Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 07, 2007
I Love Neal Huntington

The new Pirates GM answers a question (emphasis added):

The Pirates upper management has widely ignored OBP (on base percentage) in the past. How important will OBP be in player evaluation under your leadership? -- Eric S., Pennsboro, W.Va

We are going to utilize several objective measures of player performance to evaluate and develop players. We'll rely on the more traditional objective evaluations: OPS (on base percentage plus slugging percentage) , WHIP (walks and hits per inning pitched), Runs Created, ERC (Component ERA), GB/FB (ground ball to fly ball ratio), K/9 (strikeouts per nine innings), K/BB (strikeouts to walks ratio), BB%, etc., but we'll also look to rely on some of the more recent variations: VORP (value over replacement player), Relative Performance, EqAve (equivalent average), EqOBP (equivalent on base percentage), EqSLG (equivalent slugging percentage), BIP% (balls put into play percentage), wOBA (weighted on base average), Range Factor, PMR (probabilistic model of range) and Zone Rating.

That said, we will continue to stress the importance of our subjective evaluations. Succinctly stated, we believe that a combination of quality objective and subjective analysis will allow us to maximize our probability of success and to make the best possible decisions.

My reaction is the same as Fire Joe Morgan.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:53 AM | Statistics | TrackBack (0)
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Its good that he's aware of statistical analysis and wants to use it, but we'll see if he has the wisdom to know how to use it.

I'm a little worried that he listed range factor and PMR right next to each other.

Posted by: Rally at November 7, 2007 09:14 AM

Uh-oh. Geek boy is going to be run out of town. I hope not, but yea... keep those acronyms to yourself before the wrong people hear you, Hunts.

cue Inner Praetorial Guard of the Protective Society for Playing the Game the Right Way

Posted by: Blastings Thrilledge at November 7, 2007 12:10 PM
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