re defensive averages third base in c l v srgenprp sr hp com craigs srgenprp sr hp com craig stelter writes dale stephenson steph cs uiuc edu wrote in c jjrj em cs uiuc edu steph cs uiuc edu dale stephenson writes compiled from the last five defensive average reports here are the career das for the individual players in the reports stats are courtesy of sherri nichols players are listed in descending order and some comments with some players deleted third basemen leius scott looks good too bad he s moving to short pagliarulo mike this is an interesting line his figure was slightly below average his was pathetic and his was the next best year by anybody part of that may be his mobility was with the yankees was with the padres who appear to have a rotten infield was with the twins and judging by leius and gaetti the metrodome may be a good place to play third gaetti gary apologies if i don t know what i m talking about but as a twins fan i like to think they have good players in any park not sure if i remember completely or not but i think gaetti played with the twins in for the world series and again in note that s his lowest of the i believe the next or at least the last two were played with the angels actually gaetti s first year with california was his da wasn t out of line with his career averages and his was actually below average in but check out the last three years at the metrodome gaetti al avg pags leius al avg leius al avg for the last three years the highest das in either league have been posted by minnesota players three different ones including one pags who was mediocre to horrible elsewhere that doesn t prove a park effect is at work any more than san diego s horrible infield numbers prove a park effect is at work but it looks like a strong possibility to me lots of factors make a player excell i hate it when so many use the dome it may not be ideal but nice to comfortably enjoy baseball and football even when it s snowing and raining and it might even be a nice play to thrid base dale j stephenson steph cs uiuc edu baseball fanatic it is considered good to look wise especially when not overburdened with information j golden kimball
