Comments on: Andy K http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd This and that about baseball stats. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:41:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Quizmaster http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4798 Quizmaster Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:06:59 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4798 Andy, I took the liberty of doing another search, using your idea of OPS+ instead of the .300 average. Using an OPS of >=140, I found 39 players that fit the bill. Of those, 25 are Hall-eligible, and 22 of those are in. Only Frank Howard, Dick Allen, and Albert Belle are excluded. You certainly seem to be right about 300HR/.300 avg being easier than it used to be - of the 25 on that list, 10 were active into the 2000s, with 7 still active this year. Final note: 21 players are on both lists, with Al Simmons, Chuck Klein, George Brett, and Moises Alou not making the OPS+ cut. http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/E5J5 Why do I feel like I've just channeled Pete Van Wieren? :-) Andy, I took the liberty of doing another search, using your idea of OPS+ instead of the .300 average. Using an OPS of >=140, I found 39 players that fit the bill. Of those, 25 are Hall-eligible, and 22 of those are in. Only Frank Howard, Dick Allen, and Albert Belle are excluded.

You certainly seem to be right about 300HR/.300 avg being easier than it used to be - of the 25 on that list, 10 were active into the 2000s, with 7 still active this year.

Final note: 21 players are on both lists, with Al Simmons, Chuck Klein, George Brett, and Moises Alou not making the OPS+ cut.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/E5J5

Why do I feel like I’ve just channeled Pete Van Wieren? :-)

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4792 Andy Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:35:07 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4792 That's neat, Quizmaster. A few of those guys on the list probably won't make the Hall--such as Alou and Helton. A more interesting list would be ranked by OPS+. 300 HR is so much easier to get now than it used to be, and hitting .300 now is easier than in many past eras. That's why I like OPS+ so much--it's normalized by ERA. That’s neat, Quizmaster. A few of those guys on the list probably won’t make the Hall–such as Alou and Helton. A more interesting list would be ranked by OPS+. 300 HR is so much easier to get now than it used to be, and hitting .300 now is easier than in many past eras. That’s why I like OPS+ so much–it’s normalized by ERA.

]]> By: Quizmaster http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4791 Quizmaster Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:19:20 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4791 Andy, I don't have a blog, or anything, but with Mike Piazza retiring last month, I just looked this stat up: 300 HR, with a .300 AVG for a career. You may have already searched this, but I'm a new BI full member, and only recently had the ability to get and save the whole list. Didn't realize what a HoF lock Piazza should be. http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/pyGD Andy, I don’t have a blog, or anything, but with Mike Piazza retiring last month, I just looked this stat up: 300 HR, with a .300 AVG for a career. You may have already searched this, but I’m a new BI full member, and only recently had the ability to get and save the whole list. Didn’t realize what a HoF lock Piazza should be.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/pyGD

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4522 Andy Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:07:31 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4522 I would be shocked if anybody could guess the answer...neat find David. I would be shocked if anybody could guess the answer…neat find David.

]]> By: David in Toledo http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4521 David in Toledo Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:41:16 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4521 Andy, Kevin Youkilis's recent fielding accomplishment caused me to visit jewishmajorleaguers.com. That led me to several individual stat pages of players of Jewish heritage. I found something unusual on one of them and ran a search. So here's my question: Leave out the pitchers and catchers who can't run or aren't allowed to run. How many of the remaining players who made an All-Star team at some time in their careers and who played at least 450 games finished their careers with ZERO stolen bases? (The answer is one -- but who is he?) http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/ZXjN Andy, Kevin Youkilis’s recent fielding accomplishment caused me to visit jewishmajorleaguers.com. That led me to several individual stat pages of players of Jewish heritage. I found something unusual on one of them and ran a search. So here’s my question: Leave out the pitchers and catchers who can’t run or aren’t allowed to run. How many of the remaining players who made an All-Star team at some time in their careers and who played at least 450 games finished their careers with ZERO stolen bases? (The answer is one — but who is he?)

http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/ZXjN

]]> By: savoyspecial http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4437 savoyspecial Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4437 Andy: Last weekend's rookie sensation John Bowker currently has an AVG higher than his OBP (due to a sac fly). I was trying to explore this statistical oddity more. Through a trial-and-error method, I found (I think) that the most at-bats in a season in which AVG exceeds OBP is 125 by Ernie Bowman in 1963 (.184 AVG, .181 OBP). Can you think of any methodology to plug into the PI that would provide a comprehensive list? Andy:

Last weekend’s rookie sensation John Bowker currently has an AVG higher than his OBP (due to a sac fly). I was trying to explore this statistical oddity more. Through a trial-and-error method, I found (I think) that the most at-bats in a season in which AVG exceeds OBP is 125 by Ernie Bowman in 1963 (.184 AVG, .181 OBP).

Can you think of any methodology to plug into the PI that would provide a comprehensive list?

]]> By: David in Toledo http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4356 David in Toledo Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:10:33 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4356 And one last observation, derived from musings about the 4-K's: Ron Herbel has to be the worst hitter ever to come to bat 200 times and/or appear in 300 major-league games. And one last observation, derived from musings about the 4-K’s: Ron Herbel has to be the worst hitter ever to come to bat 200 times and/or appear in 300 major-league games.

]]> By: David in Toledo http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4355 David in Toledo Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:49:52 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4355 Hey Andy, with respect to your 4-K game posting, check this out: http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/wxGt Hey Andy, with respect to your 4-K game posting, check this out:

http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/wxGt

]]> By: David in Toledo http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4284 David in Toledo Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:16:31 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4284 Andy, Be sure you see the analysis of Joe D's 56-game hitting streak in the New York Times. I'm not sure yet how to frame them, but I think what is presented in the paper leaves some unanswered questions. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/opinion/30strogatz.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin Andy, Be sure you see the analysis of Joe D’s 56-game hitting streak in the New York Times. I’m not sure yet how to frame them, but I think what is presented in the paper leaves some unanswered questions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/opinion/30strogatz.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin

]]> By: David in Toledo http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4264 David in Toledo Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:55:38 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/andy-kamholz#comment-4264 Andy, have you or someone else at SOTD done a piece on something like this? (It seems timely.) .400 OBP and done! http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/7MGQ Andy, have you or someone else at SOTD done a piece on something like this? (It seems timely.)

.400 OBP and done! http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/7MGQ

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