Using Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index, how many players:
a) Were at least 6'-3"/210 lbs (Saunders is 6'-4"/215) and played outfield (Center Field narrows the pool too much, to 4)
b) ISO'd better than .160
c) Stole more than 15 bases in a season Answer:
19. 19 players have ever done all those things in a season (over 502 PA). Many of them only once, and there are some great names on this list; Kemp, Vlad Guerrero, Dale Murphy, Dave Parker. There are also some flame outs; Alex Rios, Jeff Francoeur.
But how many of them were left handed?
Kirk Gibson, Cliff Floyd, ....Adam Dunn? Dunn stole 19 bases at 22 and is a bigger monster besides, we can go ahead and skip comparing Saunders to him.
I actually really like Gibson as a physical comparison, good walks, a few too many strikeouts, surprising stolen base totals, good but not great home run totals. Maybe it's aiming a little high, considering he did that in a depressed offense era...oh wait.
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