How many runs do you think that cost us this year though? I'm guessing less than 5, if any. How many runs did what cost us? Bagwell? or the whole defense? Bagwell alone - not many. 1st Base defense isn't really a big deal. The outfield defense - I bet we gave up a hell of a lot more runs than we would have otherwise.
First base defense is a HUGE deal. How many more runs would the Astros have given up EVERY year Bags has been here if Bags wasn't so good at digging thrown balls out of the dirt?
First base defense is a HUGE deal. How many more runs would the Astros have given up EVERY year Bags has been here if Bags wasn't so good at digging thrown balls out of the dirt? I was more referring to his range and throwing abilities. Yeah, he has saved a number of errors for other players over his career, although other first baseman (outside of the really bad ones) seem to do it just as much. I don't really know whether he's awesome at it or we just see him do it so much because he's our home team's 1B.
I was talking about first base...I don't think Bagwell was terrible at all this year. I was actually referring to stats for those "below average" rankings. Our 1Bmen were 12th in both Range Factor and Zone Rating in the NL (out of 16 teams). I don't really know how to measure 1st base defense, personally. He looked fine to me except for his throwing abilities.
