edges out second place by 1 single. A more interesting statistic than pure 1B totals is 1B%. As expected, the light-hitting players such as Mok, Quach, and most especially Tiffany Ho, Maung, and Chee, were singles dominant, all hitting for singles 70% of the time. In contrast, the biggest pure sluggers like Lew and Norman Ho, batted in the low .500’s for singles. The biggest anomalies, however, turn out in fellow sluggers (and RF position competitors) Jason Liu and Francis Chen, both of whom hit for singles less than half the time (in Chen’s case, a scant 42.9% of the time!)

Doubles

Rk	Name	AB	H	2B	2B%	AB/2B
1	Derek Lew*	1972	590	181	0.307	10.90
2	Aubrey Cubilo	1527	452	116	0.257	13.16
3	Joey Wong	1924	707	115	0.163	16.73
4	Norman Ho	1238	436	95	0.218	13.03
5	Desiree Tienturier	1366	447	69	0.154	19.80
6	Sean Mok	1059	371	65	0.175	16.29
7	Sam Lau	1465	408	62	0.152	23.63
8	Jason Liu*	832	259	57	0.220	14.60
9	Henry Nghe*	618	223	49	0.220	12.61
10	Jonathan Chee*	1149	324	44	0.136	26.11
11	Justin Cheuk	409	93	36	0.387	11.36
12	Cristian Ortiz*	898	244	35	0.143	25.66
13	Tina Quach*	535	161	32	0.199	16.72
14	Joanna Maung*	481	138	21	0.152	22.90
15	Josiah Leong*	265	95	18	0.189	14.72
16	Rudy Puzon*	554	167	16	0.096	34.63
17	Francis Chen*	414	84	16	0.190	25.88
18	Jean Paredes	424	110	14	0.127	30.29
19	Joe Jaber	186	48	13	0.271	14.31
20	Tiffany Ho*	233	65	12	0.185	19.42
21	Kelvin Chang	98	34	8	0.235	12.25

Rk	Name	AB	H	HR	HR%	AB/HR
1	Joey Wong	1924	707	92	0.130	20.91
2	Derek Lew*	1972	590	87	0.147	22.67
3	Norman Ho	1238	436	87	0.200	14.23
4	Desiree Tienturier	1366	447	85	0.190	16.07
5	Sam Lau	1465	408	67	0.164	21.87
6	Jason Liu*	832	259	67	0.259	12.42
7	Cristian Ortiz*	898	244	37	0.152	24.27
8	Sean Mok	1059	371	33	0.089	32.09
9	Rudy Puzon*	554	167	32	0.192	17.31
10	Francis Chen*	414	84	28	0.333	14.79
11	Jonathan Chee*	1149	324	21	0.065	54.71
12	Jean Paredes	424	110	20	0.182	21.20
13	Josiah Leong*	265	95	16	0.168	16.56
14	Henry Nghe*	618	223	12	0.054	51.50
15	Joanna Maung*	481	138	9	0.065	53.44
16	Tina Quach*	535	161	8	0.050	66.88
17	Joe Jaber	186	48	7	0.146	26.57
18	Justin Cheuk	409	93	4	0.043	102.25
19	Kelvin Chang	98	34	3	0.088	32.67
20	Tiffany Ho*	233	65	1	0.015	233.00
21	Aubrey Cubilo	1527	452	0	0.000	0.00

*Denotes active player
AB: At bats, the number of plate appearances minus PA’s that resulted in non-batting events, such as walks and hit-by-pitches. This indicates how many opportunities the player had to bat.
H: Hits, when a player hits the ball and successfully reaches a base.
HR: Homeruns, hits that result in the player reaching all four bases and scoring a run
HR%: The percentage of hits that are homeruns
AB/HR: The frequency of hitting doubles, in at bats per homerun (lower is better)

While it’s clear that the slugger era dominated by the likes of Norman Ho and Desiree Tienturier are long over, it’s actually the three-year veterans Wong and Lew that top the leaderboard. With Wong’s retirement, Lew seems likely to move into first place, although there’s a great potential threat from sluggers Jason Liu and Francis Chen. Although both players lag far behind, both players have insanely high HR% and AB/HR numbers that equal or even top the numbers Ho and Tienturier put up. Given enough playing time, look for both to move up the charts quickly, although it will take them awhile before really approaching the top of the board. Rudy Puzon, who had 17.31 AB/HR in his rookie season, also seems like a strong candidate to have a lengthy HR career.

