Morris & Trammell Elected to HOF

Gnep31 · #1 12-12-2017, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by packs

That makes very little practical sense. Everyone knows you have to score more runs than the other team to win a game. A pitcher who is going to give up less runs, i.e. has a low ERA, is going to put his team in a better situation to win. A guy with a higher ERA means his team has to score more runs to win the games he pitches.

Stats in baseball are only indicators of expected outcomes. Too many other variables go into wins and losses.

packs · #2 12-12-2017, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Gnep31

Stats in baseball are only indicators of expected outcomes. Too many other variables go into wins and losses.

ERA is independent of a win or a loss. It looks like Baseball Reference has a stat called Win / Loss percentage with an Average Team too. Jack Morris' percentage for his career was 517, which meant he had just over a 50/50 chance of winning any game for any team over his entire career. That doesn't seem great. For comparison, Mike Mussina has a 590. Dave Stieb's percentage is 570.

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