Here's a little something to rethink the Crew's offense -- a secondary average measures aspects of the game that are not covered by the primary hitting average, or batting average (H/AB). Secondary average combines power (TB-H), speed (SB, CS), and patience/discipline (BB) into one average (TB-H+BB+SB-CS)/AB.

This is a little something to read next to AVG, OBP, etc., stats, and another way of measuring the productivity of the Brewers' offense in 2008:

Branyan: (77-33+19+1-0)/132=          .485

Cameron: (212-108+54+17-5)/444 = .383

Fielder: (298-162+84+3-2)/588 =       .376

Braun: (338-174+42+14-4)/611 =       .354

Weeks: (189-111+66+19-5)/475 =      .333

Durham: (160-107+53+8-4)/370 =     .297

Hardy: (272-161+52+2-1)/569 =        .288

Counsell: (75-56+46+3-1)/248=         .270

Kapler: (114-69+13+3-1)/229=           .262

Hart: (281-164+27+23-7)/612 =         .261

Hall: (160-91+37+5-6)/404 =              .259

Kendall: (167-127+50+8-3)/516 =      .184

Branyan leads because of his raw power; Cameron is more intriguing because of his all-around game. Cam posted one of the best BB rates of anyone on the team, hit for great power, and stole some bases effectively. He is, in this sense, the ultimate "secondary" player -- keep this in mind when simply judging players by AVG. AVG does not capture other valuable aspects of the game, such as speed productivity, power, and patience.

Braun and Fielder are obviously strong secondary players due to their power, and Fielder's patience also helps. Braun's speed contributes, too.

Weeks is another strong secondary player, compared with his batting average -- he draws walks, steals bases, and hits for extra bases at a good clip.

From Durham and below, we're getting into the range of players that have more one-dimensional games (except for Hart, who has good power and speed, but whose patience takes away from his secondary average).

Kendall and Hall are the least-productive secondary players on the team. Hall due to a lack of patience and speed, Kendall due to a rather one-dimensional game based around AVG.

Just another measure to think about when analyzing the Brewers.