Comments on: Leatherface Plaques http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/4465 This and that about baseball stats. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Tomepp http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-11177 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:06:48 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=4465#comment-11177 The one that surprises me on the list is Ryne Sandberg. He had a relatively short career for a HoFer (13 qualifying seasons plus 2 partials and a cup of coffee), so having 4 "poor" seasons would seem like it would put a damper on his HoF chances. Of course, he had an OPS+ > 120 in six of the other nine qualiying seasons, 10 All-Star selections, 9 Gold Gloves (at a middle infield position), 7 Silver Sluggers, and an MVP award to boost his credentials.

]]> By: Zachary http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-11166 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:36:30 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=4465#comment-11166 Dave, OPS+ is a simple metric used to compare players to their contemporaries. On-base percentage and slugging percentage are added together to make OPS, and a player's OPS score is then divided by the league average OPS. (The result is then multiplied by 100 in order to make average 100 rather than 1.) The best players generally hit 120+, with the worst dropping below 90. It allows us to look at just one number and immediately know how good a hitter is.

One of the reason we add on-base percentage and slugging percentage is a funny story, actually. Some statisticians (I think Thorn and Palmer) were trying to create a single metric to analyze all hitting ability. As it turned out, their fancy calculations equalled the simple OBP+SLG formula.

]]> By: BSK http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-11147 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:09:25 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=4465#comment-11147 ImAShark-

It was a typo, obviously. How old are you, anyway?

]]> By: ImAShark5 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-11146 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:28:48 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=4465#comment-11146 Yeah, that's what I thought.

]]> By: ImAShark5 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-11144 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:03:42 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=4465#comment-11144 To BCK: How was the first and second half of Cal Ripken's career 1982-1991?

]]> By: tmckelv http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-11143 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:38:18 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=4465#comment-11143 Robin Yount - 1980's were very good, 1970's and 1990's were very bad - most of his >100 OPS+ seasons came while he perhaps should have been in the minor leagues...but then again, does he make the Hall of Fame without all of those extra PA's while very young? I think the 3000 hits were very necessary for him to make the HOF.

]]> By: Pageup http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-11141 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:37:44 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=4465#comment-11141 Hey Whiz, thanks, I was actually wondering if 150 was the highest for someone qualifying for the batting title who'd batted under .250.

]]> By: Whiz http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-11139 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:23:38 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=4465#comment-11139 Oops, sorry about that, I was trying to put in a PI table.

]]> By: Whiz http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-11138 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:23:08 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=4465#comment-11138 Pageup, from the PI (for players qualifying for the batting title):

<th class="ranker sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" onmouseover="Tip('RankThis is a count of the rows from top to bottom.It is recalculated following the sorting of a column.')" align="center">Rk
Player
<th class=" hide_non_quals" onmouseover="Tip('OPS+100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1]Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)')" align="center">OPS+
<th class=" hide_non_quals" onmouseover="Tip('Hits/At BatsFor recent years, leaders need 3.1 PAper team game played')" align="center">BA
Year
Age
Tm
<th class=" sort_default_asc" onmouseover="Tip('LeagueAL - American League (1901-present)NL - National League (1876-present)AA - American Association (1882-1891)UA - Union Association (1884)PL - Players League (1890)FL - Federal League (1914-1915)NA - National Association (1871-1875)')" align="center">Lg
G
<th class="" onmouseover="Tip('Plate AppearancesEstimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH,missing catcher interferences.When this color click for a summary of each PA.')" align="center">PA
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
<th class="" onmouseover="Tip('Intentional Bases on BallsFirst tracked in 1955.')" align="center">IBB
SO
HBP
SH
<th class="" onmouseover="Tip('Sacrifice FliesFirst tracked in 1954.')" align="center">SF
<th class="" onmouseover="Tip('Double Plays Grounded IntoOnly includes standard 6-4-3, 4-3, etc. double plays.First tracked in 1933.')" align="center">GDP
SB
CS
<th class=" hide_non_quals" onmouseover="Tip('(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF)For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PAper team game played')" align="center">OBP
<th class=" hide_non_quals" onmouseover="Tip('Total Bases/At Bats or (1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/ABFor recent years, leaders need 3.1 PAper team game played')" align="center">SLG
<th class=" hide_non_quals" onmouseover="Tip('On-Base + Slugging Percentages For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PAper team game played')" align="center">OPS
<th class=" sort_default_asc" onmouseover="Tip('Position’*’ indicates position played in 2/3rds of team games,’/’ less than 10 games played.')" align="left">Pos

1
Mickey Mantle
150
.245
1967
35
NYY
AL
144
553
440
63
108
17
0
22
55
107
7
113
1
0
5
9
1
1
.391
.434
.825
*3

2
Gene Tenace
149
.249
1976
29
OAK
AL
128
508
417
64
104
19
1
22
66
81
2
91
4
1
5
7
5
4
.373
.458
.831
*3*2/D

3
Jack Clark
148
.242
1989
33
SDP
NL
142
593
455
76
110
19
1
26
94
132
18
145
1
0
5
10
6
2
.410
.459
.869
*39

4
Mark McGwire
143
.235
1990
26
OAK
AL
156
650
523
87
123
16
0
39
108
110
9
116
7
1
9
13
2
1
.370
.489
.859
*3

5
Gorman Thomas
142
.246
1978
27
MIL
AL
137
536
452
70
111
24
1
32
86
73
4
133
2
6
3
6
3
4
.351
.515
.866
*8

6
Mike Schmidt
142
.249
1975
25
PHI
NL
158
674
562
93
140
34
3
38
95
101
10
180
4
6
1
7
29
12
.367
.523
.890
*56

7
Mickey Mantle
142
.237
1968
36
NYY
AL
144
547
435
57
103
14
1
18
54
106
7
97
1
1
4
9
6
2
.385
.398
.782
*3

8
Adam Dunn
141
.247
2005
25
CIN
NL
160
671
543
107
134
35
2
40
101
114
14
168
12
0
2
6
4
2
.387
.540
.927
*73

9
Frank Robinson
141
.245
1974
38
TOT
AL
144
579
477
81
117
27
3
22
68
85
14
95
10
1
6
11
5
2
.367
.453
.820
*D/37

10
Ralph Kiner
141
.244
1952
29
PIT
NL
149
633
516
90
126
17
2
37
87
110
0
77
7
0
0
6
3
0
.384
.500
.884
*7

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool UsedGenerated 2/9/2010.

Mantle's 150 OPS+ was the highest, and his 142 also made the top 10.

]]> By: Dave http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-11137 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:21:45 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/?p=4465#comment-11137 What the heck is OPS+ anyway?

"Bill James...ruining baseball since 1977"

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