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2021 Hall of Fame Ballot Series: Mike Cuddyer

Five facts about Mike Cuddyer:

Michael Cuddyer was named to two All-Star teams, one in each league: the 2011 American League team and the 2013 National League team.

Cuddyer led the National League in batting average in 2013 with a .331 average.

Cuddyer hit 10 or more home runs eleven times; he hit 20 or more home runs four times. He stole 10 or more bases twice. He drove in 80 or more runs five times with a career-high 109 RBI in 2006

Cuddyer led his league in assists by a right fielder twice and in double plays by an outfielder once.

Cuddyer hit for the cycle twice in his career, on May 22, 2009 with the Minnesota Twins and on August 17, 2014 with the Colorado Rockies. Cuddyer was the third player in major-league history to hit for the cycle in both the American and National Leagues.

The first two tables below present Mike Cuddyer'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
2001	MIN	22	8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0
2002	MIN	23	41	4.0	2.9	1.2	0.9
2003	MIN	24	35	2.4	3.4	-0.9	-1.2
2004	MIN	25	115	10.4	9.4	2.0	1.0
2005	MIN	26	126	12.5	12.5	0.9	-0.2
2006	MIN	27	150	20.8	17.6	4.3	2.5
2007	MIN	28	144	21.4	19.1	3.3	1.4
2008	MIN	29	71	8.4	8.2	0.5	-0.3
2009	MIN	30	153	18.6	18.2	1.2	-0.5
2010	MIN	31	157	18.2	18.3	0.6	-1.1
2011	MIN	32	139	16.0	17.5	-0.7	-2.3
2012	COL	33	101	10.4	12.2	-1.6	-2.7
2013	COL	34	130	16.9	16.3	1.2	-0.5
2014	COL	35	49	5.3	5.7	-0.3	-0.9
2015	NYN	36	117	11.4	11.9	-0.0	-1.2
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			1,536	177.0	173.9	11.9	-5.0
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			28	1.9	3.2	-1.2	-1.4
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			1,564	178.8	177.1	10.7	-6.4

Season	Team	Age	Games	eWins	eLosses	eWORL	eWOPA

Expected Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
2001	MIN	22	8	0.3	0.5	-0.1	-0.2
2002	MIN	23	41	3.7	3.2	0.6	0.2
2003	MIN	24	35	2.7	3.1	-0.2	-0.5
2004	MIN	25	115	9.9	9.9	1.1	0.1
2005	MIN	26	126	12.4	12.6	0.8	-0.4
2006	MIN	27	150	19.3	19.1	1.4	-0.4
2007	MIN	28	144	20.4	20.1	1.5	-0.4
2008	MIN	29	71	8.3	8.3	0.5	-0.3
2009	MIN	30	153	18.8	18.1	1.5	-0.2
2010	MIN	31	157	17.9	18.5	0.1	-1.6
2011	MIN	32	139	17.0	16.6	1.2	-0.4
2012	COL	33	101	11.4	11.2	0.5	-0.6
2013	COL	34	130	17.8	15.3	3.2	1.6
2014	COL	35	49	5.9	5.1	1.1	0.6
2015	NYN	36	117	11.7	11.6	0.7	-0.5
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			1,536	177.6	173.3	14.0	-2.9
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			28	2.4	2.7	-0.2	-0.4
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			1,564	179.9	176.0	13.8	-3.4

This is Mike Cuddyer's first year on the Hall-of-Fame ballot.

Vote Prediction

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

Player Won-Lost Records and Mike Cuddyer

Batting Player won-lost records are calculated across seven components. The next table defines these components and presents Michael Cuddyer's (context-neutral, teammate-adjusted) career record by component.

Component	eWins	eLosses	eWin Pct.
Component 3: Balls not in Play	16.5	23.6	0.411
Component 4: Balls in Play	49.1	38.4	0.561
Component 5: Hits vs. Outs on Balls in Play	43.2	37.7	0.534
Component 6: Singles vs. Doubles vs. Triples	4.5	3.5	0.568
Component 7: Double Plays	2.4	2.5	0.485
Component 8: Baserunner Outs	1.0	1.2	0.449
Component 9: Baserunner Advancements	2.7	3.1	0.466

In terms of winning percentage, Cuddyer's best batting component was Component 6. Component 6 measures the ability to generate extra bases on hits in play - i.e., the ability to hit doubles and triples. Cuddyer had 100 or more hits only seven times in his career. But he hit 30 or more doubles five times, including in 2012 when he only had 93 total hits (in 358 at bats). Cuddyer wasn't overly fast, but nevertheless managed to hit 5 triples in a season four times.

