Uncle Floyd, II

David Pinto reports that the Orioles are close to signing Floyd.

By the way, if he does sign with the Orioles, he will be a substantial upgrade over what they had there in 2002. Take a look at Floyd's stats a compared to Baltimore's left and right fielders for the season:

Floyd              G   AB   R   H  2B 3B  HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  OBP  SLG  OPS  AVG
2002             146  520  86 150  43  0  28  79  76 106  15  5 .388 .533 .921 .288
Total            955 3132 510 891 225 17 132 508 347 627 115 37 .361 .494 .855 .284
                
LF                GP   AB   R   H  2B 3B  HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  OBP  SLG  OPS  AVG
Gary Matthews Jr. 16   40   5  14   4  1   1   5   3  12   1  0 .386 .575 .961 .350
Marty Cordova     72  256  29  65  14  0  12  35  24  58   1  5 .322 .449 .771 .254
Jose Leon          2    8   2   2   0  0   1   3   0   2   0  0 .250 .625 .875 .250
Melvin Mora       74  247  39  58  12  3  11  33  32  45  10  2 .336 .441 .777 .235
Howie Clark        4   14   0   3   0  0   0   0   1   1   0  0 .313 .214 .527 .214
Larry Bigbie       6   17   1   3   0  0   0   1   0   6   1  0 .176 .176 .353 .176
Jeff Conine        6   24   2   4   1  0   1   3   0   5   0  0 .167 .333 .500 .167
Luis Matos         2    0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0   0   0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000
TOTALS            GP   AB   R   H  2B 3B  HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  OBP  SLG  OPS  AVG
Orioles LF       162  606  78 149  31  4  26  80  60 129  13  7 .322 .439 .761 .246
                
RF                GP   AB   R   H  2B 3B  HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  OBP  SLG  OPS  AVG
Larry Bigbie       6    6   0   2   1  0   0   1   1   2   0  0 .429 .500 .929 .333
Gary Matthews Jr. 76  244  43  70  17  1   6  29  31  44  11  3 .367 .439 .805 .287
Jay Gibbons       92  339  48  80  21  0  18  43  30  43   1  2 .298 .457 .755 .236
Melvin Mora        5   12   1   2   1  0   1   2   1   2   0  0 .231 .500 .731 .167
Luis Matos         7   14   0   2   1  0   0   1   0   5   1  0 .143 .214 .357 .143
Luis Garcia        1    0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0   0   0  0 .000 .000 .000 .000
TOTALS            GP   AB   R   H  2B 3B  HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  OBP  SLG  OPS  AVG
Orioles RF       162  615  92 156  41  1  25  76  63  96  13  5 .323 .446 .768 .254

Actually, the were pretty well balanced between right and left, not great in either but OK. Where they really need help is at catcher, second, shortstop, centerfield, and DH, which makes me wonder why they stopped pursuing Pudge Rodriguez.