Total Bases

Rk	Name	AB	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	TB	AVG	SLG	TB/H
1	Joey Wong	1924	707	490	115	10	92	1118	0.367	0.581	1.581
2	Derek Lew*	1972	590	309	181	13	87	1058	0.299	0.537	1.793
3	Norman Ho	1238	436	243	95	11	87	814	0.352	0.658	1.867
4	Desiree Tienturier	1366	447	284	69	9	85	789	0.327	0.578	1.765
5	Sam Lau	1465	408	275	62	4	67	679	0.278	0.463	1.664
6	Aubrey Cubilo	1527	452	308	116	28	0	624	0.296	0.409	1.381
7	Sean Mok	1059	371	267	65	6	33	547	0.350	0.517	1.474
8	Jason Liu*	832	259	126	57	9	67	535	0.311	0.643	2.066
9	Jonathan Chee*	1149	324	257	44	2	21	435	0.282	0.379	1.343
10	Cristian Ortiz*	898	244	168	35	4	37	398	0.272	0.443	1.631
11	Henry Nghe*	618	223	149	49	13	12	334	0.361	0.540	1.498
12	Rudy Puzon*	554	167	114	16	5	32	289	0.301	0.522	1.731
13	Tina Quach*	535	161	117	32	4	8	225	0.301	0.421	1.398
14	Francis Chen*	414	84	36	16	4	28	192	0.203	0.464	2.286
15	Jean Paredes	424	110	74	14	2	20	188	0.259	0.443	1.709
16	Joanna Maung*	481	138	108	21	0	9	186	0.287	0.387	1.348
17	Josiah Leong*	265	95	59	18	2	16	165	0.358	0.623	1.737
18	Justin Cheuk	409	93	53	36	0	4	141	0.227	0.345	1.516
19	Joe Jaber	186	48	27	13	1	7	84	0.258	0.452	1.750
20	Tiffany Ho*	233	65	50	12	2	1	84	0.279	0.361	1.292
21	Kelvin Chang	98	34	22	8	1	3	53	0.347	0.541	1.559

*Denotes active player
AB: At bats, the number of plate appearances minus PA’s that resulted in non-batting events, such as walks and hit-by-pitches. This indicates how many opportunities the player had to bat.
H: Hits, when a player hits the ball and successfully reaches a base.
1B: Singles, hits that result in the player reaching the first base (out of four)
2B: Doubles, hits that result in the player reaching the second base (out of four)
3B: Triples, hits that result in the player reaching the third base (out of four)
HR: Homeruns, hits that result in the player reaching all four bases and scoring a run
Total Bases: The cumulative number of bases from all hits (where singles count as 1 base, doubles as 2, triples as 3, and homeruns as four)
AVG: Batting average, hits per at bat, or the percentage of at bats that result in hits. This is a rough indicator of contact ability
SLG: Slugging percentage, or total bases per at bat. This is a rough indicator of power ability, although it is partially dependent on average
TB/H: Average total bases per hit. This is a pure indicator of power ability, independent of contact ability.

As with most other categories, Wong retires at the top of this chart, with only Lew within easy reach of claiming first place anytime soon. Interestingly, TB/H yields some affirmative results for the best pure hitter in the team’s history. While Ho dominates this category for regular players, Liu and to an even greater extent Chen have hammered away in this category, and both possess numbers greatly in excess of the team’s historical leaders.

Walks

Rk	Name	BB	PA	OBP	BB/PA
1	Sam Lau	236	1745	0.382	0.135
2	Joey Wong	212	2160	0.429	0.098
3	Norman Ho	199	1464	0.445	0.136
4	Jonathan Chee*	156	1363	0.391	0.114
5	Desiree Tienturier	118	1521	0.391	0.078
6	Sean Mok	93	1171	0.406	0.079
7	Jason Liu*	93	951	0.388	0.098
8	Cristian Ortiz*	79	996	0.336	0.079
9	Rudy Puzon*	76	640	0.383	0.119
10	Tina Quach*	67	606	0.381	0.111
11	Joanna Maung*	67	557	0.375	0.120
12	Derek Lew*	65	2079	0.325	0.031
13	Aubrey Cubilo	53	1601	0.324	0.033
14	Francis Chen*	52	476	0.296	0.109
15	Henry Nghe*	47	671	0.407	0.070
16	Josiah Leong*	41	314	0.443	0.131
17	Justin Cheuk	34	446	0.285	0.076
18	Jean Paredes	17	449	0.296	0.038
19	Joe Jaber	12	205	0.322	0.059
20	Tiffany Ho*	8	243	0.305	0.033
21	Kelvin Chang	4	104	0.365	0.038

