All stats used for this fanpost are from 2008.

Each year, many teams have a huge amounted total of home runs. From the White Sox hitting 235 homers to the Giants hitting 94 homers. They are many things to factor in, such as ballparks, wind, and things of that sort. Now we will see if there is any correlation between home runs and record.

Arizona Diamondbacks - 82-80, 159HR

Atlanta Braves - 72-90, 130HR

Baltimore Orioles - 68-93, 172HR

Boston Red Sox - 95-67, 173HR

Chicago Cubs - 97-64, 184HR

Chicago White Sox - 89-74, 235HR

Cincinnati Reds - 74-88, 187HR

Cleveland Indians - 81-81, 171HR

Colorado Rockies - 74-88, 160HR

Detroit TIgers - 74-88, 200HR

Florida Marlins - 84-77, 208HR

Houston Astros - 86-75, 167HR

Kansas City Royals - 75-87, 120HR

Los Angeles Angels - 100-62, 159HR

Los Angeles Dodgers - 84-78, 137HR

Milwaukee Brewers - 90-72, 198HR

Minnesota Twins - 88-75, 111HR

New York Mets - 89-73, 172HR

New York Yankees - 89-73, 180HR

Oakland Athetics - 75-86, 125HR

Philadelphia Phillies - 92-70, 214HR

Pittsburgh Pirates - 67-95, 153HR

San Diego Padres - 63-99, 154HR

San Francisco Giants - 72-90, 94HR

Seattle Mariners - 61-101, 124HR

St. Louis Cardinals - 86-76, 174HR

Tampa Bay Rays - 97-65, 180HR

Texas Rangers - 79-83, 194HR

Toronto Blue Jays - 86-76, 126HR

Washington Nationals - 59-102, 117HR

From all the stats here, you can see that the number of home runs doesn't have anything to do with the teams record. The Sox hit 235HR while winning 89. Then the Angels hit 159HR while winning 100. The numbers here show that home runs doesn't have anything to do with winning. They just give a big show. What do you think on the correlation between home runs and record?

Is there going to be a trade rumors blog set up anytime soon. I would want to have one so we could talk rumors and kind of transfer data from MLBTradeRumors to a easier access blog. I know thats what the team blogs talk about too, but it would be cool to have one where all fans meet in one place and discuss certain trade rumors and things of that sort. Thanks for the time!

I was looking at the Giants trade idea post, and I didn't want to see Johnson go. I was thinking, could we somehow trade Kearns for someone on the Giants. His career has been fading since he was traded to the Nat's a fear years back. I was thinking, with the Giants need, maybe we could trade Kearns to the Giants without hitting our team hard and getting a quality pitcher. Trading Kearns would make Willingham to be a starter, a good fit until someone from the farm takes on the job. Here is my ideas of deals the Nationals could make to the Giants.

Austin Kearns for Nate Schierholtz

Austin Kearn for John Bowker

Austin Kearns for Jeremy Affeldt and/or Bobby Howry

Any other ideas of trades we could make involving Austin Kearns to the Giants?

Picture of Dave Kingman on the Mets

I remember when me and my father talked baseball, the player Dave Kingman always came up. It was a hot discussion topic. My dad said that many baseball analysts said that Kingman had such a sweet swing that if he tried to hit for average rather than home runs, he could've been the next .400 hitter. I wanted to know if you guys here on Driveline Mechanics could do a swing analyst on Dave Kingman. Here I have Dave Kingman's career numbers and some other information on Dave Kingman.

