FACTS/FLUKES: Furcal, Lilly, Gordon, Venters, Presley

Should we invest in Rafael Furcal? ... When the Cardinals signed Rafael Furcal (SS, STL) to a two-year deal this offseason, the first question the fanalytic community asked was "Would we have done the same thing?"

Year    AB    BA   xBA   OBA   bb%  ct%   h%   HR  RBI  SB  PX   Spd    G/L/F
=====   ===  ====  ====  ====  ===  ====  ===  ==  ===  ==  ===  ===  ========
2007    581  .270  .262  .333   9%   88%  30%   6   47  25   49  118  50/19/32
2008    143  .357  .320  .436  12%   88%  38%   5   16   8  125  127  49/19/32
2009    613  .269  .271  .335   9%   85%  30%   9   47  12   66  120  53/19/28
2010    383  .300  .286  .366   9%   84%  34%   8   43  22  100  124  47/20/33
2011    333  .231  .284  .291   8%   88%  24%   8   28  ...

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