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2020 Hall of Fame Ballot Series: Chone Figgins

Five facts about Chone Figgins:

Chone Figgins was selected to an All-Star team one time in his career, in 2009.

Figgins received MVP votes four times. His high finish was 10th in 2009, when he batted .298/.395/.393 with 42 stolen bases, 114 runs scored, and an AL-leading 101 walks.

Figgins stole 40 or more bases five times. His career high was 62 stolen bases in 2005 which led the major leagues that season. Figgins's 341 career stolen bases are tied for the ninth-most since 2000.

Figgins appeared in six games in the 2002 postseason for the World Series winning Anaheim Angels. He had only one plate appearance - in which he singled - but he scored four runs, including the game-tying run in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 6 of the World Series, in which the Angels came back from a 5-0 deficit which had them nine outs away from elimination.

Figgins is one of only two players in major-league history to play at least 200 games at second base, third base, and center field (Cesar Tovar is the other).

The first two tables below present Chone Figgins'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
2002	ANA	24	15	0.4	0.5	-0.1	-0.1
2003	ANA	25	71	6.9	7.2	0.5	-0.2
2004	ANA	26	148	18.5	17.4	2.9	1.1
2005	ANA	27	158	20.8	18.9	3.6	1.7
2006	ANA	28	155	19.1	19.5	1.3	-0.6
2007	ANA	29	115	14.9	12.3	3.7	2.5
2008	ANA	30	116	12.8	12.1	1.8	0.6
2009	ANA	31	158	21.5	17.3	6.0	4.2
2010	SEA	32	161	17.5	21.3	-1.3	-3.2
2011	SEA	33	81	7.4	9.7	-1.4	-2.2
2012	SEA	34	66	4.8	5.8	-0.6	-1.1
2013	-	35	-	-	-	-	-
2014	LAN	36	38	1.8	1.7	0.3	0.1
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			1,282	146.4	143.6	16.7	2.8
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			35	2.7	4.2	-1.3	-1.6
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			1,317	149.1	147.8	15.4	1.2

Season	Team	Age	Games	eWins	eLosses	eWORL	eWOPA

Expected Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
2002	ANA	24	15	0.4	0.5	-0.0	-0.1
2003	ANA	25	71	6.9	7.3	0.3	-0.4
2004	ANA	26	148	17.7	18.2	1.3	-0.5
2005	ANA	27	158	19.8	19.9	1.7	-0.2
2006	ANA	28	155	18.6	19.9	0.4	-1.5
2007	ANA	29	115	13.7	13.5	1.3	0.1
2008	ANA	30	116	12.5	12.5	1.1	-0.1
2009	ANA	31	158	20.3	18.5	3.6	1.8
2010	SEA	32	161	18.9	19.9	1.5	-0.4
2011	SEA	33	81	7.3	9.7	-1.5	-2.3
2012	SEA	34	66	4.8	5.8	-0.6	-1.1
2013	-	35	-	-	-	-	-
2014	LAN	36	38	1.8	1.7	0.3	0.1
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			1,282	142.7	147.3	9.4	-4.5
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			35	2.9	4.0	-0.9	-1.2
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			1,317	145.5	151.3	8.6	-5.7

This is Chone Figgins's first year on the Hall-of-Fame ballot.

Vote Prediction

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

Player Won-Lost Records and Chone Figgins

Building on my fifth bullet point above, Chone Figgins was a jack-of-all trades. For his career, he played 640 games at third base, 279 games at second base, 253 games in center field, 77 games in left field, 29 games at shortstop, and 28 games in right field.

Shifting to Player won-lost records, here is how Chone Figgins's career breaks down by position (in context).

		Third Base			Second Base			Center Field
pWins, pLosses by Position
(Regular Season only)
Season	Team	pWin	pLoss	pWOPA	pWin	pLoss	pWOPA	pWin	pLoss	pWOPA
2002	ANA	-	-	-	0.2	0.4	-0.2	-	-	-
2003	ANA	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	-0.2	4.8	5.1	-0.4
2004	ANA	9.5	9.1	0.3	2.0	2.0	0.1	4.9	4.8	0.0
2005	ANA	6.3	5.8	0.5	4.6	4.2	0.5	6.7	5.6	1.0
2006	ANA	3.8	3.7	0.1	0.9	1.2	-0.3	12.0	12.3	-0.3
2007	ANA	13.0	10.3	2.7	0.5	0.7	-0.2	-	-	-
2008	ANA	11.6	11.4	0.1	1.0	0.5	0.4	-	-	-
2009	ANA	21.0	16.9	4.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	-	-	-
2010	SEA	-	-	-	17.5	21.3	-3.2	-	-	-
2011	SEA	7.4	9.5	-2.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	SEA	0.7	0.6	0.1	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	-0.5
2013	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	LAN	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.5	0.5	-0.0	-	-	-
------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------
CAREER		74.3	68.0	5.8	28.2	31.9	-2.9	28.9	29.0	-0.3

