There are many ways to measure just how bad the Pirates offense is in 2012. Part 1 was the historically awful K/BB ratio – on pace to be the worst ever, ever, ever in the Majors. Tonight, let’s look at OPS values in 2012 by position (data from baseball-reference.com thru games of 5/23):
Catcher – 10th in the NL and closer to 13th than 9th
First Base – 14th and closer to last than 13th
Second Base – 13th, a solid 13th
Shortstop – 15th, a solid 15th
Third Base – 6th (nearly 5th)
Leftfield – 15th
Centerfield – 2nd (thanks, Cutch!)
Rightfield – 16th
Pitcher – 16th
Pinch Hitters – 16th
Yep, that’s bad. Other than centerfield and third (thanks to Pedro’s ten day barrage), this team is in the bottom half at the other seven positions and nearly in the bottom quarter in the other seven spots. Plus, the team is getting no aid from pinch hitters.