Defensive stats through 47 games (team record 29-18):

 

Alex Calixte	P	10	0	67.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	.750	0.40
Lloyd Maduro	P	10	0	63.1	3	3	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.85
Riccio James	P	20	0	17.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.500	0.53
Luis Torres	P	9	0	62.2	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.43
Rich Matthews	P	14	0	38.0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Yasmani Zapata	P	6	0	11.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.77
Forrest Chase	P	9	0	50.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.53
Walter Coleman	P	7	0	31.1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	0.29
Butch Brantley	P	1	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Ubaldo Wilfredo	P	10	0	17.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.51
Sherry Romak	P	22	0	23.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Dizzy Keeler	P	14	0	12.1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.19
Kurt Roberts	P	20	0	25.1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.07
Stan Kozma	C	23	7	98.2	68	3	0	0	0	0	1.000	6.48
Terry Guerrero	C	41	40	325.1	279	16	1	4	0	0	.997	8.16
Bucky Conway	1B	28	28	248.2	240	19	0	28	5	0	1.000	9.37
J.D. Kubinski	1B	19	19	175.1	166	10	0	15	2	0	1.000	9.03
Ryne Wagner	2B	16	0	34.0	4	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.65
Juan Gimenez	2B	47	47	390.0	86	101	1	32	10	0	.995	4.32
Ryne Wagner	3B	1	0	8.0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1.000	5.63
Joe Andrews	3B	43	43	380.1	37	95	3	8	8	0	.978	3.12
Yovani Chavez	3B	4	4	35.2	5	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.79
Josh Wisler	SS	47	47	424.0	98	148	3	30	9	1	.988	5.22
Jed Hughes	LF	19	19	167.1	37	0	0	0	6	0	1.000	1.99
Skip McCarty	LF	1	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
J.D. Kubinski	LF	28	28	248.2	64	0	1	0	3	0	.985	2.32
Skip McCarty	CF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Kenta Lee	CF	47	47	423.0	101	3	0	2	2	0	1.000	2.21
Jed Hughes	RF	4	4	35.2	10	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.52
Yovani Chavez	RF	43	43	388.1	62	1	0	0	7	0	1.000	1.46
Skip McCarty	DH	40	40	328.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jim Blevins	DH	19	7	95.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Totals	-	47	423	4240.0	1272	427	13	122	55	1	.992	3.61

 

Defensive stats through 97 games:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	+	-	Fld%	RF
Alex Calixte	P	22	0	135.2	5	2	1	0	0	0	.875	0.46
Lloyd Maduro	P	20	0	126.0	4	5	1	0	1	0	.900	0.64
Riccio James	P	39	0	36.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	.750	0.75
Luis Torres	P	18	0	121.2	2	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.59
Vance Austin	P	2	0	10.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Darren Zimmer *	P	3	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Rich Matthews	P	20	0	46.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	0.20
Yasmani Zapata	P	6	0	11.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.77
Forrest Chase	P	19	0	109.2	5	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.49
Walter Coleman	P	14	0	62.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	0.15
Butch Brantley	P	17	0	35.2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.25
Ubaldo Wilfredo	P	22	0	45.1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.60
Sherry Romak	P	46	0	50.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.18
Dizzy Keeler	P	31	0	25.2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.05
Kurt Roberts	P	41	0	57.1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.78
Stan Kozma	C	37	7	127.2	91	3	1	0	0	0	.989	6.63
Terry Guerrero	C	91	90	748.0	610	44	3	7	0	0	.995	7.87
Bucky Conway *	1B	55	55	494.2	483	41	0	50	11	0	1.000	9.53
Skip McCarty	1B	2	2	17.0	12	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	7.41
J.D. Kubinski	1B	40	40	364.0	365	16	0	34	3	0	1.000	9.42
Ryne Wagner	2B	42	13	172.0	35	50	0	11	0	0	1.000	4.45
Juan Gimenez	2B	84	84	703.2	156	203	2	59	17	0	.994	4.59
Ryne Wagner	3B	1	0	8.0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1.000	5.63
Joe Andrews	3B	78	78	697.2	82	187	4	14	15	0	.985	3.47
Yovani Chavez	3B	19	19	170.0	17	40	0	4	1	0	1.000	3.02
Jed Hughes	SS	2	2	17.0	2	5	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.71
Carlos Pineda	SS	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
Jim Blevins	SS	5	5	45.0	14	8	3	1	0	2	.880	4.40
Josh Wisler	SS	90	90	811.2	193	295	3	62	20	1	.994	5.41
Ryne Wagner	LF	2	1	15.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.57
Jed Hughes	LF	42	42	373.0	76	0	3	0	9	1	.962	1.83
Skip McCarty	LF	3	2	28.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1.000	0.96
J.D. Kubinski	LF	52	52	459.0	112	1	2	1	6	0	.983	2.22
Skip McCarty	CF	7	4	42.0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.14
Kenta Lee	CF	93	93	833.2	195	4	2	2	8	0	.990	2.15
Ryne Wagner	RF	4	3	26.1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.37
Jed Hughes	RF	29	29	264.2	38	0	1	0	4	0	.974	1.29
Yovani Chavez	RF	65	65	584.2	102	1	0	0	8	0	1.000	1.59
Skip McCarty	DH	76	76	631.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Carlos Pineda	DH	3	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jim Blevins	DH	34	15	186.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Totals	-	97	867	8707.1	2627	929	29	250	108	4	.992	3.68