		Left Field			Right Field			Shortstop
Season	Team	pWin	pLoss	pWOPA	pWin	pLoss	pWOPA	pWin	pLoss	pWOPA
2002	ANA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	ANA	0.4	0.1	0.3	-	-	-	1.0	0.8	0.2
2004	ANA	0.1	0.1	-0.0	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.7	1.4	0.4
2005	ANA	1.2	1.7	-0.6	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2
2006	ANA	1.4	1.6	-0.3	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	ANA	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	-0.0	-	-	-
2008	ANA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	ANA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	SEA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	SEA	0.0	0.2	-0.2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	SEA	3.1	3.8	-0.7	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-	-	-
2013	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	LAN	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-0.0
------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------
CAREER		6.2	7.5	-1.5	3.0	2.7	0.2	2.9	2.2	0.7

		Designated Hitter			Pinch Hitter			Pinch Runner
Season	Team	pWin	pLoss	pWOPA	pWin	pLoss	pWOPA	pWin	pLoss	pWOPA
2002	ANA	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-0.0	0.2	0.1	0.0
2003	ANA	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
2004	ANA	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
2005	ANA	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0	-	-	-
2006	ANA	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.0
2007	ANA	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.0
2008	ANA	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0
2009	ANA	0.2	0.2	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	SEA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	SEA	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-0.0
2012	SEA	-	-	-	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1	-0.1
2013	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	LAN	-	-	-	0.4	0.3	0.1	-	-	-
------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------	------
CAREER		1.6	1.3	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	-0.0

Figgins had at least 25 pWins at three positions: second base, third base, and center field. It's not that unusual to have 25 pWins at three different fielding positions. But it is extremely unusual to have 25 pWins at those three specific fielding positions. The next table shows every such player for whom I have calculated Player won-lost records.

Player	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Chone Figgins	146.4	143.6	2.8	16.7

Cesar Tovar, the only player besides Figgins to play at least 200 games at these three positions, failed to reach 25 pWins at either second or third base.

Adding in Figgins's other three fielding positions, Figgins earned at least 2.5 pWins at six fielding positions - every position except pitcher, catcher, and first base. The next table shows every player who matched this - at least 2.5 pWins at six fielding positions - among all players for whom I have calculated Player won-lost records. Players are sorted by career pWins over replacement level (pWORL).

Player	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Pete Rose Sr.	439.3	394.7	23.6	64.5
Indian Bob Johnson	275.1	239.2	21.0	47.6
Augie Galan	222.7	186.2	26.2	47.4
Tony Phillips	251.5	235.7	16.3	40.0
Woodie Held	142.0	128.5	13.6	27.3
Cesar Tovar	185.0	169.1	9.1	26.9
Jimmy Johnston	136.2	131.3	3.8	17.6
Chone Figgins	146.4	143.6	2.8	16.7
Mark DeRosa	112.5	106.7	4.5	15.1
Sean Rodriguez	80.2	77.3	2.9	10.7
Marwin Gonzalez	88.0	87.4	0.5	9.0
Eddie Moore	77.5	80.4	-3.5	4.6
Jerry Hairston Jr.	131.8	141.7	-9.0	4.4
Bernie Friberg	116.2	125.6	-9.6	2.9
Juan Beniquez	144.3	153.6	-12.9	1.8
Jack Rothrock	98.7	103.2	-9.2	1.4
Chico Salmon	47.2	50.8	-3.6	1.4
Alan Bannister	88.0	97.5	-8.3	0.8
Casey Candaele	54.9	59.8	-5.0	0.6
Willie Bloomquist	82.0	91.0	-8.3	0.1
Emilio Bonifacio	74.6	81.3	-7.5	0.1
Dennis Hocking	65.8	74.8	-7.2	-0.1
Joe McEwing	48.4	53.3	-5.6	-0.5
Lenny Harris	108.1	120.1	-13.2	-1.5
Steve Lyons	59.0	67.0	-8.6	-2.5
Chuck Hinton	125.0	133.3	-16.8	-3.7
Bob Bailor	85.7	100.5	-15.6	-6.5

Article last updated: November 27, 2019

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