Ray’s Ramblings: 2022 Review – Getting On Base

Ultimately, the name of the game in baseball is to win games. You do that by accomplishing a lot of things through the course of nine innings, but if we boil everything down to the basics, what are we left with? The single more important thing in baseball is… the out. Once you are out of them, you either win or lose. Therefore, the top goal, and we see this reflected in analytics, is for the batter to avoid making an out. Therefore Part II, guys with the ability to get on base should be prized by MLB squads as well as those of us in the fantasy game. Here are the leaders, and losers, at getting on base in 2022.

500+ PLATE APPEARANCES: THE GOOD

Name	Team	PA	AVG	HR	RBI	R	SB	wOBA	OPS	SLG	OBP
Aaron Judge	NYY	696	0.311	62	131	133	16	0.458	1.111	0.686	0.425
Freddie Freeman	LAD	708	0.325	21	100	117	13	0.393	0.918	0.511	0.407
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	561	0.306	37	97	95	1	0.427	1.019	0.613	0.406
Paul Goldschmidt	STL	651	0.317	35	115	106	7	0.419	0.981	0.578	0.404
Juan Soto	– – –	664	0.242	27	62	93	6	0.376	0.853	0.452	0.401
Yandy Diaz	TBR	558	0.296	9	57	71	3	0.366	0.824	0.423	0.401
Jose Altuve	HOU	604	0.300	28	57	103	18	0.397	0.921	0.533	0.387
Jeff McNeil	NYM	589	0.326	9	62	73	4	0.365	0.836	0.454	0.382
Jose Abreu	CHW	679	0.304	15	75	85	0	0.361	0.824	0.446	0.378
Xander Bogaerts	BOS	631	0.307	15	73	84	8	0.363	0.833	0.456	0.377
Luis Arraez	MIN	603	0.316	8	49	88	4	0.35	0.795	0.420	0.375
Steven Kwan	CLE	638	0.298	6	52	89	19	0.341	0.772	0.400	0.373
Andrew Benintendi	– – –	521	0.304	5	51	54	8	0.342	0.772	0.399	0.373
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	541	0.285	14	63	59	0	0.347	0.786	0.415	0.372
Andres Gimenez	CLE	557	0.297	17	69	66	20	0.364	0.837	0.466	0.371
Brandon Nimmo	NYM	673	0.274	16	64	102	3	0.353	0.800	0.433	0.367
Mark Canha	NYM	542	0.266	13	61	71	3	0.343	0.770	0.403	0.367
Alex Bregman	HOU	656	0.259	23	93	93	1	0.358	0.820	0.454	0.366
Manny Machado	SDP	644	0.298	32	102	100	9	0.382	0.898	0.531	0.366
Carlos Correa	MIN	590	0.291	22	64	70	0	0.362	0.834	0.467	0.366
Josh Bell	– – –	647	0.266	17	71	78	0	0.344	0.784	0.422	0.362
Taylor Ward	LAA	564	0.281	23	65	73	5	0.362	0.833	0.473	0.360
Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	645	0.302	27	76	74	2	0.368	0.851	0.492	0.358
Nolan Arenado	STL	620	0.293	30	103	73	5	0.381	0.891	0.533	0.358
Rafael Devers	BOS	614	0.295	27	88	84	3	0.373	0.879	0.521	0.358
DJ LeMahieu	NYY	541	0.261	12	46	74	4	0.329	0.734	0.377	0.357
Shohei Ohtani	LAA	666	0.273	34	95	90	11	0.37	0.875	0.519	0.356
Jose Ramirez	CLE	685	0.280	29	126	91	20	0.363	0.869	0.514	0.355
Christian Yelich	MIL	671	0.252	14	57	99	19	0.328	0.738	0.383	0.355
Pete Alonso	NYM	685	0.271	40	131	95	5	0.366	0.869	0.518	0.352
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	533	0.266	15	50	71	29	0.335	0.764	0.413	0.351
Justin Turner	LAD	532	0.278	13	81	61	3	0.343	0.788	0.438	0.350

Seven men posted a mark of .400 last year, though Matt Carpenter barely had 150 PAs, so he’s listed below.

Yandy Diaz has always gotten on base, but he was nearly thirty points clear of his career mark in his career best season.