*Denotes active player
PA: Plate appearance, the number of times the player has shown up at the plate to bat. This indicates how many opportunities the player had.
BB: Base on balls, or walks, where a player automatically reaches first base after a pitcher has thrown four off-target pitches
OBP: On-base percentage, or the percentage of plate appearances in which the player reaches base safely, regardless of method.
BB/PA: Walks per plate appearance, or the percentage of plate appearances that result in walks:

It’s quite interesting to dip back into the past – despite having played only two seasons, only in the last season have players Lau and Wong surpassed Ho, and not even by that much. Turning towards the rates, we find that Ho clearly dominates in the OBP and BB/PA departments. Nonetheless, all three of the top players are retired, leaving Chee as the current active leader, on pace to take the lead sometime in 2007. Noticeably absent from the top is longtime player Derek Lew, who ranks only 12 in this category, due to his longtime inability to garner any walks despite a great ability to fend off strikeouts.

RBI

Rk	Name	AB	RBI	RBI/AB
1	Joey Wong	1924	421	0.219
2	Derek Lew*	1972	396	0.201
3	Norman Ho	1238	299	0.242
4	Desiree Tienturier	1366	296	0.217
5	Sam Lau	1465	291	0.199
6	Jason Liu*	832	215	0.258
7	Aubrey Cubilo	1527	174	0.114
8	Sean Mok	1059	169	0.160
9	Jonathan Chee*	1149	158	0.138
10	Cristian Ortiz*	898	143	0.159
11	Rudy Puzon*	554	115	0.208
12	Henry Nghe*	618	101	0.163
13	Francis Chen*	414	85	0.205
14	Joanna Maung*	481	83	0.173
15	Tina Quach*	535	73	0.136
16	Jean Paredes	424	66	0.156
17	Josiah Leong*	265	52	0.196
18	Justin Cheuk	409	44	0.108
19	Joe Jaber	186	33	0.177
20	Tiffany Ho*	233	23	0.099
21	Kelvin Chang	98	21	0.214

*Denotes active player
AB: At bats, the number of plate appearances minus PA’s that resulted in non-batting events, such as walks and hit-by-pitches. This indicates how many opportunities the player had to bat.
RBI: Runs batted in, when a player directly drives another player (or himself, via a homerun) in for a run (runs are baseball’s point/goal unit)
RBI/AB: RBI’s per at bat

After three dominant RBI seasons, Wong, Lew, Ho, and Tienturier dominate this chart, each averaging well over 100 RBI’s per season. Except for the up-and-coming Liu, Chen, and Puzon, all four players dominate in the RBI/AB rate as well. Lew, as the team’s new #4 hitter following the departure of Wong, looks to dominate in this category after this season, without anyone else to really challenge him for years to come.

Runs

Rk	Name	PA	R	R/PA
1	Joey Wong	2160	396	0.206
2	Derek Lew*	2079	366	0.186
3	Norman Ho	1464	318	0.257
4	Desiree Tienturier	1521	304	0.223
5	Sam Lau	1745	265	0.181
6	Aubrey Cubilo	1601	264	0.173
7	Sean Mok	1171	208	0.196
8	Jonathan Chee*	1363	189	0.164
9	Jason Liu*	951	187	0.225
10	Cristian Ortiz*	996	144	0.160
11	Henry Nghe*	671	120	0.194
12	Rudy Puzon*	640	109	0.197
13	Joanna Maung*	557	87	0.181
14	Tina Quach*	606	82	0.153
15	Josiah Leong*	314	69	0.260
16	Francis Chen*	476	68	0.164
17	Jean Paredes	449	61	0.144
18	Justin Cheuk	446	55	0.134
19	Tiffany Ho*	243	34	0.146
20	Joe Jaber	205	28	0.151
21	Kelvin Chang	104	17	0.173

*Denotes active player
PA: Plate appearance, the number of times the player has shown up at the plate to bat. This indicates how many opportunities the player had.
R: Runs, the number of times the player has scored by reaching the fourth base
R/PA: Runs per plate appearance

Runs pretty much follows an order of longevity, although it is again the best sluggers who also end up with the highest run totals, much like RBIs.

