Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 09, 2003
Final Team Range Calculation

The final calculation of range is in. What team exceeded expectations more than any other? The Braves:

TeamExpected OutsExpected DERActual OutsActual DERDER Difference
Braves 3108.9 0.688 3150.0 0.697 0.00909
Mariners 3082.7 0.712 3120.0 0.720 0.00861
Indians 3155.4 0.690 3190.0 0.698 0.00756
Astros 2955.6 0.698 2981.0 0.704 0.00600
Twins 3200.2 0.694 3226.0 0.699 0.00560
Devil Rays 3179.2 0.701 3204.0 0.707 0.00547
Giants 3068.8 0.704 3091.0 0.709 0.00509
Angels 3093.0 0.698 3108.0 0.702 0.00340
Blue Jays 3092.0 0.678 3106.0 0.681 0.00306
White Sox 3006.7 0.703 3018.0 0.705 0.00263
Expos 3057.3 0.691 3066.0 0.693 0.00197
Cubs 2753.7 0.689 2759.0 0.691 0.00133
Royals 3225.4 0.689 3231.0 0.690 0.00119
Reds 3193.5 0.688 3195.0 0.688 0.00032
Pirates 3196.9 0.691 3196.0 0.691 -0.00019
Marlins 3000.8 0.692 2999.0 0.692 -0.00041
Brewers 3125.5 0.684 3123.0 0.683 -0.00054
Phillies 3079.9 0.703 3073.0 0.701 -0.00158
Padres 3016.6 0.696 3009.0 0.695 -0.00174
Red Sox 3084.2 0.685 3076.0 0.684 -0.00183
Rangers 3070.3 0.678 3060.0 0.675 -0.00227
Athletics 3122.8 0.714 3112.0 0.712 -0.00247
Cardinals 3245.3 0.702 3229.0 0.698 -0.00353
Diamondbacks 2907.1 0.694 2888.0 0.689 -0.00455
Orioles 3154.1 0.688 3132.0 0.683 -0.00482
Dodgers 2847.6 0.708 2828.0 0.703 -0.00487
Rockies 3190.6 0.684 3163.0 0.678 -0.00593
Yankees 3110.6 0.688 3074.0 0.679 -0.00809
Tigers 3324.2 0.692 3283.0 0.683 -0.00857
Mets 3140.2 0.697 3099.0 0.688 -0.00915

And although it seemed like the Rangers were the worst defensive team in terms of actual DER, the Mets acutally fell short of expectations by the most.

Now that I'm fairly confident of the model, time to start looking at team positions to see where the weak spots are showing.


Posted by David Pinto at 02:17 PM | Defense | TrackBack (0)