Daily Notes: Ft. The Giancarlo Stanton of 1967

Table of Contents
Here’s the table of contents for today’s edition of Daily Notes.

1. The Giancarlo Stanton of 1967
2. SCOUT Leaderboards: Mexican Pacific League
3. SCOUT Leaderboards: Australian Baseball League

The Giancarlo Stanton of 1967
On Thursday, managing editor Dave Cameron made note via Twitter of a select group to which Miami outfielder Giancarlo Stanton presently belongs — that is, batters with 1000-plus plate appearances and a 130-plus wRC+ through age 22.

As the following table (sorted by wRC+) demonstrates, only nine players besides Stanton have met those criteria since 1963:

Num	Name	Team	G	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	wRC+	WAR
1	Albert Pujols	Cardinals	317	1351	.321	.399	.586	154	13.6
2	Boog Powell	Orioles	274	1054	.277	.362	.533	149	10.2
3	Curt Blefary	Orioles	275	1069	.258	.376	.469	145	8.8
4	Giancarlo Stanton	Marlins	373	1498	.270	.350	.553	140	13.1
5	Ken Griffey Jr.	Mariners	576	2422	.301	.366	.494	134	21.5
6	Tony Conigliaro	Red Sox	494	2047	.276	.339	.510	133	13.4
7	Alex Rodriguez	Mariners	508	2271	.313	.364	.543	132	22.4
8	Cesar Cedeno	Astros	529	2227	.301	.348	.480	132	19.9
9	Miguel Cabrera	Marlins	405	1716	.300	.366	.523	132	9.7
10	Eddie Murray	Orioles	321	1356	.284	.345	.475	130	7.9

And, as this second table demonstrates, Stanton’s predecessors in this regard have been almost uniformly excellent, more or less averaging a borderline Hall of Fame career (even including the three active players and Tony Conigliaro, whose career was cut short by a horrid hit-by-pitch). Here they are, again sorted by wRC+:

Num	Name	Team	G	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	wRC+	WAR
1	Albert Pujols	– – –	1858	8103	.325	.414	.608	164	91.6
2	Miguel Cabrera	– – –	1512	6474	.318	.395	.561	148	50.8
3	Alex Rodriguez	– – –	2519	11163	.300	.384	.560	144	114.6
4	Boog Powell	– – –	1907	7356	.268	.364	.467	137	53.4
5	Ken Griffey Jr.	– – –	2668	11304	.284	.370	.538	132	83.9
6	Eddie Murray	– – –	3021	12817	.287	.359	.476	127	78.8
7	Cesar Cedeno	– – –	1999	8133	.285	.347	.443	122	55.1
8	Tony Conigliaro	– – –	876	3591	.264	.327	.476	119	16.5
9	Curt Blefary	– – –	974	3490	.237	.342	.400	117	16.9
– – –	Avg	– – –	1926	8048	.285	.367	.503	134	62.4

The names here are all familiar. Or, that is, eight of the nine are all familiar — and then the other one is Curt Blefary. “Who is Curt Blefary?” the author found himself wondering Thursday. And “Who is Curt Blefary?” the reader is likely asking himself at the moment.

Here are five answers to that sort of question, largely stolen from his very helpful SABR biography page and presented via bullet point:

• A native of Brooklyn who signed with the New York Yankees for $18,000 in 1962 (three years before the amateur draft was instituted).

• Rookie of the Year in 1965, when, as a 21-year-old, he posted a 5.0 WAR for Baltimore (by whom he’d been acquired in somewhat mysterious fashion via waivers).

• Nicknamed “Clank” by Frank Robinson, largely owing to his (i.e. Blefary’s) defensive abilities.

• A teammate of Boog Powell’s, who’s also on this list, from 1965 to ’68.

• Maybe a little bit of a sonofabitch.

SCOUT Leaderboards: Mexican Pacific League
Below are the current SCOUT leaderboards for the Mexican Pacific League. (Ages as of July 1st, 2012. Players listed with most recent team. Click here for more on what is SCOUT.)

