Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 24, 2007
Luck Hitters

PROTRADE uses a metric similar to PMR to find the lucky hitters from 2006:

PROTRADE has mapped out every inch of the diamond, charting every batted ball in the majors over the past five years, calculating the probability that given their distance, direction and hardness, they become hits or outs. You may hear a manager encourage a slumping player by saying that he is "making great contact" or "hitting the ball hard" but that the balls just aren't finding a way through the defense for hits because they are getting "unlucky."

Marlins fans should be worried about their middle infielders.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:56 AM | Statistics | TrackBack (0)
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The Marlins should be worried about much more than their middle infield-like the overused young pitching staff and lack off a decent bullpen.

Posted by: Interested Observer at March 24, 2007 01:20 PM
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