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SnakePit Statistics 1.0.3: Fielding and Miscellaneous
In previous installments, we've covered hitting and pitching statistics. We finish off the series by taking a look at fielding numbers, and also other stats that are often used to show player performance - in particular, WAR (Wins Above Replacement). As before, we may refer to some principles...
Is Carlos Silva's Start For Real? A Discussion About Discussing Statistical Analysis
Last Saturday, Shawn Goldman made this BCB post arguing that the numbers suggested that Carlos Silva should be the one going to the bullpen when Carlos Zambrano returned. Shawn wrote his post before Silva's great outing on Saturday was completed (and now that we know that Tom Gorzelanny will be...
Selective Application Of Statistics
A common refrain of those who do not like their baseball analysis inundated with statistics is something along these lines: There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. This is usually uttered by those unwilling to let statistics disprove perceptions. In general, this is a...
Tell Your Statistics To Shut Up
And before you go on the attack, if you don't recognize the title of this post, it's a line from an old "Peanuts" cartoon. A little more than a year ago, I made this post titled "Nature vs. Nurture", an attempt to reconcile the seemingly irreconcilable differences between those who are intensely...
Alcides Escobar and the Case of the Mysterious BABIP
Last season, Alcides Escobar put up an impressive line of .322/.367/.440 at AA Huntsville-- a .373 wOBA compared to an average of .343 in the league. The primary source of his high ranking in many prospect lists (including #8 on MLB.com's list for all of baseball) is his defense and apparently...
Thinking About Runners Left on Base
John Sterling was rambling on through another Yankee game tonight, this time saying, "What the Yankees need is someone who can hit a sac fly to bring the runner in from third with less than two outs." Now, I generally disbelieve anything John Sterling says as a matter of principle. While...
Nature Vs. Nurture
While the Cubs have the day off today, let's both have some fun -- check out BCB reader gary varsho's FanPost about great performances you have personally witnessed -- and also discuss something that I've been thinking about writing for some time, this post regarding the ongoing debate between...
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