Juan Soto stink for a large portion of the season – based on expectations. Still had a .400 OBP though which shows you how amazing he is on offense.

Jose Altuve posted his best OBP in four years (first time over .355 in that stretch).

Jose Abreu lost power this season, but his OBP was his best mark since his rookie season (.383).

500+ PLATE APPEARANCES: THE UGLY

Name	Team	PA	AVG	HR	RBI	R	SB	wOBA	OPS	SLG	OBP
Jonathan Schoop	DET	510	0.202	11	38	48	5	0.245	0.561	0.322	0.239
Cody Bellinger	LAD	550	0.210	19	68	70	14	0.284	0.654	0.389	0.265
Jorge Mateo	BAL	533	0.221	13	50	63	35	0.281	0.646	0.379	0.267
Marcell Ozuna	ATL	507	0.226	23	56	56	2	0.298	0.687	0.413	0.274
Javier Baez	DET	590	0.238	17	67	64	9	0.291	0.671	0.393	0.278
Jesus Aguilar	– – –	507	0.235	16	51	39	1	0.288	0.661	0.379	0.281
Miguel Rojas	MIA	507	0.236	6	36	34	9	0.268	0.605	0.323	0.283
Trent Grisham	SDP	524	0.184	17	53	58	7	0.28	0.626	0.341	0.284
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	500	0.195	5	40	58	9	0.253	0.547	0.262	0.285
Yuli Gurriel	HOU	584	0.242	8	53	53	8	0.285	0.647	0.360	0.288
Jeremy Pena	HOU	558	0.253	22	63	72	11	0.309	0.715	0.426	0.289
Myles Straw	CLE	596	0.221	0	32	72	21	0.257	0.564	0.273	0.291
A.J. Pollock	CHW	527	0.245	14	56	61	3	0.297	0.681	0.389	0.292
Hunter Dozier	KCR	500	0.236	12	41	51	4	0.298	0.679	0.387	0.292
Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR	632	0.254	20	80	82	30	0.311	0.722	0.428	0.294
Luis Rengifo	LAA	511	0.264	17	52	45	6	0.314	0.724	0.429	0.294
Eduardo Escobar	NYM	542	0.240	20	69	58	0	0.311	0.726	0.430	0.295
Willy Adames	MIL	617	0.238	31	98	83	8	0.325	0.756	0.458	0.298
Whit Merrifield	– – –	550	0.250	11	58	70	16	0.294	0.673	0.375	0.298
Patrick Wisdom	CHC	534	0.207	25	66	67	8	0.316	0.725	0.426	0.298
Randal Grichuk	COL	538	0.259	19	73	60	4	0.315	0.724	0.425	0.299
Adolis Garcia	TEX	657	0.250	27	101	88	25	0.324	0.756	0.456	0.300
Adam Frazier	SEA	602	0.238	3	42	61	11	0.274	0.612	0.311	0.301
Lane Thomas	WSN	548	0.241	17	52	62	8	0.308	0.705	0.404	0.301
Daulton Varsho	ARI	592	0.235	27	74	79	16	0.323	0.745	0.443	0.302
Elvis Andrus	– – –	577	0.249	17	58	66	18	0.31	0.707	0.404	0.303
Marcus Semien	TEX	724	0.248	26	83	101	25	0.317	0.733	0.429	0.304
Ryan Mountcastle	BAL	609	0.250	22	85	62	4	0.316	0.729	0.423	0.305
Mike Yastrzemski	SFG	558	0.214	17	57	73	5	0.307	0.697	0.392	0.305
Nick Castellanos	PHI	558	0.263	13	62	56	7	0.304	0.694	0.389	0.305
Seth Brown	OAK	555	0.230	25	73	55	11	0.323	0.749	0.444	0.305

Jonathan Schoop was just dreadful in 2022, no matter how you analyze his performance.

Cody Bellinger was hideous from start to finish. How has his OBP fallen below his old batting average. Just awful.

Jorge Mateo swiped 35 bases, so we sucked up the inability to get on base.

Marcell Ozuna used to be an offensive weapon.

Javier Baez hacks, always has, but this effort was truly terrible.

Trent Grisham had a rough season, but his OBP was .100 points better than his average which is darn impressive.

