Comments on: Lots of new stats you can use

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:21:38 +0000

WAR? What is it good for?

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:08:06 +0000

Fine…I’ll do it. That quote makes absolutely no damn sense. The real quote is “…lies, damn lies and…statistics…” Not liars.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:06:30 +0000

I’m kind of disappointed that they’ve decided to stick UZR in the middle of a bunch of fictional stats, as if it’s fictional as well. Dolphin clicks! Pffft! UZR is real man, and it’s better than Total Zone ratings!!

By: cktai

cktai — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:14:05 +0000

OK, I’ll bite.

“Cause, really watching the games isn’t nearly as important as crunching the numbers.”

UZR is calculated by looking at plays, seeing where the ball lands, and where the fielder was for all balls that come near a fielder. Fielding percentage is just crunching numbers that the scorer used on balls that are fielded.

xFIP is calculated by looking at batted balls, seeing what trajectory they follow and where they (potentially would) land. Wins is determined by looking at the score sheet and determining when a pitcher is pulled out.

And unlike your average beat writer or sports commentator, these statheads actually watch a lot of games played by different teams, not just the same team over and over again.

But whatever, you won’t listen, so I’m not sure why I post this.

By: buffalomafia

buffalomafia — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:08:55 +0000

Plain & Simple- WTF!

By: sawxalicious

sawxalicious — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:23:06 +0000

Sports is currently enjoying an era of unprecedented statistical analysis, with Moneyball having opened the floodgates for stats-oriented people to find new benchmarks in every sport. Here are some of the more notable number-crunchings:

OPSPA: On-base plus slugging plus batting average: Considered a more comprehensive measurement of batting efficiency because it adds more things to other things
UZR: Accounts for a player’s defense by counting the happy clicks a dolphin makes while watching the play in its tank
PER: John Hollinger decides how much he likes a player and then makes up a number for him
RUNX2: A stat equal to the number of runs scored by a baseball player multiplied by two
PTTYLPS: Compares contemporary stock car drivers’ performances to the number of laps Richard Petty would have completed under similar conditions in his 1970 Plymouth Superbird with the big-block motor and the badass wing back before NASCAR got pussified
BFEST: Estimates the likelihood a player would be your best friend assuming you and he were both totally normal guys going about their business who crossed paths and were just looking to connect with someone else
OPBICYT: A player’s on-base percentage if the Red Sox had traded Carl Yastrzemski to the Tigers for Lance Parrish, Pat Underwood, and a third-round draft pick sometime before the 1978 season started

Credit: The Onion News Source

By: muckthefets23

muckthefets23 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:05:08 +0000

PTTYLPS is by far my favorite, even though NASCAR sucks Richard Petty has a badass mustache. It’s also the most ridiculous.

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:27:50 +0000

Ahh, leave Harry alone. Harry, click through and read the link. There’s a reason we’re not fighting with the anti-stats crowd. After you read the linked article, perhaps you’d like to join me in the growing tootblan-legitimacy movement? I just wanna hear McCarver have to explain it: I’ll drink to every word has has out of place and has to start over. Surely I’ll be bombed by the end of “toot”.

By: brewcitybummer

brewcitybummer — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:13:34 +0000

Oh The Onion. My homestates greatest contribution to society.

By: dondada10

dondada10 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:13:55 +0000

I just gotta jump in here and say that you are doing one of the worst jobs of defending yourself, harold, that has ever been witnessed.

By: bigharold

bigharold — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:57:27 +0000

Why I might land on You?

By: paperlions

paperlions — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:42:08 +0000

Careful, don’t fall off the edge of the world.

By: bigharold

bigharold — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:34:35 +0000

Dumb Ass!

By: paperlions

paperlions — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:21:48 +0000

Sucker

By: dwrek5

dwrek5 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:01:04 +0000

Love PER. My new trash talk on the court… “if you played in the league John Hollinger would hate you!”

By: nghtrder169

nghtrder169 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:58:48 +0000

A forgotten great stat that described most of the top players over the last 15 – 20 years….MVPBJ – MOST VALUABLE PLAYER BY JUICING

By: imaginesuperbowlwin

imaginesuperbowlwin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:52:19 +0000

BOHICA!

By: clarenceoveur

clarenceoveur — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:43:06 +0000

That Prince Fielder signing looks reasonable now that we can measure his TINSTAAFL

By: bigharold

bigharold — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:26:12 +0000

More stats, .. great!

I can’t help but thinking of Mark Twain;

There are liars, .. damn liars and statistics.

How many more versions of WAR do we get? Cause, really watching the games isn’t nearly as important as crunching the numbers.

By: ptfu

ptfu — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:24:34 +0000

Mmm, ruben-rivera-riffic. Tootblan is awesome.

By: crisisjunky

crisisjunky — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:43:52 +0000

My favorite: MOP(0)TSH
(Move On People, nothing to see here.)

By: mattraw

mattraw — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:06:28 +0000

They’re really on a roll of late. That “NBA Nights” article slayed me.

By: cur68

cur68 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:04:31 +0000

Will tootblan be considered for its own sabermetric? I’d really like that.

By: kopy

kopy — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:01:34 +0000

Personally, I’ve always been a little miffed that Balks are never factored into xFIP. It’s the most exciting play in baseball!

By: The Rabbit

The Rabbit — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:51:18 +0000

Too freakin’ funny. Can’t wait for a rotoleague to use them.

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:45:14 +0000

You missed Ultimate OPSPA which is OPSPA times WAR.