Wednesday, December 31, 2014

2015 Angels Best Lineup (vs LHP)

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After looking at the Angels best lineup vs RHP, I am now going to use my simulator to take a look at the best lineup vs LHP. The only change to the starting nine is that I will remove Matt Joyce at DH with the right handed hitting C.J. Cron. My simulator plays actual games and takes pretty much everything (meaningful) into account. This is only an exercise and I am not in any way advocating that the Angels should use these top ranked lineups. I am listing the top five ranked lineups vs LHP along with tables that used the Top 100 lineups to show trends of most common lineup patterns.

Most Optimal Lineups vs LHP
Freese-Trout-Aybar-Pujols-Calhoun-Cron-Rutledge-Iannetta-Hamilton
Trout-Calhoun-Pujols-Freese-Aybar-Hamilton-Cron-Rutledge-Iannetta
Trout-Aybar-Pujols-Cron-Hamilton-Rutledge-Freese-Iannetta-Calhoun
Trout-Calhoun-Pujols-Cron-Hamilton-Iannetta-Aybar-Freese-Rutledge
Trout-Calhoun-Pujols-Cron-Iannetta-Hamilton-Freese-Aybar-Rutledge
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    Batting Order Location Frequency Table
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th
Trout47364490000
Calhoun1331150136778
Pujols810304390000
Freese129121781110129
Cron53122310715178
Hamilton321213141617716
Aybar129150121781512
Rutledge00001325231821
Iannetta00001218202426
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Most Common First Two Paired Batters In Lineup
1st2ndCount
TroutCalhoun24
FreeseTrout10
AybarTrout9
TroutFreese8
CalhounTrout8
TroutPujols7
TroutAybar5
PujolsTrout5
CalhounAybar3
AybarCalhoun3
FreeseCalhoun2
PujolsCron2
CronTrout2
CronPujols2
HamiltonTrout2
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Most Common First Three Consecutive Batters In Lineup
1st2nd3rdCount
TroutCalhounPujols13
AybarTroutCalhoun5
TroutCalhounFreese4
TroutCalhounAybar4
FreeseTroutAybar4
TroutCalhounCron3
FreeseTroutHamilton3
CalhounTroutPujols3
TroutPujolsCalhoun3
PujolsTroutCalhoun3
AybarTroutPujols2
TroutFreeseCalhoun2
TroutFreesePujols2
TroutFreeseCron2
TroutFreeseHamilton2
CalhounTroutAybar2
CalhounTroutFreese2
TroutPujolsFreese2
TroutAybarPujols2
PujolsTroutHamilton2
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Most Common 3-4-5 Batters In Lineup
3rd4th5thCount
PujolsFreeseAybar4
PujolsCronHamilton3
AybarPujolsCron3
CalhounPujolsCron3
CalhounPujolsRutledge3
CalhounCronHamilton3
FreesePujolsCron3
CronPujolsCalhoun3
PujolsHamiltonFreese2
PujolsHamiltonIannetta2
PujolsFreeseIannetta2
PujolsCronRutledge2
PujolsCronIannetta2
PujolsCronFreese2
AybarPujolsFreese2
AybarPujolsCalhoun2
AybarPujolsTrout2
CalhounPujolsHamilton2
FreesePujolsHamilton2
CronPujolsHamilton2
HamiltonPujolsCalhoun2
HamiltonPujolsAybar2
AybarCronPujols2
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Note: All table counts are out of Top 100 most optimal lineups.
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