SCOUT Leaderboard: Mexican Pacific League Hitters
Below is the current SCOUT batting leaderboard for the Mexican Pacific League. SCOUT+ is calculated using regressed home-run, walk, and strikeout rates, where 100 is average and above 100 is above average.

Player	Team	Age	Pos	PA	xHR%	xBB%	xK%	SCOUT+
Barbaro Canizares	MEX	32	1B	286	5.8%	14.7%	12.2%	163
Jesse Gutierrez	IND	34	1B	284	6.8%	6.7%	12.3%	151
Japhet Amador	MEX	25	1B	273	5.9%	12.8%	22.0%	139
Chris Colabello	Twins	28	DH	228	6.4%	10.1%	20.6%	139
Jason Botts	MEX	31	LF	258	6.1%	11.6%	22.1%	137
Sandy Madera	N/A	31	1B	207	5.6%	10.1%	16.9%	137
Cory Aldridge	MEX	33	DH	266	6.7%	15.8%	32.7%	136
Saul Soto	MEX	33	C	252	4.5%	16.7%	22.6%	132
Marlon Byrd	N/A	34	RF	246	5.9%	10.6%	23.2%	129
Jorge Cantu	Angels	30	3B	217	5.1%	12.9%	22.6%	129

SCOUT Leaderboard: Mexican Pacific League Pitchers
Below is the current SCOUT pitching leaderboard for the Mexican Pacific League. SCOUT- is calculated using regressed strikeout and walk rates where 100 is average and below 100 is above average.

Player	Team	Age	G	GS	IP	TBF	xK%	xBB%	SCOUT-
Michael Benacka	IND	29	30	0	36.0	145	37.3%	10.3%	50
Esmailin Caridad	Cubs	28	37	1	42.0	177	27.7%	8.5%	71
Adrian C. Ramirez	MEX	24	40	0	39.2	168	27.4%	8.3%	71
Oscar Villarreal	Orioles	30	31	0	37.1	152	27.6%	8.5%	71
Oscar Verdugo	MEX	22	37	0	44.1	182	26.3%	8.9%	76
Rafael Diaz	MEX	41	22	5	41.2	180	25.6%	8.8%	78
Edwin Salas	MEX	20	13	6	43.1	172	23.2%	8.2%	82
Francisco Rodriguez	Angels	29	29	0	27.2	112	23.9%	9.0%	83
Mario Mendoza	MEX	33	39	0	34.1	141	23.7%	9.1%	84
Ryan Brasier	Angels	24	24	0	25.2	103	23.6%	9.0%	84

SCOUT Leaderboard: Mexican Pacific League Pitchers (Starters)
Here is the SCOUT pitching leaderboard for the Mexican Pacific League, but only populated with pitchers who’ve made at least half of their appearances as starts.

Player	Team	Age	G	GS	IP	TBF	xK%	xBB%	SCOUT-
Marco Duarte	Red Sox	25	14	13	67.1	301	22.6%	9.3%	87
Nick Additon	Cardinals	24	10	10	53.0	229	21.4%	9.2%	90
Javier Martinez	MEX	29	14	14	78.0	343	20.4%	9.3%	93
Anthony Ferrara	Cardinals	22	4	3	14.2	65	20.8%	9.8%	94
Amauri Sanit	MEX	32	13	13	67.0	268	19.8%	8.9%	94
Dennys Reyes	N/A	35	11	11	55.2	253	21.0%	10.8%	96
Rolando Valdez	MEX	26	14	14	70.1	319	18.2%	8.1%	96
Edgar Gonzalez	Astros	29	9	9	46.1	202	18.3%	8.2%	96
Juan Delgadillo	MEX	29	13	13	80.1	339	17.7%	7.9%	97
James Avery	Tigers	28	9	8	48.0	201	17.9%	8.4%	98

SCOUT Leaderboards: Australian Baseball League
Below are the current SCOUT leaderboards for the Australian Baseball League. (Ages as of July 1st, 2012. Players listed with most recent team. Click here for more on what is SCOUT.)

