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Posted By: jay behrens

fielding percentages are deceiving too. The perfect example for comparision is Riken and Ozzie Smith. Ripken had a lifetime .979 FP and Smith .978 FP. No one would ever mistake Ripken for an equal of Smith's defensively. The one thing that FP doesn't show is a players range. A ball that Ozzie Smith gets to, knocks down and gets called for an error is a ball that gets past Ripken for a double or a single. These sorts of things don't show up in FP.

Jay

I like to sit outside, drink beer and yell at people. If I did this at home I would be arrested, so I go to baseball games and fit right in.