It was another year of slight improvement for the young third basewoman. Playing sparingly again (56 games, 186 AB), Maung put up some fairly good numbers - a .306-.378-.435 line, marking a good increase in her contact abilities, although this was somewhat negated by a decreased ability to garner walks - 21 in 207 plate appearances, compared to 26 in 186 the year. Nevertheless, she saw a second consecutive increase in her OPS. Whether she likes it or not, however, Maung seems set to be cast into the frying pan come next season - with the imminent departure of Joey Wong, Maung is left as the only player with significant experience fielding 3rd base, where she carries a 61-rating defense. Maung will have to demonstrate her ability to both field 3rd and improve her performance against lefties, against whom she batted .206-.325-.441 this season.
Statistics - Batting
| 56 | 48 | 210 | 186 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | 0.306 | 0.381 | 0.435 | 0.816 | 31.79 | 6.45 | 0.329 |
After 3 years in the shadow of Joey Wong, Maung finally got her chance starting a full season at 3B. Long a pinch hitter and bit-role player (averaging 160 AB’s per year), Maung was perhaps the least experienced of the four year players. How did she do? Well, the worst that could have been expected – a .281-.351-.379 line that was far below her career numbers, and a scarily declining rate of walks and increase in strikeouts. Given the transition into full-time starter, most of this was to be expected, and Maung can only look to improve upon her numbers in 2007.
Statistics - Batting
| 147 | 146 | 607 | 544 | 153 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 65 | 85 | 85 | 55 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 100.00 | 0.281 | 0.351 | 0.379 | 0.730 | 77.26 | 5.16 | 0.316 |