Nice stats.  Is the effect on your pitching staff what we'd hope and think it to be?

Final defensive stats:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	+	-	Fld%	RF
Alex Calixte	P	31	0	177.1	6	2	1	0	0	0	.889	0.41
Lloyd Maduro	P	33	0	213.1	5	10	1	0	1	0	.938	0.63
Riccio James	P	64	0	62.1	2	2	1	0	0	0	.800	0.58
Luis Torres	P	31	0	217.1	4	10	2	2	0	1	.875	0.58
Vance Austin	P	16	0	91.0	4	5	1	1	1	0	.900	0.89
Darren Zimmer *	P	3	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Danny Young	P	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Rich Matthews	P	28	0	81.0	1	4	1	1	0	0	.833	0.56
Yasmani Zapata	P	6	0	11.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.77
Forrest Chase	P	32	0	182.0	5	3	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.40
Walter Coleman	P	14	0	62.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	0.15
Butch Brantley	P	34	0	64.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	.800	0.56
Ubaldo Wilfredo	P	34	0	78.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.46
Sherry Romak	P	72	0	83.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.11
Dizzy Keeler	P	50	0	41.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.88
Kurt Roberts	P	67	0	93.2	3	4	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.67
Stan Kozma	C	70	26	329.0	228	10	2	0	0	0	.992	6.51
Terry Guerrero	C	137	136	1133.1	919	56	4	8	0	0	.996	7.74
Bucky Conway	1B	79	79	709.1	702	47	0	72	15	0	1.000	9.50
Skip McCarty	1B	13	13	116.0	122	8	0	14	0	0	1.000	10.09
J.D. Kubinski	1B	70	70	637.0	669	35	0	55	8	0	1.000	9.95
Ryne Wagner	2B	73	40	418.2	95	126	4	33	0	0	.982	4.75
Juan Gimenez	2B	122	122	1035.2	222	284	5	76	22	0	.990	4.40
Carlos Pineda	2B	1	0	8.0	1	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	6.75
Ryne Wagner	3B	6	5	52.1	10	18	0	1	1	0	1.000	4.82
Joe Andrews	3B	138	138	1240.0	135	314	8	29	28	0	.982	3.26
Yovani Chavez	3B	19	19	170.0	17	40	0	4	1	0	1.000	3.02
Jed Hughes	SS	13	13	120.0	19	39	0	4	2	0	1.000	4.35
Carlos Pineda	SS	3	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.57
Joe Andrews	SS	5	5	44.1	9	15	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.87
Jim Blevins	SS	5	5	45.0	14	8	3	1	0	2	.880	4.40
Josh Wisler	SS	133	133	1196.0	263	449	4	86	27	1	.994	5.36
Yovani Chavez	SS	6	6	50.0	13	18	1	6	1	0	.969	5.58
Ryne Wagner	LF	14	13	131.1	24	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.64
Jed Hughes	LF	69	69	606.2	115	1	3	0	14	1	.975	1.72
Skip McCarty	LF	14	11	114.1	22	2	0	0	3	0	1.000	1.89
J.D. Kubinski	LF	69	69	610.0	143	1	2	1	7	0	.986	2.12
Skip McCarty	CF	30	27	250.2	73	4	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.76
Kenta Lee	CF	135	135	1211.2	287	6	4	3	9	0	.987	2.18
Ryne Wagner	RF	17	16	139.1	24	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.55
Jed Hughes	RF	29	29	264.2	38	0	1	0	4	0	.974	1.29
Yovani Chavez	RF	117	117	1058.1	182	2	1	0	13	0	.995	1.56
Skip McCarty	DH	95	95	786.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Carlos Pineda	DH	16	2	54.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jim Blevins	DH	85	59	572.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Totals	-	162	1452	14574.0	4387	1534	51	401	162	5	.991	3.66

As far as how it affected my pitching: despite having a fairly average ML pitching staff, my OAV for the season was .232 compared to the next best OAV of .246.  So that was a significant difference that I would attribute to the defense.  My SLG allowed by my staff was .375, which was only .001 behind the world leader (Seattle, which played in a more defensive oriented ball park).

