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| The Simplicity of Base Rate (BR) |
"The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone
or play politics. You don't have to wait for reviews."
or play politics. You don't have to wait for reviews."
| --- Sandy Koufax, pitcher |
Everything gets counted in baseball these days. And the game lends itself to making marks on sheets
of paper attached to clipboards, maybe even 2 or 3 of them at a time, between pitches. But it's a simple
game, really: earn bases on offense, stop them from being earned on defense. That's all.
of paper attached to clipboards, maybe even 2 or 3 of them at a time, between pitches. But it's a simple
game, really: earn bases on offense, stop them from being earned on defense. That's all.
In the past 100 years or so, it's about 4.5 runs per game, per
team. Varies from year to year, but overall it's in the range
of low to high 4.
team. Varies from year to year, but overall it's in the range
of low to high 4.
Just 1 extra hit over a 15 year career would have put Carl
Furillo at .299623706, instead of .299466917. If he had only
run harder. Once..
Furillo at .299623706, instead of .299466917. If he had only
run harder. Once..
and how many they hit each year of their careers
Measuring Bases Gained per Plate Appearance. The game
is base-ball so what better way to show success than to
measure precisely how many bases a player earns per plate
appearance?
is base-ball so what better way to show success than to
measure precisely how many bases a player earns per plate
appearance?
| BASEBALL by the NUMBERS |
According to Base Rate (BR), or, how many bases a batter gains
per plate appearance. It is called base ball, remember.
per plate appearance. It is called base ball, remember.
How good (or bad) is Alex Rodriguez in October?
Find out here, game by game.
Find out here, game by game.
Base Rate takes Batting Average, Walk Average, and Isolated
Power to give you an accurate reading of how good the
player is offensively. Does he earn bases?
Power to give you an accurate reading of how good the
player is offensively. Does he earn bases?
(Or, just add On Base Percentage to Slugging Average and
minus out Batting Average)
minus out Batting Average)
Find out how well a starter did in a particular game.
Pitched 4 innings and gave up 3 earned runs?
That's a gERA of 6.75 --- what he would have given up if he had
pitched the entire game. A good way to 'score' starting pitchers
from start to start.
Pitched 4 innings and gave up 3 earned runs?
That's a gERA of 6.75 --- what he would have given up if he had
pitched the entire game. A good way to 'score' starting pitchers
from start to start.
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