Yuli Gurriel had a lower OBP this season than his batting average last year.

Jeremy Pena has had one impressive season, but his ability to get on base sticks out, and not in a good way.

250-499 PLATE APPEARANCES: THE GOOD

Name	Team	PA	AVG	HR	RBI	R	SB	wOBA	OPS	SLG	OBP
Brendan Donovan	STL	468	0.281	5	45	64	2	0.349	0.773	0.379	0.394
Vinnie Pasquantino	KCR	298	0.295	10	26	25	1	0.365	0.832	0.450	0.383
Michael Brantley	HOU	277	0.288	5	26	28	1	0.345	0.785	0.416	0.370
Mike Trout	LAA	499	0.283	40	80	85	1	0.418	0.999	0.630	0.369
Dylan Moore	SEA	255	0.224	6	24	41	21	0.338	0.753	0.385	0.368
Austin Slater	SFG	325	0.264	7	34	49	12	0.344	0.774	0.408	0.366
Bryce Harper	PHI	426	0.286	18	65	63	11	0.369	0.877	0.514	0.364
Adley Rutschman	BAL	470	0.254	13	42	70	4	0.354	0.806	0.445	0.362
Daniel Vogelbach	– – –	461	0.238	18	59	47	0	0.349	0.793	0.433	0.360
Eloy Jimenez	CHW	327	0.295	16	54	40	0	0.37	0.858	0.500	0.358
William Contreras	ATL	376	0.278	20	45	51	2	0.37	0.860	0.506	0.354
Joc Pederson	SFG	433	0.274	23	70	57	3	0.373	0.874	0.521	0.353
Trayce Thompson	– – –	255	0.256	13	41	36	4	0.37	0.860	0.507	0.353
Luis Guillorme	NYM	335	0.273	2	17	33	1	0.311	0.691	0.340	0.351
Willson Contreras	CHC	487	0.243	22	55	65	4	0.357	0.815	0.466	0.349
Yonathan Daza	COL	408	0.301	2	34	56	0	0.323	0.733	0.384	0.349
Gavin Lux	LAD	471	0.276	6	42	66	7	0.328	0.745	0.399	0.346
Jorge Polanco	MIN	445	0.235	16	56	54	3	0.333	0.751	0.405	0.346
Albert Pujols	STL	351	0.270	24	68	42	1	0.38	0.895	0.550	0.345
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	TOR	493	0.291	5	52	52	3	0.327	0.743	0.400	0.343
Harold Ramirez	TBR	435	0.300	6	58	46	3	0.327	0.747	0.404	0.343
Jake McCarthy	ARI	354	0.283	8	43	53	23	0.337	0.769	0.427	0.342
Ji-Man Choi	TBR	419	0.233	11	52	36	0	0.322	0.729	0.388	0.341

Brendan Donovan played everywhere, and though his bad has zero pop, his ability to get on base was impressive.

Vinnie P. was as advertised in his rookie season.

Mike Trout misses too many games. His power stroke is still elite, but at .369 OBP is subpar for the HOF bound player.

Dylan Moore was .140+ points better in OBP than in batting average, so if you were in an OBP lg. his mark, and the 21 steals, made hum usable.

Bryce Harper’s .364 OBP was his worst mark since 2014.

