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2020 Hall of Fame Ballot Series: Raul Ibanez

Five facts about Raul Ibanez:

Raul Ibanez was named to one All-Star team in his career, in 2009, when he batted .272/.347/.552 with 34 home runs, 93 RBI, and 93 runs scored. Ibanez received MVP votes three times, with a high finish in MVP voting of 20th (in 2008).

Ibanez hit 20 or more home runs in a season eight times. He drove in 100 or more runs four times with additional seasons with 93 and 90 RBI. He scored 100 runs once (in 2006) and scored 90 or more runs three other times.

Ibanez won the Hutch Award in 2013. The Hutch Award "is given annually to an active Major League Baseball player who best exemplifies the fighting spirit and competitive desire of Fred Hutchinson."

Ibanez ranks in the top 10 in Seattle Mariners history in career hits (7th with 1,077), doubles (6th with 216), triples (6th with 20), home runs (8th, 156), total bases (7th, 1,801), walks (9th, 367), runs scored (9th, 540), and RBI (7th, 612).

The best game of Raul Ibanez's career, as measured by Player won-lost records (net pWins), was Game 3 of the 2012 ALDS. Ibanez entered the game with one out in the bottom of the 9th inning as a pinch hitter for Alex Rodriguez with the Yankees trailing 2-1. Ibanez hit a solo home run to tie the score. In his next at bat, he led off the bottom of the 12th inning with a walk-off home run to give the Yankees a 3-2 win in the game and a 2-1 lead in the series. In this game, Ibanez was the first player in major-league history to hit two home runs in a playoff game that he did not start, the first player to hit two home runs in the 9th inning or later of a playoff game, and the oldest player to hit a walkoff home run in a playoff game (Ibanez was 40 years old at the time).

The first two tables below present Raul Ibanez's career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1996	SEA	24	4	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.1
1997	SEA	25	11	0.7	1.2	-0.5	-0.6
1998	SEA	26	35	2.2	2.6	-0.2	-0.5
1999	SEA	27	86	6.3	6.3	0.4	-0.2
2000	SEA	28	92	3.6	4.6	-0.7	-1.1
2001	KCA	29	104	9.3	9.8	0.4	-0.7
2002	KCA	30	137	14.9	14.3	1.3	-0.3
2003	KCA	31	157	19.0	18.8	1.2	-0.7
2004	SEA	32	123	15.4	16.1	-0.0	-1.6
2005	SEA	33	162	15.9	16.4	0.6	-1.3
2006	SEA	34	159	21.2	20.3	1.9	-0.1
2007	SEA	35	149	18.9	17.6	2.4	0.6
2008	SEA	36	162	21.2	21.5	0.9	-1.2
2009	PHI	37	134	18.4	14.0	5.1	3.6
2010	PHI	38	155	17.9	15.9	2.6	1.0
2011	PHI	39	144	16.1	15.0	1.8	0.3
2012	NYA	40	129	12.0	11.6	1.4	0.2
2013	SEA	41	124	13.0	14.3	-0.2	-1.6
+– 2014		42	90	6.5	6.4	0.7	-0.1
	ANA		57	4.2	4.1	0.5	0.0
	KCA		33	2.2	2.3	0.1	-0.1
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			2,157	232.6	226.7	19.0	-4.3
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			44	4.7	4.4	0.5	0.1
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			2,201	237.2	231.1	19.5	-4.2

