OT: Hall of Fame - Edgar Martinez?

tschock · #1 01-26-2018, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by packs

I didn't realize you could penalize a guy because a batter didn't hit a ball to him. Great next gen stats.

Yes and no. You can't penalize a guy because another guy didn't hit the ball to him. But in the aggregate, it is VERY LIKELY that as many balls were hit in the same area, making it statistically similar. And that's the comparison. A 20% difference is pretty significant.

packs · #2 01-26-2018, 03:32 PM

He's talking about assists. You can't get an assist without a ball hit to you. Assuming the difference in assists figures is based on base hits seems presumptuous.

Peter_Spaeth · #3 01-26-2018, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tschock

Yes and no. You can't penalize a guy because another guy didn't hit the ball to him. But in the aggregate, it is VERY LIKELY that as many balls were hit in the same area, making it statistically similar. And that's the comparison. A 20% difference is pretty significant.

That assumption may or may not be true. If it is, then range factor should be the be all and end all, no? But obviously people think it isn't because newer metrics keep getting invented.

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