Best team defense?

[Providence A's]

no one said fileding percentage was flawless, neither would be using team error totals or total # of gold gloves, but they're more accurate than an opinion with nothing else backing it up.

Using that logic I could say "Tom Glavine is the premier power hitter in baseball." "Home runs aren't an accurate measure of his power; he's just the most powerful hitter in the league today." Why? simply because I said so

[Saber]

Use Defensive Efficiency, the rate at which the defense turns balls in play into outs. Basically, it's batting average allowed taking homeruns out of the equation.

2004 Defensive efficiency by team
Last update: Sat Apr 9 13:46:00 2005 PT



LG TEAM PA AB H BB SO HBP HR ROE DEF_EFF
AL TBA 6261 5506 1459 580 923 93 192 69 0.7013
AL SEA 6389 5650 1498 575 1036 72 212 58 0.7009
AL OAK 6313 5604 1466 544 1034 68 164 57 0.6982
AL CHA 6189 5527 1505 527 1013 48 224 52 0.6955
AL BOS 6222 5600 1430 447 1132 92 159 71 0.6944
AL TOR 6281 5517 1505 608 956 58 181 49 0.6934
AL NYA 6240 5649 1532 445 1058 60 182 51 0.6883
AL ANA 6246 5617 1476 502 1164 44 170 55 0.6883
AL TEX 6345 5616 1536 547 979 81 182 68 0.6879
AL MIN 6269 5702 1523 431 1123 54 167 48 0.6876
AL BAL 6459 5634 1488 687 1090 62 159 67 0.6871
AL DET 6296 5617 1542 530 995 54 190 70 0.6859
AL CLE 6450 5727 1553 579 1115 62 201 61 0.6855
AL KCA 6320 5648 1638 518 887 56 208 74 0.6766

NL LAN 6155 5453 1386 521 1066 54 178 29 0.7147
NL SLN 6104 5484 1378 440 1041 67 169 52 0.7126
NL PHI 6308 5627 1488 502 1070 66 214 45 0.7040
NL FLO 6110 5454 1395 513 1116 51 166 36 0.7033
NL CHN 6262 5517 1363 545 1346 76 169 52 0.6980
NL NYN 6333 5570 1452 592 977 49 156 88 0.6964
NL MON 6307 5556 1476 582 1032 79 191 58 0.6964
NL SFN 6321 5599 1481 548 1020 47 161 63 0.6957
NL SDN 6135 5550 1460 422 1079 48 184 67 0.6949
NL MIL 6204 5567 1440 476 1098 51 164 83 0.6922
NL ATL 6218 5557 1475 523 1025 27 154 70 0.6901
NL CIN 6451 5694 1595 572 992 54 236 68 0.6896
NL HOU 6201 5499 1416 525 1282 68 174 57 0.6871
NL PIT 6197 5429 1451 576 1079 63 149 53 0.6871
NL ARI 6418 5554 1480 668 1153 75 197 90 0.6825
NL COL 6535 5629 1634 697 947 71 198 39 0.6809



2004 Defensive efficiency by league

LG PA AB H BB SO HBP HR ROE DEF_EFF
AL 88280 78614 21151 7520 14505 904 2591 850 0.6907
NL 100259 88739 23370 8702 17323 946 2860 950 0.6953

[Fishercat]

I would have to say you are right. Now if only Pokey could get healthy. Wilson "Automatic Out" Valdez is sucking out there, with the O and the D.

Pokey was pretty much an automatic out last year too.

[Porter]

Pokey was pretty much an automatic out last year too.

Right now you can add Miguel Olivo to that list. no wait hes the Human K Machine. strikes out a faster rate than Dunn.

[griffeyfan3]

the reds have the best team defense in the league!!!!!!!