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Monday, August 30, 2004
the unfinished post
it's an art. i am the master.
i am the only scientist who agrees with the baseball people. that means i have no friends. baseball people don't need me, and sabermetricians don't agree with me.
woe is me.
at first i wrote "whoa".
aab w k hr 23 wal con pow avg
pierzynski,a.j. 379 26 18 10 27 .064 .953 .102 .295
pierre,juan 531 43 30 3 25 .075 .944 .056 .309
casey,sean 448 44 28 21 42 .089 .938 .150 .335
kendall,jason 465 67 31 3 23 .126 .933 .060 .307
the "super contact" group. pierzinski and casey are line-drive hitters; pierre and kendall slap and run.
hatteberg,scott 436 64 34 14 24 .128 .922 .095 .305
loretta,mark 521 54 41 15 41 .094 .921 .117 .343
line-drive contact hitters. perfectly suited for sea-level.
young,eric 250 38 20 0 17 .132 .920 .074 .310
loduca,paul 432 40 35 12 24 .085 .919 .091 .306
young had a power spike last year, as we often see late in the career of a contact/speed guy. that walk rate is impressive. i don't know how we're gonna do this ranking. somebody needs to crunch some context-specific numbers. contact hitters win more games.
cabrera,orlando 502 34 42 7 30 .063 .916 .080 .252
great skills, bad luck. turns out it was a good trade for the red sox.
pujols,albert 488 72 41 39 37 .129 .916 .170 .322
this guy's good.
tejada,miguel 526 47 47 26 37 .082 .911 .132 .313
bonds,barry 301188 27 36 23 .384 .910 .215 .361
301188. he walks almost 2 out of every five times! i was gonna say this later but i'll say it now: how can anyone consider anyone else as mvp? beltre? rolen? pujols? are you kidding me? i heard edmonds the other day. bonds will win because the cardinals vote will be split. but it'll be closer than it should be. no but this is the thing look at this: 36 home runs in 299 at-bats (2 sf's). 36 home runs in 299 at-bats. actually i'm writing this monday, after his 2 dongs in atlanta, so it's 38 home runs in 304 at-bats. barry bonds has 38 home runs in 304 at-bats. you gotta be kidding me.
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