http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/players/33245/Brandon_Larson Stories From Around SB Nation About Brandon Larson http://www.redreporter.com/2009/12/21/1207136/heroes-of-the-zeros-third-base Slyde http://www.redreporter.com/2009/12/21/1207136/heroes-of-the-zeros-third-base Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:00:22 -0000 <p>During the aughts, the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/CIN" class="sbn-auto-link">Reds</a> had 39 different players play at least one game at 3B, including <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/players/443/Javier_Valentin" class="sbn-auto-link">Javier Valentin</a>, Jason Larue, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/players/512/Dmitri_Young" class="sbn-auto-link">Dmitri Young</a>, and <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/players/181/Wily_Mo_Pena" class="sbn-auto-link">Wily Mo Pena</a>.&nbsp; There was also a fan favorite, a fan whipping boy, and a guy that is more famous for a single swing on another team than anything he did with the Reds.&nbsp; Who do you think is the starting 3B for the Reds All Decade team?&nbsp; Vote in the poll after the jump.</p> <p>Other ballots: <a href="http://www.redreporter.com/2009/12/14/1198978/heroes-of-the-zeros-the-starting" target="_blank">Starting Rotation</a> | <a href="http://www.redreporter.com/2009/12/15/1200342/heroes-of-the-zeros-the-bullpen" target="_blank">Bullpen</a> | <a href="http://www.redreporter.com/2009/12/16/1201504/heroes-of-the-zeros-catcher" target="_blank">Catcher </a>| <a href="http://www.redreporter.com/2009/12/17/1201835/heroes-of-the-zeros-first-base" target="_blank">First base</a> | <a href="http://www.redreporter.com/2009/12/18/1202254/heroes-of-the-zeros-second-base" target="_blank">Second base</a></p> <p> <script src="http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/sorttable.js"></script> </p> <table class="sortable zebra" border="1"> <caption>Click header to sort table by column</caption> <thead> <tr> <th align="left"></th> <th align="center">Years</th> <th align="center">G</th> <th align="center">PA</th> <th align="center">AB</th> <th align="center">R</th> <th align="center">H</th> <th align="center">2B</th> <th align="center">3B</th> <th align="center">HR</th> <th align="center">RBI</th> <th align="center">BB</th> <th align="center">SO</th> <th align="center">BA</th> <th align="center">OBP</th> <th align="center">SLG</th> <th align="center">OPS</th><th align="center">OPS+</th> <th align="left">wOBA</th> <th align="left">WAR</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/booneaa01.shtml">Aaron Boone</a></td> <td align="right">2000-2003</td> <td align="right">455</td> <td align="right">1889</td> <td align="right">1681</td> <td align="right">242</td> <td align="right">451</td> <td align="right">101</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">70</td> <td align="right">257</td> <td align="right">144</td> <td align="right">308</td> <td align="right">.268</td> <td align="right">.335</td> <td align="right">.462</td> <td align="right">.797</td> <td align="right">103<br /></td> <td align="right">.339</td> <td align="right">8.4<br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/encared01.shtml">Edwin Encarnacion</a></td> <td align="right">2005-2009</td> <td align="right">514</td> <td align="right">2000</td> <td align="right">1764</td> <td align="right">236</td> <td align="right">462</td> <td align="right">109</td> <td align="right">4</td> <td align="right">71</td> <td align="right">263</td> <td align="right">185</td> <td align="right">364</td> <td align="right">.262</td> <td align="right">.345</td> <td align="right">.449</td> <td align="right">.793</td> <td align="right">103<br /></td> <td align="right">.344</td> <td align="right">1.4<br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hummeti01.shtml">Tim Hummel</a></td> <td align="right">2003-2004</td> <td align="right">82</td> <td align="right">219</td> <td align="right">194</td> <td align="right">19</td> <td align="right">43</td> <td align="right">9</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">17</td> <td align="right">16</td> <td align="right">30</td> <td align="right">.222</td> <td align="right">.285</td> <td align="right">.314</td> <td align="right">.599</td> <td align="right">58<br /></td> <td align="right">.258</td> <td align="right">-0.9<br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/larsobr01.shtml">Brandon Larson</a></td> <td align="right">2001-2004</td> <td align="right">109</td> <td align="right">332</td> <td align="right">291</td> <td align="right">29</td> <td align="right">52</td> <td align="right">11</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">8</td> <td align="right">37</td> <td align="right">35</td> <td align="right">86</td> <td align="right">.179</td> <td align="right">.271</td> <td align="right">.299</td> <td align="right">.570</td> <td align="right">49<br /></td> <td align="right">.258</td> <td align="right">-1.4<br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillan01.shtml">Andy Phillips</a></td> <td align="right">2008</td> <td align="right">52</td> <td align="right">80</td> <td align="right">73</td> <td align="right">11</td> <td align="right">17</td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">10</td> <td align="right">6</td> <td align="right">14</td> <td align="right">.233</td> <td align="right">.300</td> <td align="right">.397</td> <td align="right">.697</td> <td align="right">80<br /></td> <td align="right">.307</td> <td align="right">-0.2<br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/randajo01.shtml">Joe Randa</a></td> <td align="right">2005</td> <td align="right">92</td> <td align="right">368</td> <td align="right">332</td> <td align="right">44</td> <td align="right">96</td> <td align="right">26</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">13</td> <td align="right">48</td> <td align="right">33</td> <td align="right">52</td> <td align="right">.289</td> <td align="right">.356</td> <td align="right">.491</td> <td align="right">.847</td> <td align="right">120<br /></td> <td align="right">.362</td> <td align="right">1.3<br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rolensc01.shtml">Scott Rolen</a></td> <td align="right">2009</td> <td align="right">40</td> <td align="right">162</td> <td align="right">137</td> <td align="right">24</td> <td align="right">37</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">24</td> <td align="right">19</td> <td align="right">20</td> <td align="right">.270</td> <td align="right">.364</td> <td align="right">.401</td> <td align="right">.766</td> <td align="right">102<br /></td> <td align="right">.342</td> <td align="right">0.9<br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rosalad01.shtml">Adam Rosales</a></td> <td align="right">2008-2009</td> <td align="right">105</td> <td align="right">296</td> <td align="right">259</td> <td align="right">23</td> <td align="right">55</td> <td align="right">11</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">4</td> <td align="right">21</td> <td align="right">27</td> <td align="right">50</td> <td align="right">.212</td> <td align="right">.296</td> <td align="right">.309</td> <td align="right">.605</td> <td align="right">60<br /></td> <td align="right">.275</td> <td align="right">-0.3<br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stynech01.shtml">Chris Stynes</a></td> <td align="right">2000</td> <td align="right">119</td> <td align="right">420</td> <td align="right">380</td> <td align="right">71</td> <td align="right">127</td> <td align="right">24</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">12</td> <td align="right">40</td> <td align="right">32</td> <td align="right">54</td> <td align="right">.334</td> <td align="right">.386</td> <td align="right">.497</td> <td align="right">.883</td> <td align="right">120<br /></td> <td align="right">.378</td> <td align="right">2.5<br /></td> </tr> </tbody> <tfoot></tfoot> </table> <div class="sr_share" style="font-size: 0.83em;">Provided by <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/about/sharing.shtml">Baseball-Reference.com</a>: <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/bsl_finder.cgi">View Play Index Tool Used</a><br />Generated 12/18/2009.</div> <p><iframe src="http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?key=tH4oLb53an5jo38kGMmwgiQ" marginwidth="0" height="350" frameborder="0" width="760" marginheight="0">Loading...</iframe></p>