Season	Team	Age	Games	eWins	eLosses	eWORL	eWOPA

Expected Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1996	SEA	24	4	0.0	0.1	-0.0	-0.0
1997	SEA	25	11	0.7	1.3	-0.5	-0.6
1998	SEA	26	35	2.1	2.6	-0.4	-0.6
1999	SEA	27	86	6.3	6.3	0.4	-0.2
2000	SEA	28	92	4.0	4.3	-0.1	-0.5
2001	KCA	29	104	9.9	9.2	1.6	0.4
2002	KCA	30	137	15.2	13.9	2.1	0.5
2003	KCA	31	157	19.0	18.8	1.1	-0.8
2004	SEA	32	123	16.3	15.3	1.7	0.2
2005	SEA	33	162	16.8	15.5	2.4	0.6
2006	SEA	34	159	21.9	19.6	3.3	1.4
2007	SEA	35	149	18.9	17.6	2.4	0.7
2008	SEA	36	162	22.2	20.5	3.0	1.0
2009	PHI	37	134	17.7	14.7	3.7	2.2
2010	PHI	38	155	17.1	16.7	1.1	-0.5
2011	PHI	39	144	15.2	15.9	0.0	-1.5
2012	NYA	40	129	11.9	11.7	1.2	-0.1
2013	SEA	41	124	13.8	13.5	1.4	-0.1
+– 2014		42	90	6.0	6.8	-0.2	-1.0
	ANA		57	3.8	4.5	-0.3	-0.8
	KCA		33	2.2	2.3	0.1	-0.2
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			2,157	235.1	224.2	24.2	0.9
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			44	4.6	4.4	0.5	0.0
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			2,201	239.7	228.6	24.7	1.0

This is Raul Ibanez's first year on the Hall-of-Fame ballot.

Vote Prediction

It is an honor for Raul Ibanez simply to appear on a Hall-of-Fame ballot.

Player Won-Lost Records and Raul Ibanez

Batting Player won-lost records are calculated across seven components:

Component 3: Balls not in Play (walks, strikeouts, hit-by-pitch)
Component 4: Balls in Play (home runs, line drives, ground balls, fly balls)
Component 5: Hits vs. Outs on Balls in Play
Component 6: Singles vs. Doubles vs. Triples on Hits in Play
Component 7: Double Plays in Double Play Situations (ground outs w/ runner on 1B, < 2 out)
Component 8: Baserunner Outs
Component 9: Baserunner Advancements

The next table defines these components and presents Raul Ibanez's (context-neutral, teammate-adjusted) career record by component. The last column shows eWins over "positional average" where, in this case, "positional average" is average for non-pitcher hitting. Components 3 and 4 are jointly estimated and so are combined in the table.

Component	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Components 3&4	96.6	84.9	10.7
Component 5	51.0	50.4	0.0
Component 6	5.4	4.4	0.9
Component 7	3.6	3.6	0.0
Component 8	1.3	1.2	0.1
Component 5	4.1	3.9	0.2

Raul Ibanez was above average at every component of hitting, as I measure them.

The next table shows every player for whom I have calculated Player won-lost records with at least 100 batting eWins and a positive eWOPA at each of these six components (counting components 3 and 4 together). Players are sorted by total career batting wins. Numbers shown in the table are for batting only.

Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
Dave Winfield	266.9	220.9	43.1
Reggie Jackson	261.2	196.7	62.5
Mickey Mantle	247.3	152.5	89.0
Eddie Mathews	228.3	162.9	58.9
Bobby Abreu	204.0	166.3	33.7
Enos Slaughter	197.8	161.8	29.8
Andres Galarraga	187.6	157.3	24.6
Ken Boyer	180.3	154.0	20.3
Rogers Hornsby	177.8	111.7	62.3
Raul Ibanez	166.4	152.5	12.2
Bill Terry	153.4	118.6	30.4
Bill Nicholson	147.2	111.7	31.3
Larry Doby	146.2	109.2	32.9
Rick Monday	141.1	112.5	24.3
Gene Woodling	140.0	114.1	21.6
Andrew McCutchen	138.5	107.9	27.0
Kirk Gibson	135.6	113.0	21.8
Shin-Soo Choo	132.9	112.1	19.9
Chuck Knoblauch	132.5	124.8	7.5
Bill Skowron	130.5	114.0	12.1
Bob Meusel	115.6	100.1	12.2
Charlie Keller	114.6	75.3	36.4
Chick Hafey	110.9	87.9	19.7
Carlos Gonzalez	110.4	98.2	9.1
Jason Heyward	109.1	99.3	6.4
Carl Everett	107.9	97.2	8.8
Norm Siebern	106.3	89.0	13.9

Hall-of-Famers are shown in italics.

Fairly elite company.

Article last updated: November 29, 2019

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