250-499 PLATE APPEARANCES: THE BAD

Name	Team	PA	AVG	HR	RBI	R	SB	wOBA	OPS	SLG	OBP
Cristian Pache	OAK	260	0.166	3	18	18	2	0.207	0.459	0.241	0.218
Leury Garcia	CHW	315	0.210	3	20	38	2	0.221	0.500	0.267	0.233
Yadier Molina	STL	270	0.214	5	24	19	2	0.235	0.535	0.302	0.233
Andrew Velazquez	LAA	349	0.196	9	28	37	17	0.239	0.540	0.304	0.236
Abraham Toro	SEA	352	0.185	10	35	36	2	0.246	0.563	0.324	0.239
Austin Hedges	CLE	338	0.163	7	30	26	2	0.225	0.489	0.248	0.241
Aristides Aquino	CIN	276	0.197	10	30	24	2	0.267	0.609	0.363	0.246
Martin Maldonado	HOU	379	0.186	15	45	40	0	0.264	0.600	0.352	0.248
Diego Castillo	PIT	283	0.206	11	29	28	1	0.272	0.633	0.382	0.251
Mauricio Dubon	– – –	265	0.214	5	24	31	2	0.248	0.565	0.313	0.252
Maikel Franco	WSN	388	0.229	9	39	31	1	0.261	0.597	0.342	0.255
Jackie Bradley Jr.	– – –	370	0.203	4	38	30	2	0.252	0.566	0.311	0.255
Nick Allen	OAK	326	0.207	4	19	31	3	0.245	0.547	0.291	0.256
Kole Calhoun	TEX	424	0.196	12	49	36	3	0.26	0.587	0.330	0.257
Eddie Rosario	ATL	270	0.212	5	24	27	3	0.258	0.587	0.328	0.259
Yan Gomes	CHC	293	0.235	8	31	23	2	0.271	0.625	0.365	0.260
Chad Pinder	OAK	379	0.235	12	42	38	2	0.281	0.648	0.385	0.263
Francisco Mejia	TBR	299	0.242	6	31	32	0	0.279	0.645	0.381	0.264
Jo Adell	LAA	285	0.224	8	27	22	4	0.278	0.637	0.373	0.264
Kyle Isbel	KCR	278	0.211	5	28	32	9	0.265	0.603	0.340	0.264
Michael Chavis	PIT	426	0.229	14	49	39	1	0.282	0.654	0.389	0.265
Avisail Garcia	MIA	380	0.224	8	35	31	4	0.258	0.582	0.317	0.266
Max Stassi	LAA	375	0.180	9	30	32	0	0.258	0.571	0.303	0.267
Taylor Walls	TBR	466	0.172	8	33	53	10	0.252	0.553	0.285	0.268
Jose Siri	– – –	325	0.213	7	24	53	14	0.268	0.607	0.339	0.268
Jared Walsh	LAA	454	0.215	15	44	41	2	0.278	0.642	0.374	0.269
Adam Engel	CHW	260	0.224	2	17	32	12	0.256	0.579	0.310	0.269

Cristian Pache was woeful.

Yadier Molin had a rough final season to a brilliant career.

Eddie Rosario at .259? Really? He’s a career .270 hitter.

Joe Adell – I maintain he needs a trade.

Kyle Isbel has not brought his minor league skills to the majors.

100-249 PLATE APPEARANCES: THE GOOD

Name	Team	PA	AVG	HR	RBI	R	SB	wOBA	OPS	SLG	OBP
Matt Carpenter	NYY	154	0.305	15	37	28	0	0.472	1.138	0.727	0.412
Rob Refsnyder	BOS	177	0.307	6	21	25	1	0.381	0.881	0.497	0.384
Kris Bryant	COL	181	0.306	5	14	28	0	0.37	0.851	0.475	0.376
Tyler Stephenson	CIN	183	0.319	6	35	24	1	0.37	0.854	0.482	0.372
Joey Meneses	WSN	240	0.324	13	34	33	1	0.395	0.930	0.563	0.367
Vaughn Grissom	ATL	156	0.291	5	18	24	5	0.345	0.792	0.440	0.353
Garrett Stubbs	PHI	121	0.264	5	16	19	2	0.355	0.812	0.462	0.350
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	132	0.259	4	18	12	1	0.343	0.788	0.440	0.348
Seby Zavala	CHW	205	0.270	2	21	22	0	0.323	0.729	0.382	0.347
Austin Meadows	DET	147	0.250	0	11	9	0	0.307	0.675	0.328	0.347
Jake Fraley	CIN	247	0.259	12	28	33	4	0.352	0.812	0.468	0.344
Mike Brosseau	MIL	160	0.255	6	23	15	2	0.338	0.762	0.418	0.344
Danny Mendick	CHW	106	0.289	3	15	22	1	0.344	0.786	0.443	0.343
Jason Vosler	SFG	111	0.265	4	12	14	1	0.349	0.812	0.469	0.342
Terrin Vavra	BAL	103	0.258	1	12	14	0	0.303	0.677	0.337	0.340
Danny Jansen	TOR	248	0.260	15	44	34	1	0.363	0.855	0.516	0.339
Alex Call	– – –	131	0.237	5	13	18	3	0.331	0.748	0.412	0.336
Stuart Fairchild	– – –	110	0.247	5	6	14	0	0.35	0.800	0.464	0.336
Sam Haggerty	SEA	201	0.256	5	23	29	13	0.32	0.738	0.403	0.335

Matt Carpenter, on a per at-bat basis, was basically Barry Bonds.

