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Not bad, Not great

By Phil Gurnee

For a guy who was supposed to be our next superstar, Matt Kemp's 23 year old season left much to be desired. The much maligned Todd Hollandworth had a better season when he was ridiculed for winning the ROY. Among Dodger outfielders who have had at least 100 games and played 50% of those in the outfield and had an OPS+ > 100, Matt Kemp sits at the bottom. Still a nice season but one likes to see growth from age 22 to age 23 and that didn't happen, unless you like stolen bases. Thanks to Baseball Reference for the info. I didn't link to their Player Index system because they only allow one sort and I wanted this sorted by age and then OPS+.

Notice Andre Ethier making a nice showing at every age group.

Name OPS+ Year Age PA BA OBP SLG OPS
Ron Fairly 145 1961 22 301 0.322 0.434 0.522 0.956
Duke Snider 123 1949 22 615 0.292 0.361 0.493 0.854
Bill Buckner 117 1972 22 405 0.319 0.348 0.41 0.758
Willie Davis 116 1962 22 666 0.285 0.334 0.453 0.787
Willie Crawford 111 1969 22 440 0.247 0.331 0.401 0.732
Tommy Davis 149 1962 23 711 0.346 0.374 0.535 0.909
Duke Snider 140 1950 23 684 0.321 0.379 0.553 0.932
Raul Mondesi 123 1994 23 454 0.306 0.333 0.516 0.849
Mike Marshall 117 1983 23 518 0.284 0.347 0.434 0.781
Todd Hollandswort 113 1996 23 526 0.291 0.348 0.437 0.785
Frank Howard 107 1960 23 487 0.268 0.32 0.464 0.784
Matt Kemp 103 2008 23 633 0.289 0.337 0.455 0.792
Tommy Davis 141 1963 24 597 0.326 0.359 0.457 0.816
Willie Crawford 124 1971 24 375 0.281 0.334 0.442 0.776
Raul Mondesi 123 1995 24 580 0.285 0.328 0.496 0.824
Duke Snider 118 1951 24 672 0.277 0.344 0.483 0.827
Bill Buckner 117 1974 24 620 0.314 0.351 0.412 0.763
Andre Ethier 113 2006 24 441 0.308 0.365 0.477 0.842
Mike Marshall 112 1984 24 541 0.257 0.315 0.438 0.753
Willie Davis 110 1964 24 652 0.294 0.316 0.413 0.729
Frank Howard 147 1962 25 538 0.296 0.346 0.56 0.906
Mike Marshall 140 1985 25 564 0.293 0.342 0.515 0.857
Duke Snider 136 1952 25 598 0.303 0.368 0.494 0.862
Raul Mondesi 123 1996 25 673 0.297 0.334 0.495 0.829
Tommy Davis 105 1964 25 631 0.275 0.311 0.397 0.708
Carl Furillo 104 1947 25 476 0.295 0.347 0.437 0.784
Andre Ethier 103 2007 25 505 0.284 0.35 0.452 0.802
Reggie Williams 101 1986 25 338 0.277 0.331 0.376 0.707
Franklin Stubbs 101 1986 25 465 0.226 0.291 0.421 0.712
Duke Snider 166 1953 26 680 0.336 0.419 0.627 1.046
Pedro Guerrero 156 1982 26 652 0.304 0.378 0.536 0.914
Kal Daniels 154 1990 26 526 0.296 0.389 0.531 0.92
Frank Howard 149 1963 26 459 0.273 0.33 0.518 0.848
Raul Mondesi 140 1997 26 670 0.31 0.36 0.541 0.901
Willie Crawford 139 1973 26 543 0.295 0.396 0.453 0.849
Sandy Amoros 132 1956 26 361 0.26 0.385 0.517 0.902
Andre Ethier 124 2008 26 575 0.301 0.368 0.509 0.877
Stan Javier 118 1990 26 321 0.304 0.384 0.399 0.783
Ron Fairly 115 1965 26 654 0.274 0.361 0.377 0.738
Carl Furillo 109 1948 26 414 0.297 0.374 0.407 0.781
Milton Bradley 108 2004 26 597 0.267 0.362 0.424 0.786
Mike Marshall 108 1986 26 362 0.233 0.298 0.439 0.737
Bill Buckner 105 1976 26 680 0.301 0.326 0.389 0.715
Willie Davis 102 1966 26 653 0.284 0.302 0.405 0.707

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