Jermaine Dye is a terrible outfielder

December 28, 2009 by Jason@IIATMS

Over the weekend, there was some chatter about the Yanks pursuing Jermaine Dye. Let’s get one thing straight: If the Yanks DO sign Dye on the cheap, he won’t need to bring his glove as he’s not going to “take over” LF ahead of Gardner. And he’s not going to bump Swisher from right to left, either.

Why?

  1. He’s a TERRIBLE outfielder
  2. He hasn’t played more than 1 game in LF since 1996. That’s, like, a long time ago.
  3. His RF “ability” has bottomed out to the point of being consistently awful. Not bad, but awful.

Here’s the data:

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Season Team Pos G GS Inn PO A E DP FP RF/G RF/9 DG exO Arm DPR RngR ErrR UZR UZR/150
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
- – -
- – -
- – -
- – -
- – -
- – -
1B
SS
LF
CF
RF
OF
1
1
27
9
1671
1707
1
0
15
3
1630
1648
9.0
0.1
141.2
38.0
14275.2
14455.1
7
0
21
12
3234
3267
1
0
0
0
96
96
0
0
4
0
61
65
0
0
0
0
27
27
1.000
.000
.840
1.000
.982
.981
8.0
0.0
0.8
1.3
2.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3
0
1
978
979
3
0
3
1957
1960
-0.1
-0.3
-27.1
-27.4
-0.2
0.3
0.0
0.7
-69.7
-69.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.8
0.8
0.1
-0.1
0.4
-95.9
-95.6
12.9
-8.0
58.4
-15.1
-15.0
1996 Braves LF 25 14 131.1 21 0 4 0 .840 0.8
1.4
1997 Royals LF 1 1 5.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
0.0
2003 Athletics LF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
0.0
 0 0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -8.0
1996 Braves CF 4 0 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.3
5.0
2001 Royals CF 2 2 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.5
1.6
2003 Athletics CF 3 1 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.3
3.0
 1 3 -0.3 0.7 0.0 0.4 58.4
1996 Braves RF 71 55 505.0 124 2 4 1 .969 1.8
2.2
1997 Royals RF 75 66 600.0 164 7 6 3 .966 2.3
2.6
1998 Royals RF 59 56 513.1 153 4 2 3 .987 2.7
2.8
1999 Royals RF 157 155 1358.2 363 17 6 6 .985 2.4
2.5
2000 Royals RF 146 145 1260.1 277 11 7 3 .976 2.0
2.1
2001 Royals/Athletics RF 153 152 1334.0 271 13 6 1 .979 1.9
1.9
2002 Athletics RF 111 109 956.1 170 2 5 1 .972 1.5
1.6
 91 180 -3.9 -8.1 -0.3 -12.3 -20.3
2003 Athletics RF 60 59 500.1 102 1 0 0 1.000 1.7
1.9
 56 113 -2.9 -3.3 0.5 -5.7 -15.0
2004 Athletics RF 134 132 1178.0 258 3 2 2 .992 1.9
2.0
 119 241 -2.4 8.7 1.5 7.9 9.8
2005 White Sox RF 140 137 1235.1 259 9 8 2 .971 1.9
2.0
 134 266 -1.5 -0.2 -0.5 -2.2 -2.6
2006 White Sox RF 146 145 1245.0 305 4 6 2 .981 2.1
2.2
 162 324 -4.0 -17.1 -1.4 -22.5 -21.5
2007 White Sox RF 135 135 1156.0 284 9 3 3 .990 2.2
2.3
 150 300 -5.7 -17.0 1.1 -21.6 -21.5
2008 White Sox RF 151 151 1312.2 266 5 1 0 .996 1.8
1.9
 140 281 -3.9 -16.1 0.6 -19.4 -21.4
2009 White Sox RF 133 133 1120.2 238 9 5 0 .980 1.9
2.0
 126 252 -2.7 -16.5 -0.7 -20.0 -24.5
1996 Braves OF 100 69 645.1 150 2 8 1 .950 1.5
2.1
1997 Royals OF 76 67 605.1 164 7 6 3 .966 2.3
2.5
2001 Royals/Athletics OF 155 154 1351.0 274 13 6 1 .980 1.9
1.9
2001 Royals OF 94 93 813.1 178 6 3 0 .984 2.0
2.0
2001 Athletics OF 61 61 537.2 96 7 3 1 .972 1.7
1.7
2003 Athletics OF 64 60 517.1 106 1 0 0 1.000 1.7
1.9
 57 116 -3.3 -2.7 0.5 -5.4 -13.8

So no, despite what some might say (looking at you here), Dye is NOT a quality rightfielder. And that vaunted great arm of his? Not true. Negative runs above average. And his range? Consistently nonexistant.

Over the last four years, Dye has averaged a -22.2 UZR/150. AWFUL.

Maybe he can still hit. Let him DH some, platoon with Nick, if need be. But this isn’t about Dye’s ability to rebound from a bad 2nd half of 2009; it’s about his inability to field an outfield position and the laughable idea that he’d bump someone out of a starting outfield spot.

 
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