For my other team in the other test world, I went with a high power / don't care about anything else offense, and played in a hitters park (Hartford).

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	STRK	L STRK
Miguel De La Vega	162	628	112	162	24	1	54	117	49	144	6	0	0	.258	.315	.557	.873	0	9
Jameson Demny	162	573	104	162	21	2	53	107	61	131	5	1	2	.283	.355	.604	.958	3	10
Tanner Wise	147	520	89	154	25	0	46	108	58	112	5	0	1	.296	.369	.610	.979	0	9
Terry Tracy	138	495	96	136	19	3	45	106	61	111	4	0	0	.275	.358	.598	.956	2	9
Julian Brush	162	558	94	128	22	0	44	95	52	124	5	0	0	.229	.299	.505	.805	0	7
Endy Duncan	143	560	112	149	28	7	43	107	62	125	6	13	11	.266	.344	.571	.916	1	8
Danny Hughes	140	445	96	135	16	2	43	87	59	62	4	2	4	.303	.389	.638	1.027	4	13
Shawn Marshall	162	664	95	157	17	2	40	88	61	138	3	1	5	.236	.303	.449	.752	4	12
Lenny Bartlett	151	544	98	152	21	0	38	83	52	113	6	0	0	.279	.348	.528	.875	3	8
Danny Verdugo	109	269	43	69	9	1	19	43	38	51	2	0	1	.257	.350	.509	.860	2	6
Wilton Knotts	136	140	43	45	4	0	14	29	31	17	1	0	0	.321	.448	.650	1.098	1	3
Roger Brooks	74	90	19	22	2	0	6	11	13	20	2	0	0	.244	.349	.467	.816	3	3
Cesar Tabata *	75	78	16	26	6	0	3	18	8	14	2	2	1	.333	.404	.526	.930	2	4
Geoff Beliveau *	18	67	3	8	3	0	2	6	3	20	0	0	0	.119	.155	.254	.409	3	3
Fernando Johnson	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Jim Dishman	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	1
Omar Candelario	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Joe Cheney	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Chaz Bermudez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Ozzie Winker	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	1
Rick O'Donnell	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Jim Sullivan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Al Rivero	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Zoltan Villegas	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	1
J.P. DeJean	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
R.J. Martin	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Yamid Encarnacion	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Alexi Rios	31	39	4	11	2	0	0	4	7	8	0	0	1	.282	.391	.333	.725	0	2
Team Totals	162	5688	1027	1522	219	18	450	1011	615	1192	51	19	26	.268	.343	.550	.893	4	13

This team hit 450 home runs and OPS'd at .893 for the season, but only scored 1027 runs. 

I wonder how much of that OAV greatness came from your catchers.  95+ PC is pretty high-end.

Probably not much.  I would think having a field full of defenders all with 80+ range is going to prevent a lot of balls from getting through the infield, and will be tracking down a lot of fly balls that would otherwise fall in for hits.

Agreed, that is obviously true, but PC is supposed to affect OAV as well, and 95 PC is way up there.  

This season in one of my leagues I did a very heavy fielding and speed team in an extreme pitchers park.    I ended up with 327 stolen bases/100 caught stealing and on defense had 119 + plays and 2 - plays.  Both of the - plays were from pitchers too IIRC.  Going to make it even more extreme next year by getting rid of a few slow guys for some additional speed guys and trying to upgrade the defense even more.

A3morey, I love that strategy. My San Diego team has implamented a design like that and it's a lot of fun. My leadoff guy is a great OBP guy who stole 60 bases last year. It really causes havoc when every walk is virtually a double.

Posted by hockey1984 on 12/17/2015 11:45:00 AM (view original):
A3morey, I love that strategy. My San Diego team has implamented a design like that and it's a lot of fun. My leadoff guy is a great OBP guy who stole 60 bases last year. It really causes havoc when every walk is virtually a double.

Yeah it's pretty fun.....i've never built a team like this before.  I only have one great OBP guy right now unfortunately but was still able to have two players with 70+ stolen bases each.  Getting guys who take more walks will be one of my main focuses in the offseason.

It's good too because a lot of owners ignore 'secondary stats' like batting eye, speed and base running. When you can get good, defensive free agents who walk lots for cheap, it means you can spend more money on starting pitching. Which I believe you can never have enough of.