The next table shows the top 50 players in Component 6 wins over non-pitcher average, since 2000.

		Top 50 Players, net Component 6 wins (since 2000)
		eWins	eLosses	eWinPct	eWOPA
1	Carl Crawford	7.1	4.5	0.610	2.5
2	Jose B. Reyes	7.9	5.6	0.586	2.2
3	Coco Crisp	5.6	3.9	0.592	1.7
4	Jimmy Rollins	8.7	6.9	0.559	1.6
5	Shane Victorino	4.7	3.1	0.603	1.5
6	Ben Zobrist	5.4	3.8	0.587	1.5
7	Dexter Fowler	5.3	3.7	0.591	1.5
8	Brett Gardner	4.6	3.1	0.598	1.5
9	Stephen Drew	4.4	2.9	0.607	1.5
10	Ray Durham	4.6	3.1	0.599	1.5
11	Grady Sizemore	4.1	2.6	0.610	1.4
12	Ryan J. Braun	5.7	4.1	0.579	1.4
13	Cristian Guzman	4.9	3.4	0.587	1.4
14	Curtis Granderson	6.0	4.6	0.569	1.4
15	Carlos Gonzalez	4.6	3.2	0.592	1.3
16	Kevin Kiermaier	2.7	1.3	0.666	1.3
17	Carlos Beltran	7.2	5.8	0.553	1.3
18	Eric Byrnes	3.1	1.9	0.620	1.2
19	Vernon Wells	4.9	3.7	0.569	1.2
20	Mike Trout	4.4	3.2	0.577	1.2
21	Hunter Pence	5.3	4.0	0.569	1.1
22	Peter Bourjos	2.3	1.1	0.670	1.1
23	Randal Grichuk	2.3	1.2	0.665	1.1
24	Desmond Jennings	2.3	1.2	0.664	1.1
25	Mike Cameron	4.3	3.1	0.580	1.1
26	Travis Buck	1.6	0.5	0.764	1.1
27	Carlos Gomez	3.9	2.8	0.585	1.1
28	David DeJesus	4.8	3.7	0.566	1.1
29	Alexis Rios	5.6	4.5	0.555	1.1
30	Chris B. Young	3.8	2.6	0.589	1.1
31	Rafael Furcal	5.8	4.6	0.558	1.1
32	Matt Holliday	5.8	4.6	0.557	1.0
33	Mike Cuddyer	4.5	3.5	0.568	1.0
34	Corey Dickerson	2.9	1.8	0.614	1.0
35	Rickie Weeks	3.5	2.4	0.591	1.0
36	Bill Hall	2.8	1.8	0.614	1.0
37	Frank Catalanotto	3.3	2.3	0.592	1.0
38	Ryan Klesko	3.3	2.2	0.596	1.0
39	Austin Jackson	4.0	3.0	0.573	1.0
40	Rajai Davis	3.7	2.7	0.577	1.0
41	Andres Torres	2.1	1.1	0.653	1.0
42	Brad Wilkerson	2.8	1.8	0.609	1.0
43	Francisco Lindor	2.7	1.8	0.605	0.9
44	Bobby Abreu	5.8	4.8	0.549	0.9
45	Johnny Damon	6.2	5.2	0.542	0.9
46	Scott Rolen	5.0	4.0	0.558	0.9
47	A.J. Pollock	2.5	1.6	0.614	0.9
48	Raul Ibanez	5.2	4.3	0.549	0.9
49	Matt Carpenter	4.2	3.2	0.567	0.9
50	Rougned Odor	2.3	1.4	0.620	0.9

Positional Average excludes pitcher offense

So there you go. Michael Cuddyer was quite good at hitting doubles (and triples).

Article last updated: November 21, 2020

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