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Christ, What a Nerdhole! 8

Sep

16

2011

I don’t know if you’ve seen this one:

Is there anything that you would like to see researched? I am in the middle of rewriting my Pitch F/X parsing script, so that I have access to more data. I will be adding runners advances on different events, accounting for passed balls and wild pitches, having the defense info for every at bat, knowing ...

Blame Canada 65

Aug

10

2011

If I am in the batter’s box and someone is tipping me off on what pitch is coming (and it may or may not have happened in my playing days) it has a basic effect of improved pitch recognition. I will not be fooled. So, say, if a tip is “fastball” and I see a ...

Getting nasty with it 101

Aug

9

2011

This is the latest I came up with while preparing some stuff for ** (unless my current disagreement with some crowd over there further escalates) Well, basically this kinda shows that the quality of the pitch does influence pitcher BABIP. Am I late to the party or has there not been much mention of that ...

The Mother Of All tables 27

Jul

27

2011

I started working on a post over at ** some time ago and due to a mixture of laziness and procrastination it is still in my drafts folder. Perhaps it will never move from there. Perhaps I will finish it some day. Regardless, here is the mother of all tables, which was a starting point ...

Are A’s hitters impatient? 19

Jun

9

2011

So one of Neyer’s interns scrawled this out yesterday (emph added): As it’s turned out, the key for the A’s wasn’t pitching; the pitching’s been excellent, as expected. It might not stay excellent; considering the carnage in the rotation, that seems unlikely. But even excellent pitching just doesn’t seem to be enough to balance a ...

Pitching metrics 35

Nov

27

2010

It’s my first post here, so please take it easy on me. After all, we are all A’s fans! Go A’s!!!! No, seriously, here’s the thing. There has been lot of talk on ** about FIP and pitching metrics lately. I have to admit I don’t have my opinion set on metrics for pitchers in ...

See, I told you I’d post this today! 100

Nov

9

2010

The Project My goal for this offseason is to put some serious thought into what information we would actually want in order to get the best possible defensive statistics, with a particular eye towards elegance and objectivity (i.e. no â€œbucketsâ€ dividing up the field or stringers categorizing a hit as hard/medium/soft).Â This project should also ...

Just showing up (feedback requested) 31

Nov

8

2010

I’m working on a little project for THT, but I wanted to hear some feedback first. Below is a draft of an article, and I’d appreciate any input/criticism you have (even “this is a boring topic” works). Thanks guys. Nothing groundbreaking or profound, just a little bit of algebraic gymnastics. More below the fold.

Is Braden the worst pitcher with a perfect game? 39

Jul

29

2010

This arose out of a set of emails at work, and I figured I’d post it here since I hadn’t really thought through it before.Â First off, here’s the list (the third column is career ERA+, by baseball-reference, as a starting point): Dallas Braden Â Â 05-09-2010 96Â Oakland 4, Tampa Bay 0 Mark BuehrleÂ Â Â Â Â ...