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Which players have hurt their clubs most when missing games this year?

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September 14, 2005

The way I phrased the question, it sounds like a bad thing. In fact, these players can be considered some of the most valuable players to their teams. What we're looking at here is the winning percentage of the team when a player is in the starting lineup compared to when he's out of the lineup for an extended period due to injury (or any other reason).

For example, Scott Podsednik has missed 35 games for the White Sox this year. Their record in those games is 18-17 for a .514 winning percentage. That's a percentage barely above .500 for the team with the best record in the American League. But when he's in the lineup, the ChiSox have posted a 69-38 record for a .645 winning percentage. That's an increase of 131 percentage points. Impressive. But there are eight guys better then Pods.

Team Winning Percentage With/Without Players—Top Ten
Name With Player Without Player Difference
Bobby Crosby, Oak .688 .400 .288
Dan Johnson, Oak .659 .404 .255
David Dellucci, Tex .545 .357 .187
Mark Teahen, KC .371 .194 .177
Alex Gonzalez, TB .488 .328 .159
Yadier Molina, StL .684 .531 .154
Dave Roberts, SD .556 .404 .152
Matt Stairs, KC .367 .233 .135
Scott Podsednik, Chi .645 .514 .131
Ramon Hernandez, SD .558 .431 .128


Note: This list only includes players who have started at least 75 games and have missed at least 35 games.


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