Steals

Name	SB	CS	SBA	SB%
Aubrey Cubilo	170	24	194	0.876
Desiree Tienturier	92	36	128	0.719
Norman Ho	68	22	90	0.756
Cristian Ortiz*	61	8	69	0.884
Sean Mok	39	13	52	0.750
Josiah Leong*	35	4	39	0.897
Joey Wong	31	0	31	1.000
Jonathan Chee*	24	0	24	1.000
Henry Nghe*	19	9	28	0.679
Sam Lau	15	0	15	1.000
Derek Lew*	14	2	16	0.875
Jason Liu*	11	0	11	1.000
Francis Chen*	10	2	12	0.833
Tiffany Ho*	10	1	11	0.909
Jean Paredes	7	1	8	0.875
Rudy Puzon*	5	4	9	0.556
Joanna Maung*	1	0	1	1.000
Tina Quach*	1	0	1	1.000
Justin Cheuk	1	0	1	1.000
Joe Jaber	1	0	1	1.000
Kelvin Chang	0	0	0	0.000

*Denotes active player
SB: Stolen bases, or steals, when a player runs to take an extra base
CS: Caught stealing, when a player unsuccessfully attempts to steal a base
SBA: Stolen base attempts, when a player attempts to run to advance an extra base
SB%: Stolen base %, or the rate of success

Daly City’s heralded speedster Aubrey Cubilo dominates this chart, with numbers far in excess of anyone else. With the top three players all retired, and not another speedster in the group, Ortiz remains as the only true base stealer on the team, although Jonathan Chee could look to make a long career out of piggy-backing double steals.

AVG

Rk	Name	AVG	AB	H
1	Joey Wong	0.367	1924	707
2	Henry Nghe*	0.361	618	223
3	Josiah Leong*	0.358	265	95
4	Norman Ho	0.352	1238	436
5	Sean Mok	0.350	1059	371
6	Kelvin Chang	0.347	98	34
7	Desiree Tienturier	0.327	1366	447
8	Jason Liu*	0.311	832	259
9	Rudy Puzon*	0.301	554	167
10	Tina Quach*	0.301	535	161
11	Derek Lew*	0.299	1972	590
12	Aubrey Cubilo	0.296	1527	452
13	Joanna Maung*	0.287	481	138
14	Jonathan Chee*	0.282	1149	324
15	Tiffany Ho*	0.279	233	65
16	Sam Lau	0.278	1465	408
17	Cristian Ortiz*	0.272	898	244
18	Jean Paredes	0.259	424	110
19	Joe Jaber	0.258	186	48
20	Justin Cheuk	0.227	409	93
21	Francis Chen*	0.203	414	84

*Denotes active player
AVG: Batting average, hits per at bat, or the percentage of at bats that result in hits. This is a rough indicator of contact ability
AB: At bats, the number of plate appearances minus PA’s that resulted in non-batting events, such as walks and hit-by-pitches. This indicates how many opportunities the player had to bat.
H: Hits, when a player hits the ball and successfully reaches a base.

Joey Wong dominates here as batting champ, although surprisingly the next two spots are not other veteran hitters but one-season players Nghe and Leong, both of whom are still active. While both are talented contact hitters, it would be a surprise if either ended up playing at a consistently high level enough to surpass Wong’s .367 mark, although both players are already very close.

