This tweet by DodgerTalk co-host Joe Block earlier today got me thinking:
Other #Dodgers hitters not named Ethier or Kemp are only half as good (so far): Kemp/Ethier OBP .511; rest of team: .256
I wonder how bad it would look if Jamey Carroll (.417 OBP) was lumped in with the haves instead of the have-nots. Well, it looks really bad. Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, and Carroll have combined for a .484 OBP while the rest of the team has a .239 OBP (.247 OBP for the non-pitchers).
Here are the Dodger on-base percentages for all non-pitchers this season:
| Dodger Position Players OBP | ||
| Hitter | PA | OBP |
| Kemp | 45 | .578 |
| Blake | 15 | .500 |
| Ellis | 6 | .500 |
| Ethier | 47 | .447 |
| Carroll | 37 | .417 |
| Paul | 9 | .333 |
| Gwynn | 27 | .296 |
| Barajas | 36 | .250 |
| Furcal | 28 | .250 |
| Uribe | 37 | .216 |
| Thames | 15 | .200 |
| Loney | 46 | .196 |
| Miles | 22 | .190 |
| Gimenez | 8 | .143 |
| DeJesus | 7 | .125 |
| Hoffmann | 1 | .000 |
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