Rob Refsnyder? Really?

Kris Bryant didn’t do squat with all the injuries, but the slash line sparkles.

Joey Meneses had an out of nowhere rookie campaign that helped to win leagues.

Vaughn Grissom was pretty dynamic for the Braves.

Austin Meadows got on base. It was the only thing he did well all season.

That Danny Jansen ain’t a bad offensive player.

Sam Haggerty had hit moments, but injuries down the stretch capped his fantasy success.

100-249 PLATE APPEARANCES: THE BAD

Name	Team	PA	AVG	HR	RBI	R	SB	wOBA	OPS	SLG	OBP
Robinson Cano	– – –	104	0.150	1	4	5	0	0.169	0.373	0.190	0.183
Austin Romine	– – –	136	0.155	3	9	10	0	0.193	0.435	0.248	0.187
Jose Barrero	CIN	174	0.152	2	10	13	4	0.183	0.401	0.206	0.195
Mike Zunino	TBR	123	0.148	5	16	7	0	0.219	0.499	0.304	0.195
Kody Clemens	DET	127	0.145	5	17	13	1	0.22	0.505	0.308	0.197
Bradley Zimmer	– – –	117	0.124	2	5	18	3	0.203	0.435	0.229	0.207
Mickey Moniak	– – –	112	0.170	3	8	13	1	0.223	0.509	0.302	0.207
Michael Perez	– – –	132	0.149	6	14	10	1	0.228	0.511	0.298	0.214
Kevin Smith	OAK	151	0.180	2	13	9	4	0.226	0.518	0.302	0.216
Brett Phillips	– – –	225	0.144	5	15	22	7	0.213	0.466	0.249	0.217
Jarred Kelenic	SEA	181	0.141	7	17	20	5	0.238	0.534	0.313	0.221
Lewin Diaz	MIA	174	0.169	5	11	12	1	0.228	0.512	0.288	0.224
Vidal Brujan	TBR	162	0.163	3	16	13	5	0.22	0.487	0.259	0.228
Michael Papierski	– – –	103	0.143	1	4	7	0	0.197	0.415	0.187	0.228
Lorenzo Cain	MIL	156	0.179	1	9	17	2	0.212	0.465	0.234	0.231
Zack Collins	– – –	108	0.155	4	11	9	0	0.245	0.551	0.320	0.231
Josh Jung	TEX	102	0.204	5	14	9	2	0.28	0.654	0.418	0.235
Stephen Vogt	OAK	191	0.161	7	23	18	1	0.249	0.562	0.321	0.241
Oscar Mercado	– – –	128	0.207	4	16	17	2	0.266	0.614	0.372	0.242
Ernie Clement	– – –	179	0.184	0	6	19	0	0.209	0.452	0.209	0.243
Bligh Madris	PIT	123	0.177	1	7	10	2	0.231	0.509	0.265	0.244
Paul DeJong	STL	237	0.157	6	25	19	3	0.241	0.530	0.286	0.245
Jed Lowrie	OAK	184	0.180	3	16	14	1	0.23	0.508	0.263	0.245
Riley Adams	WSN	155	0.176	5	10	14	0	0.249	0.555	0.310	0.245
Aramis Garcia	CIN	115	0.213	1	4	6	0	0.228	0.507	0.259	0.248
Yoshi Tsutsugo	PIT	193	0.171	2	19	11	0	0.221	0.478	0.229	0.249
Jose Herrera	ARI	124	0.189	0	5	9	0	0.213	0.457	0.207	0.250

Poor Robinson Cano.

Look at all the — on this list. That denotes guys who were on multiple teams in 2022.

Jarred Kelenic — is his career on life support already?

Lewin Diaz and Vidal Brujan are quickly careening down the path of epic failure.

Oscar Mercado was a thing – for a season.

Paul DeJong has fallen so far.

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