SCOUT Leaderboard: Australian Baseball League Hitters
Below is the current SCOUT batting leaderboard for the Australian Baseball League. SCOUT+ is calculated using regressed home-run, walk, and strikeout rates, where 100 is average and above 100 is above average.

Player	Team	Age	Pos	PA	xHR%	xBB%	xK%	SCOUT+
Adam Buschini	IND	25	2B	121	3.9%	8.1%	15.2%	129
Ji-Man Choi	Mariners	21	1B	108	3.0%	12.2%	16.3%	128
Mitch Dening	IND	23	CF	130	2.5%	10.2%	10.7%	127
Kody Hightower	N/A	26	SS	127	2.5%	10.3%	11.7%	126
Carlo Testa	Royals	25	RF	137	2.4%	13.4%	17.1%	124
Chris Snelling	N/A	30	RF	67	2.2%	14.1%	17.1%	123
Josh Roberts	N/A	25	RF	129	2.5%	10.2%	13.5%	122
Trent D’Antonio	N/A	26	3B	84	2.5%	11.3%	16.2%	119
Michael Ohlman	Orioles	21	1B	119	3.2%	8.2%	16.1%	119
Nathan Melendres	Mariners	22	CF	89	3.1%	9.1%	16.8%	119

SCOUT Leaderboard: Australian Baseball League Pitchers
Below is the current SCOUT pitching leaderboard for the Australian Baseball League. SCOUT- is calculated using regressed strikeout and walk rates where 100 is average and below 100 is above average.

Player	Team	Age	G	GS	IP	TBF	xK%	xBB%	SCOUT-
Chris Smith	IND	23	9	9	50.2	194	33.6%	7.1%	49
Chris Oxspring	N/A	35	9	9	59.2	249	27.8%	7.5%	68
Matthew Williams	N/A	25	16	0	18.0	72	26.9%	8.7%	74
Anthony Claggett	IND	27	9	9	53.1	224	25.0%	7.0%	75
Sean Toler	IND	25	15	0	17.1	75	25.1%	8.7%	79
Tim Atherton	Twins	22	6	5	28.0	106	23.8%	8.0%	81
Jack Frawley	N/A	26	2	0	9.2	37	24.2%	8.8%	82
James Schult	IND	22	4	4	18.2	83	24.8%	9.5%	83
Todd Van Steensel	N/A	21	11	0	13.1	57	24.8%	9.5%	83
Dustin Loggins	IND	21	14	0	14.2	62	24.9%	9.6%	83

SCOUT Leaderboard: Australian Baseball League Pitchers (Starters)
Here is the SCOUT pitching leaderboard for the Australian Baseball League, but only populated with pitchers who’ve made at least half of their appearances as starts.

Player	Team	Age	G	GS	IP	TBF	xK%	xBB%	SCOUT-
Chris Smith	IND	23	9	9	50.2	194	33.6%	7.1%	49
Chris Oxspring	N/A	35	9	9	59.2	249	27.8%	7.5%	68
Anthony Claggett	IND	27	9	9	53.1	224	25.0%	7.0%	75
Tim Atherton	Twins	22	6	5	28.0	106	23.8%	8.0%	81
James Schult	IND	22	4	4	18.2	83	24.8%	9.5%	83
Brian Grening	IND	27	9	9	60.1	242	21.9%	6.7%	83
Virgil Vasquez	IND	30	9	9	61.2	254	21.7%	7.4%	86
Hirotaka Koishi	NPB	25	7	7	35.1	158	24.0%	10.4%	88
Chuck Lofgren	IND	26	8	7	43.1	183	21.3%	8.5%	91
Adam Bright	IND	27	4	3	17.1	75	20.5%	9.0%	95