Some Fun (Or Not So Fun) Facts About The Miami Marlins

We knew the Marlins were going to bad this year. After trading away any and all talent on the roster (except for Giancarlo Stanton) how could they not be? What we’ve seen so far this season though, has defied even the grimmest of expectations. Let’s take a quick look at some of the more interesting Marlins statistics:

• Miami is 4-15, good for the worst record in baseball.
• While Justin Upton leads the MLB with 9 home runs, and 7 other players have 7 or more home runs, the Marlins, as a team, have 6.
• Marlins’ pitchers have given up the most earned runs in the NL.
• They have the second highest ERA in the NL and the second highest batting average against.
• While Sergio Romo leads the NL with 8 saves in 9 chances, the Marlins are 1 for 3 in save chances .
• They have given up the most hits in the NL.
• They have the 3rd most errors and 3rd lowest fielding percentage in the NL.
• They have scored the fewest runs in the NL. Their 43 is 11 fewer than the next lowest team, and not even close to half of the Reds’ league leading 106.
• They are last in the NL in Home Runs, Total Bases, RBIs, Batting Average, Slugging Percentage, On Base Percentage, and OPS.
• The Marlins’ team batting average of .212 is 19 points lower than the next lowest in the league, and 38 points lower than the MLB average.
• Their -46 run differential is the worst in baseball, and it is the worst in the NL by more than 50%.
• Justin Ruggiano has half of the team’s home runs.
• Giancarlo Stanton is batting .188 with 0 home runs.
• There are 14 other teams in the NL yet there are 29 players with higher batting averages than Placido Polanco’s .292, which leads the Marlins.
• Marlins’ first basemen have 1 homer and 14 hits this season.
• Miami is batting .179 with 1 home run in 9 games at home. Their opponents have hit at .287 with 7 bombs in those games.
• The Marlins are 37 for 205 after the 7th inning this season.
• Their 3 hitters have yet to hit a homer and are batting .217.
• Their leadoff hitters get a hit in about 17% of their at bats and get on base less than 22% of the time.
• Justin Ruggiano leads the team with 9 RBIs and there are 59 players with more RBIs than Ruggiano.

If you were wondering why the Marlins are so bad, there you have it. Stanton will come around, but will the rest of the club? This could be a looooong summer in Little Havana.

-Max Frankel