May 26, 2009

Ortiz And The Red Sox Batting Order

David Ortiz is batting 6th tonight in Minnesota -- the lowest he has been in the Red Sox batting order since he hit 6th on May 11, 2004 (he went 3-for-4).

It is the first time Ortiz has been out of the #3 spot since May 13, 2005.

Here is a chart of Red Sox games started by Ortiz by batting spot:
       1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
2003 1 8 93 11 4
2004 90 51 3 1
2005 123 33
2006 148
2007 147
2008 108
2009 40 1

657 92 96 13 4

1 comment:

andy said...

If he is still good then this will fix him. If he is washed up then he will continue to falter no matter the spot.