I Am The Rain King: The Speez

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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Sunday, August 14, 2005

The Speez

Mariners bench-warmer extraordinaire Scott Spiezio is batting a whopping .048 (2 for 42) this year, striking out in an astonishing 43% of his at-bats.

After watching him throw up another oh-fer at yesterday's game, I jokingly hypothesized that with an average that low there must be at least 50 pitchers in the Major Leagues hitting better than the Speez. Sadly, with a little help from the stats on MLB.com and an Excel spreadsheet I was able to prove this when I got home, finding 54 pitchers (with 30 or more at-bats) who are hitting better than Spiezio this season. Next time we need a left-handed pinch hitter late in the game maybe manager Mike Hargrove should call on Jamie Moyer instead.

Way to go Speez!

Labels: baseball

4 Comments:

Jamie said...

Looks like the Speez put in another 0-for-3 today dropping his average to .044.

Jamie said...

"You never like to hear boos, but if I was in the stands, I'd be booing, too" --Scott Spiezio

Jamie said...

Looks like I'm not the only one intrigued by the Speez's epic terribleness.

Jamie said...

The Speez is gone. M's officially released him this weekend.