More Sluggers

Based on a request from Chris, who commented on my earlier post, here are a few other low-BA, high-SLG hitters who might score well on the IsoP+ scale (and one guy that I forgot to look at earlier).

SLG IsoP IsoP+
422 222 162 Rob Deer
482 227 154 Cecil Fielder
448 223 172 Gorman Thomas
560 268 175 Ken Griffey, Jr.

I think for the guys with the real low BA's (Rob Deer's career BA is .220, Thomas' .225), a high percentage of their hits went for extra bases, they just didn't get enough hits to get the IsoP up there. Griffey has a very high slugging percentage, but he's played mostly in the very-high offense post-strike era. Fielder is kind of in-between - his BA is a more respectable .255, but he played more of his career in a higher-offense era than Thomas and Deer did.

In re-looking at the list of top IsoP+ players, it really is a collection mostly of the very best hitters (not just sluggers) in history, with only a couple of power-only guys (Kingman, McGwire, Killebrew) in the mix. Most of the high-power, high strikeout guys fall a little short when it comes to addressing the best sluggers of all time.

Thanks for the commentary, Chris, and if anybody thinks of somebody else who they would like to look at, let me know.