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I don't know...I haven't put a lot of thought into it, but I don't know that I'd want a guy who goes 1-4 with a HR over a guy who goes 4-4 with 4 1B's."People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby -
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I honestly don't mind looking at Triple Crown numbers, but it certainly doesn't tell the whole story.
I'm waiting for a stat that makes #2 hitters look better... meaning a stat that shows one's ability to move runners over.
I like Total Bases, but it's a direct result of Slugging Percentage, so I just look at that instead.Samsung PN60F8500 PDP / Anthem MRX 720 / Klipsch RC-62 II / Klipsch RF-82 II (x2) / Insignia NS-B2111 (x2) / SVS PC13-Ultra / SVS SB-2000 / Sony MDR-7506 Professional / Audio-Technica ATH-R70x / Sony PS3 & PS4 / DirecTV HR44-500 / DarbeeVision DVP-5000 / Panamax M5400-PM / Elgato HD60Comment
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You mean the ability to intentionally give up precious outs, rather than do something more conducive to scoring runs, like drawing a walk or getting a hit?Member of The OS Baseball Rocket Scientists AssociationComment
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I just don't know how such a thing would be calculated.Samsung PN60F8500 PDP / Anthem MRX 720 / Klipsch RC-62 II / Klipsch RF-82 II (x2) / Insignia NS-B2111 (x2) / SVS PC13-Ultra / SVS SB-2000 / Sony MDR-7506 Professional / Audio-Technica ATH-R70x / Sony PS3 & PS4 / DirecTV HR44-500 / DarbeeVision DVP-5000 / Panamax M5400-PM / Elgato HD60Comment
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BABIP is Batting Average on Balls in Play. Usually the majority of batters have a BABIP around .300. It's a good stat to tell how lucky someone has been and can predict some future production. Someone with a sub-.300 BABIP is usually unlucky and should she an increase in his production as his BABIP regresses to the mean. Vice versa for some over .300.Member of The OS Baseball Rocket Scientists AssociationComment
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But that doesn't include walks. I think a walk should be included in a stat to judge overall offensive production of a player.Comment
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But this is why it's just not enough information.
Did the 1-4 guy hit a grand slam? Did the 4-4 guy drive in any runs with those singles?
I think this argument is a lot like just looking at batting average and saying that Player A is clearly better than Player B.
Total Bases is an interesting number to look at but if you're going to do that then why not just look at OPS? OPS includes both SLG Percentage (which is Total Bases over At-Bats) and OBP. You're getting more and seeing more of the story, right?
Really, like mjb said, there is no one stat that gives you the novel. Some are chapters while others are paragraphs but you can't have chapters without paragraphs."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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That's funny because both of those guys would have the same number of total bases.
But this is why it's just not enough information.
Did the 1-4 guy hit a grand slam? Did the 4-4 guy drive in any runs with those singles?
I think this argument is a lot like just looking at batting average and saying that Player A is clearly better than Player B.
Total Bases is an interesting number to look at but if you're going to do that then why not just look at OPS? OPS includes both SLG Percentage (which is Total Bases over At-Bats) and OBP. You're getting more and seeing more of the story, right?
Really, like mjb said, there is no one stat that gives you the novel. Some are chapters while others are paragraphs but you can't have chapters without paragraphs.
those numbers certainly tell you more than just batting averageLast edited by ZB9; 05-29-2008, 12:47 AM.Comment
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That's funny because both of those guys would have the same number of total bases.
But this is why it's just not enough information.
Did the 1-4 guy hit a grand slam? Did the 4-4 guy drive in any runs with those singles?
I think this argument is a lot like just looking at batting average and saying that Player A is clearly better than Player B.
Total Bases is an interesting number to look at but if you're going to do that then why not just look at OPS? OPS includes both SLG Percentage (which is Total Bases over At-Bats) and OBP. You're getting more and seeing more of the story, right?
Really, like mjb said, there is no one stat that gives you the novel. Some are chapters while others are paragraphs but you can't have chapters without paragraphs."People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers HornsbyComment
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Yea, I have a tendency to quote someone and only answer that quote in one paragraph and then break off into something else."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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