Comments on: Fun with the Bill James leaderboards http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/11/fun-with-the-bill-james-leaderboards/ News, views, and analysis on the Detroit Tigers and baseball Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:13:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Smoking Loon http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/11/fun-with-the-bill-james-leaderboards/#comment-108308 Smoking Loon Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:47:50 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=3474#comment-108308 "Renteria also had the 2nd highest batting average against left handed pitching with the 7th highest batting average at home." All the more reason that Santiago should have been starting all the road games against RHP, as I proposed in my March 31 post entitled "I see all and know all, IMHO." “Renteria also had the 2nd highest batting average against left handed pitching with the 7th highest batting average at home.”

All the more reason that Santiago should have been starting all the road games against RHP, as I proposed in my March 31 post entitled “I see all and know all, IMHO.”

]]> By: Smoking Loon http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/11/fun-with-the-bill-james-leaderboards/#comment-108307 Smoking Loon Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:44:39 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=3474#comment-108307 "one reason that they had so many twin killings is that their WHIP was so bad" It might be instructive to combine the WHIP with the DP rate somehow for an adjusted stat there. “one reason that they had so many twin killings is that their WHIP was so bad”

It might be instructive to combine the WHIP with the DP rate somehow for an adjusted stat there.

]]> By: Ken in Las Vegas http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/11/fun-with-the-bill-james-leaderboards/#comment-108297 Ken in Las Vegas Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:25:13 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=3474#comment-108297 Most Surprising: Renteria also had the 2nd highest batting average against left handed pitching with the 7th highest batting average at home. Least Surprising: Joel Zumaya still let the AL with 18 pitches thrown over 100MPH. Most Surprising:
Renteria also had the 2nd highest batting average against left handed pitching with the 7th highest batting average at home.

Least Surprising:
Joel Zumaya still let the AL with 18 pitches thrown over 100MPH.

]]> By: Vince in MN http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2008/11/fun-with-the-bill-james-leaderboards/#comment-108292 Vince in MN Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:10:52 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/?p=3474#comment-108292 Another way of looking at the high ranking of Robertson and Rogers in GIDP/9 is that one reason that they had so many twin killings is that their WHIP was so bad. But yeah, it could have been worse. Imagine if they were strictly fly ball pitchers! Another way of looking at the high ranking of Robertson and Rogers in GIDP/9 is that one reason that they had so many twin killings is that their WHIP was so bad. But yeah, it could have been worse. Imagine if they were strictly fly ball pitchers!

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