Willie Bloomquist Is Consistently Willie Bloomquist

by Freneau on Jul 19, 2010 3:00 PM EDT in Kansas City Royals News

If you're ever in a situation where your life depended on guessing someone's OPS for a season, go with Willie Bloomquist.

Age	Tm	PA	OPS
25	SEA	220	.638
26	SEA	201	.613
27	SEA	267	.622
28	SEA	283	.619
29	SEA	188	.650
30	SEA	192	.662
31	KCR	468	.663
32	KCR	94	.625
9 Seasons		1951	.649

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/19/2010.

Now, I did take out Bloomquist's rookie season, when he posted a 1.102 OPS in 38 PAs. That was in 2002, and it was 38 PAs, and it was Willlie Bloomquist.

I love the peak Willie had. Sure, he began his career as a .620 OPS guy, but many will remember that three year run when he was a .660 OPS guy.

The truly amazing thing, at least to me, is how Bloomquist has remained Bloomquist in varying circumstances and through various means. At age 30, he didn't play very much in Seattle and had one of the most power-free seasons ever, hitting .279/.377/.285. He hit one double and 45 singles. The next year, he lands in KC, plays an absolute ton, and takes/shows a completely different game, hitting .265/.308/.355. The walks disappear, replaced by an extra base hit explosion. Net OPS change: .001. He just needed more playing time to show what he could do.

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the most amazing thing is how Bloomquist got "games played" as a performance bonus

94 PA in 47 games, an amazing ratio

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by BHWick on Jul 19, 2010 3:03 PM EDT reply actions

Boras is good

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jul 19, 2010 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions

GMDM Is Not

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 19, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Clearly these are stats

that warrant $1.7 M

by scobes on Jul 19, 2010 3:33 PM EDT reply actions

You Don't Get

That kind of production for that kind of money very often.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 19, 2010 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions

agreed.

"Shot by my own men."

by StonewallPDS on Jul 19, 2010 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions

god we can only hope

that there is a light at the end of the tunnel with this team (or is that an oncoming train)…

BOOM YOSTED!

by Home Run Tony Cogan on Jul 19, 2010 3:39 PM EDT reply actions

It's a train.

by MJR on Jul 19, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Every good team

Has a Bloomquist!

by kcbottom9th on Jul 19, 2010 3:40 PM EDT reply actions

Then why do the Royals have to have one?????

by Black and Gold on Jul 19, 2010 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions

The Greatest One

Would have 25.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 19, 2010 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Remember the people last season who said that

“he was just overexposed!”

Awesome on so many levels.

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by Matt Klaassen on Jul 19, 2010 3:42 PM EDT reply actions

Really, Willie is an inspiration

He teaches us that you can be total crap at what you do for years on end, but still find sucess through hard work, application and incriminating photographs.

by kcbottom9th on Jul 19, 2010 3:46 PM EDT reply actions

I love how baseball people justify value

in completely non-valuable pieces

by scobes on Jul 19, 2010 3:55 PM EDT reply actions

go to a pawn shop

same game

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by BHWick on Jul 19, 2010 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Niehaus And Rissz

Loved him so much I always wondered why he didn’t play more. They made him sound like a great player, and I wasn’t paying that much attention. When I finally got satellite TV and started watching a few M’s games I figured it out pretty quick.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Jul 19, 2010 4:54 PM EDT reply actions