February 12, 2008
Looking for the Outliers
Dan Fox writes a thoughtful piece on using statistics to identify potential PED users. It's in response to this article by Alan Schwarz.
What I find interesting is that Dan's method would have flagged Carlton Fisk for increased scrutiny. Fisk's late career surge took place from 1988 to 1990, pretty much the height of Canseco's career. The drugs were available.
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did he flag Waren Spahn and Satchel Paige too?
Yes, Spahn was mentioned.
Fisk was the first guy to really start working out aggresively with weights in the early 80's (the Angels team was pretty bulky too relative to other teams). His after game workouts were noted in the press at the time.
Did Steve Carlton's work with Gus Hoefling cause any stir/feedback? Or were the Phillies just known as a greeenies team?
Bob Feller carried weights with his baggage back in the late 1940s, so Fisk wasn't the first. Ted Williams had his 2nd highest bat avg at age 39, did he use something also. What BS !