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Re: If you could go back into time to 1980 as a baseball GM.
I still take Strawberry with that pick [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Re: If you could go back into time to 1980 as a baseball GM.
Anyone want to provide some statistical evidence that Ripken's defense is "average" or "below average"?
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Re: If you could go back into time to 1980 as a baseball GM.
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Anyone want to provide some statistical evidence that Ripken's defense is "average" or "below average"? Go ahead. [/ QUOTE ] bump |
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Re: If you could go back into time to 1980 as a baseball GM.
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[ QUOTE ] Anyone want to provide some statistical evidence that Ripken's defense is "average" or "below average"? Go ahead. [/ QUOTE ] bump [/ QUOTE ] Jack of Arcades already did. |
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Re: If you could go back into time to 1980 as a baseball GM.
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Anyone want to provide some statistical evidence that Ripken's defense is "average" or "below average"? Go ahead. [/ QUOTE ] bump [/ QUOTE ] Jack of Arcades already did. [/ QUOTE ] looks like he said the opposite to me. |
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Re: If you could go back into time to 1980 as a baseball GM.
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Anyone want to provide some statistical evidence that Ripken's defense is "average" or "below average"? Go ahead. [/ QUOTE ] bump [/ QUOTE ] Jack of Arcades already did. [/ QUOTE ] looks like he said the opposite to me. [/ QUOTE ] "The best freely available defensive stat is Chris Dial's ratings. It's basically an adjusted Zone Rating, and it comes out very close to proprietary data that uses PBP data. Dial rates Ripken as the best shortstop in the AL. In fact, Ripken saved a whopping 25 runs with his glove in 1991. Ripken was good enough that even when he got old, he was still able to be good shortstop thanks to his defense." |
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Re: If you could go back into time to 1980 as a baseball GM.
25 runs is a lot, that's roughly 2.5 wins alone without factoring in offense.
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Re: If you could go back into time to 1980 as a baseball GM.
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Anyone want to provide some statistical evidence that Ripken's defense is "average" or "below average"? Go ahead. [/ QUOTE ] bump [/ QUOTE ] Jack of Arcades already did. [/ QUOTE ] looks like he said the opposite to me. [/ QUOTE ] "The best freely available defensive stat is Chris Dial's ratings. It's basically an adjusted Zone Rating, and it comes out very close to proprietary data that uses PBP data. Dial rates Ripken as the best shortstop in the AL. In fact, Ripken saved a whopping 25 runs with his glove in 1991. Ripken was good enough that even when he got old, he was still able to be good shortstop thanks to his defense." [/ QUOTE ] yes I would consider that [censored] excellent instead of average or worse. are you leveling me? |
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Re: If you could go back into time to 1980 as a baseball GM.
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I still take Strawberry with that pick [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] That was the 1980 draft. Gwynn was in the 1981 draft. Ripken weas already playing AAA ball. |
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