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1970	Ama	Tex	21	Sf	AA			60	210	41	62	9	1	15	41										.295	---	.562	---
1971	Pho	PCL	22	Sf	AAA			105	392	89	109	29	5	26	99										.278	---	.577	---
	SF	NL	22	Sf	MLB	1b-of	5	41	115	17	32	10	2	6	24	5	0	9	35	1	0	0	3	2	.278	.328	.557	885
1972	SF	NL	23	Sf	MLB	3b-1b	4,5	135	472	65	106	17	4	29	83	16	6	51	140	4	2	0	4	9	.225	.303	.462	765
1973	SF	NL	24	Sf	MLB	3b-1b	7	112	305	54	62	10	1	24	55	8	5	41	122	2	3	1	2	8	.203	.300	.479	779
1974	SF	NL	25	Sf	MLB	1b	6	121	350	41	78	18	2	18	55	8	8	37	125	3	2	2	1	8	.223	.302	.440	742
1975	NYM	NL	26	Nym	MLB	of-1b	5	134	502	65	116	22	1	36	88	7	5	34	153	4	5	1	2	13	.231	.284	.494	778
1976	NYM	NL	27	Nym	MLB	of	4	123	474	70	113	14	1	37	86	7	4	28	135	5	4	0	3	11	.238	.286	.506	792
1977	NYM	NL	28	Nym	MLB	of-1b	4	58	211	22	44	7	0	9	28	3	2	13	66	3	3	0	1	3	.209	.263	.370	633
	SD	NL	28	Sd	MLB	of	5,3	56	168	16	40	9	0	11	39	2	3	12	48	2	1	2	3	3	.238	.292	.488	780
	CAL	AL	28	Cal	MLB	1b	4,7	10	36	4	7	2	0	2	4	0	0	1	16	1	0	1	0	0	.194	.237	.417	654
	NYY	AL	28	Nyy	MLB	dh	6	8	24	5	6	2	0	4	7	0	1	2	13	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.833	1166
1978	CHC	NL	29	Chc	MLB	of	4	119	395	65	105	17	4	28	79	3	4	39	111	6	8	2	6	3	.266	.336	.542	878
1979	CHC	NL	30	Chc	MLB	of	4	145	532	97	153	19	5	48	115	4	2	45	131	4	7	0	8	7	.288	.343	.613	956
1980	CHC	NL	31	Chc	MLB	of	4	81	255	31	71	8	0	18	57	2	2	21	44	0	3	0	4	10	.278	.329	.522	851
1981	NYM	NL	32	Nym	MLB	1b-of	4	100	353	40	78	11	3	22	59	6	0	55	105	1	7	1	2	9	.221	.326	.456	782
1982	NYM	NL	33	Nym	MLB	1b	4	149	535	80	109	9	1	37	99	4	0	59	156	4	9	3	6	11	.204	.285	.432	717
1983	NYM	NL	34	Nym	MLB	1b	5,9	100	248	25	49	7	0	13	29	2	1	22	57	1	1	1	1	2	.198	.265	.383	648
1984	OAK	AL	35	Oak	MLB	dh	4	147	549	68	147	23	1	35	118	2	1	44	119	6	8	0	14	7	.268	.321	.505	826
1985	OAK	AL	36	Oak	MLB	dh	4	158	592	66	141	16	0	30	91	3	2	62	114	2	6	2	8	17	.238	.309	.417	726
1986	OAK	AL	37	Oak	MLB	dh	4,5	144	561	70	118	19	0	35	94	3	3	33	126	3	3	0	7	16	.210	.255	.431	686
1987	PHO	PCL	38	Sf	AAA	1b		20	59	11	12	3	0	2	11	0	0	12	11	1	0	0	1		.203	.342	.356	698
Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)								1941	6677	901	1575	240	25	442	1210	85	49	608	1816	53	72	16	75	139	.236	.302	.478	780
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								185	661	141	183	41	6	43	151										.277	---	.552	---

Game Logs:  1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986

Scouting Report
Power:	97
Speed:	33
Contact:	13
Patience:	41

Drafted:  Selected by San Francisco Giants in 1st Round (1st overall) of 1970 amateur entry draft (June-Sec)   Again thanks.

Matt Antonelli was one of San Diego's premiere prospects of the Padres Organization. He was drafted in the first round by the Padres in 2006 17th overall. Now he is having trouble in AAA Portland. Here is his stats for this year so far and his career.

 

 Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2004	WAK	ACC	19	-	NCAA			50	203	51	62	7	0	2	37	18	2	32	19	6		4	2	2	.305	.412	.369	781
2005	WAK	ACC	20	-	NCAA			58	232	68	77	22	2	5	35	13	4	57	38	8		1	2	1	.332	.475	.509	984
2006	WAK	ACC	21	-	NCAA			55	219	64	73	18	2	11	38	15	3	39	24	3		0	1	2	.333	.439	.584	1023
	EUG	Nwst	21	Sd	A-	3b		55	189	38	54	12	1	0	22	9	1	46	31	4	0	1	5	3	.286	.426	.360	786
	FOR	Midw	21	Sd	A	3b-2b		5	16	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.313	535
2007	LK	Calif	22	Sd	A+	2b		82	347	89	109	14	4	14	54	18	6	53	58	4	1	0	2	4	.314	.409	.499	908
	SAN	Tex	22	Sd	AA	2b		49	187	34	55	11	1	7	24	10	3	30	36	3	0	0	3	2	.294	.395	.476	871
2008	POR	PCL	23	Sd	AAA	2b		128	451	62	97	19	4	7	39	6	4	76	86	8	0	0	5	11	.215	.335	.322	657
	SD	NL	23	Sd	MLB	2b	8	21	57	6	11	2	0	1	3	0	0	5	11	3	1	0	0	1	.193	.292	.281	573
2009	POR	PCL	24	Sd	AAA			11	48	3	8	2	0	0	3	1	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.208	439
Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)								21	57	6	11	2	0	1	3	0	0	5	11	3	1	0	0	1	.193	.292	.281	573
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)								330	1238	229	325	59	11	28	142	44	14	211	222	19	1	1	15	20	.263	.374	.396	770

Game Logs:  2008 As you can see, he is batting .167 in 11 games. This might be a a bad slump, but based on his career numbers, this is going to be his norm. I can see him coming to the pros on his fielding alone. I prject him to bat around .220 and 7hr. What do you think the Padres will do with him and what do you project him doing as? PS If you guys like these, can you tell me, I will try and make reports for most of the players on the Padres.