OBP

Rk	Name	OBP	PA	H	BB	HBP
1	Norman Ho	0.445	1464	436	199	16
2	Josiah Leong*	0.443	314	95	41	3
3	Joey Wong	0.429	2160	707	212	6
4	Henry Nghe*	0.407	671	223	47	3
5	Sean Mok	0.406	1171	371	93	11
6	Jonathan Chee*	0.391	1363	324	156	53
7	Desiree Tienturier	0.391	1521	447	118	28
8	Jason Liu*	0.388	951	259	93	17
9	Rudy Puzon*	0.383	640	167	76	2
10	Sam Lau	0.382	1745	408	236	23
11	Tina Quach*	0.381	606	161	67	3
12	Joanna Maung*	0.375	557	138	67	3
13	Kelvin Chang	0.365	104	34	4	0
14	Cristian Ortiz*	0.336	996	244	79	12
15	Derek Lew*	0.325	2079	590	65	20
16	Aubrey Cubilo	0.324	1601	452	53	13
17	Joe Jaber	0.322	205	48	12	6
18	Tiffany Ho*	0.305	243	65	8	1
19	Francis Chen*	0.296	476	84	52	4
20	Jean Paredes	0.296	449	110	17	6
21	Justin Cheuk	0.285	446	93	34	0

*Denotes active player
PA: Plate appearance, the number of times the player has shown up at the plate to bat. This indicates how many opportunities the player had.
H: Hits, when a player hits the ball and successfully reaches a base.
BB: Base on balls, or walks, where a player automatically reaches first base after a pitcher has thrown four off-target pitches
HBP: Hit-by-pitch, where a player automatically reaches first after he has been hit by the ball

All-world hitter Norman Ho dominates this category, where he both hit for a high batting average and garnered a large number of walks in two seasons. Not far behind is the one-season wonder Josiah Leong, followed by Joey Wong, after which there is a significant dropoff. One player who looks to improve greatly is Jonathan Chee, who after 1 ½ seasons of mediocrity finally emerged as an OBP machine in 2005. Continuing his on-base ways, he should easily be able to exceed Mok, Nghe, and possibly even break into the top 3 in several years.

SLG

Rk	Name	SLG	AB	TB	1B	2B	3B	HR
1	Norman Ho	0.658	1238	814	243	95	11	87
2	Jason Liu*	0.643	832	535	126	57	9	67
3	Josiah Leong*	0.623	265	165	59	18	2	16
4	Joey Wong	0.581	1924	1118	490	115	10	92
5	Desiree Tienturier	0.578	1366	789	284	69	9	85
6	Kelvin Chang	0.541	98	53	22	8	1	3
7	Henry Nghe*	0.540	618	334	149	49	13	12
8	Derek Lew*	0.537	1972	1058	309	181	13	87
9	Rudy Puzon*	0.522	554	289	114	16	5	32
10	Sean Mok	0.517	1059	547	267	65	6	33
11	Francis Chen*	0.464	414	192	36	16	4	28
12	Sam Lau	0.463	1465	679	275	62	4	67
13	Joe Jaber	0.452	186	84	27	13	1	7
14	Jean Paredes	0.443	424	188	74	14	2	20
15	Cristian Ortiz*	0.443	898	398	168	35	4	37
16	Tina Quach*	0.421	535	225	117	32	4	8
17	Aubrey Cubilo	0.409	1527	624	308	116	28	0
18	Joanna Maung*	0.387	481	186	108	21	0	9
19	Jonathan Chee*	0.379	1149	435	257	44	2	21
20	Tiffany Ho*	0.361	233	84	50	12	2	1
21	Justin Cheuk	0.345	409	141	53	36	0	4

*Denotes active player
SLG: Slugging percentage, or total bases per at bat. This is a rough indicator of power ability, although it is partially dependent on average
AB: At bats, the number of plate appearances minus PA’s that resulted in non-batting events, such as walks and hit-by-pitches. This indicates how many opportunities the player had to bat.
Total Bases: The cumulative number of bases from all hits (where singles count as 1 base, doubles as 2, triples as 3, and homeruns as four)
1B: Singles, hits that result in the player reaching the first base (out of four)
2B: Doubles, hits that result in the player reaching the second base (out of four)
3B: Triples, hits that result in the player reaching the third base (out of four)
HR: Homeruns, hits that result in the player reaching all four bases and scoring a run

The Babe Ruth of Daly City baseball, Norman Ho remains at the top of the slugging board, although in recent years slugger Jason Liu has made a strong run, and Leong in his half-season also came close. Outside of those three, no other active player ranks even remotely close to the elite slugger range. Henry Nghe is the next best, topping out at .540

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