Happy Birthday...
Written by Bill   
Wednesday, 23 December 2009 09:00

Hanley Ramirez!

H-Ram turns 26 today. And as awesome as he's been, I guess I was under the impression that his sustained awesomeness at such a young age was truly rare. And it is, I guess, but pretty far from the most impressive start a shortstop has ever had. Check out this comparison through their age 25 seasons, ferinstance:

Name PA R HR RBI OPS+ WAR
Hanley Ramirez 2753 470 103 313 138 25.5
Alex Rodriguez 4247 760 241 730 141 45.1

I've really got no comment to that, since he doesn't need to be as good as A-Rod or have been a superstar since age 20 in order to be a great, great player. And Hanley is third among all shortstops through that age (min. 1000 PA) in OPS+, behind A-Rod and #1 Arky Vaughan. And he's already produced about as many wins above replacement as Hall of Famer Freddie Lindstrom did in his entire career, for whatever that's worth. I guess all that I'm saying is that young A-Rod was (and aging A-Rod continues to be) pretty freaking amazing.



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