Around the majors reports--Oct 26

[nyy26wc]

1) Wade Boggs resigned as Devil Rays hitting coach.

2) The Cubs named Larry Rothschild as pitching coach.

3) Astros 1B Jeff Bagwell will have surgery today, to repair a partially torn labrum in his right shoulder. Meanwhile, OF Glen Barker will have the same kind of surgery on his left shoulder and P Ron Villone will have left knee surgery. All of the players are expected to be ready for spring training.

Bagwell had another outstanding season in 2001, hitting .568 SLG, .397 OBA, .966 OPS, 44 RCAA, .667 OWP, 8.19 RC/G, 138 RC in 161 games. It was his 6th consecutive year with a .950+ OPS and 6th consecutive year with 135+ RC. Bagwell has a .969 career OPS, compared to his league average of .761 and 1B average of .815, 617 RCAA and 489 RCAP. Bagwell ranks 20th all time with an OPS .209 above his league average.

Barker played in 70 games in 2001, but only had 30 PA. In that small sample size, he hit .083 SLG, .233 OBA, .317 OPS, -6 RCAA, .000 OWP, 0.00 RC/G, 0 RC. In his 3 year career, Barker's had under a PA per game (197 PA, 235 G), with a .653 career OPS, compared to his league average of .794 and CF average of .782, -13 RCAA and -14 RCAP.

Villone, who will be a free agent, had a 5.89 ERA and -12 RSAA in 53 games (12 starts) in 2001--22 with the Rockies and 31 with the Astros. He has a 4.92 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.55, and -12 RSAA.

[nyy26wc]

LARGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPS AND THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, CAREER

DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Babe Ruth .402 1.164 .761
2 Ted Williams .371 1.115 .745
3 Lou Gehrig .299 1.080 .780
4 Rogers Hornsby .274 1.010 .736
5 Jimmie Foxx .262 1.038 .775
6 Barry Bonds .256 1.003 .747
7 Frank Thomas .253 1.015 .762
8 Mickey Mantle .252 .977 .726
9 Joe Jackson .250 .941 .691
10 Dan Brouthers .248 .942 .694
11 Hank Greenberg .248 1.017 .769
12 Ty Cobb .243 .945 .703
13 Stan Musial .236 .976 .739
14 Mark McGwire .230 .982 .752
15 Johnny Mize .226 .959 .734
16 Tris Speaker .214 .928 .714
17 Joe DiMaggio .214 .977 .764
18 Larry Walker .213 .968 .756
19 Willie Mays .210 .941 .731
20 Jeff Bagwell .209 .969 .761

MIN--2000 PA

[nyy26wc]

MOST GAMES, SEASON, NO EXTRA BASE HITS

1 Luis Gomez 1975 89
2 Mike McNally 1916 87
3 Don Hopkins 1975 82
4 Frankie Baumholtz 1956 76
5 Eddie Miksis 1958 72
T6 Dwain Anderson 1973 71
T6 Rocky Bridges 1956 71
T8 Joe Cannon 1980 70
T8 Glen Barker 2001 70
T10 Paul Dade 1980 68
T10 Larry Lintz 1976 68
T10 Dal Maxvill 1974 68

Excluding P.

[BuzzBuzzard]

Originally posted by nyy26wc
MOST GAMES, SEASON, NO EXTRA BASE HITS

1 Luis Gomez 1975 89
2 Mike McNally 1916 87
3 Don Hopkins 1975 82
4 Frankie Baumholtz 1956 76
5 Eddie Miksis 1958 72
T6 Dwain Anderson 1973 71
T6 Rocky Bridges 1956 71
T8 Joe Cannon 1980 70
T8 Glen Barker 2001 70
T10 Paul Dade 1980 68
T10 Larry Lintz 1976 68
T10 Dal Maxvill 1974 68

Excluding P.
I would like to point out that Rey Ordonez is NOT on the list.

[NetShrine]

Originally posted by BuzzBuzzard
I would like to point out that Rey Ordonez is NOT on the list.

Wonder where he would fall, say, in the list of biggest difference in Isolated Power, career, player v. league, 200+ career PA?

[BuzzBuzzard]

Towards the bottom, no doubt, but 200 PAs as the criteria. That's not fair.

[Duque]

Interesting - a full half (17) of Rey's 34 BBs this season were intentional. Guess that happens when you're hitting in front of Al Leiter, Kevin Appier, and Steve Trachsel.

[nyy26wc]

Here's the worst isolated powers vs. the league average, with a much more reasonable qualification of 2500 PA--

ISOLATED POWER DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Rey Ordonez -.104 .057 .161
2 Otis Nixon -.102 .045 .147
3 Rafael Belliard -.096 .039 .135
4 Felix Fermin -.094 .043 .137
5 Tom Goodwin -.092 .071 .163
6 Rey Sanchez -.092 .063 .155
7 Wayne Tolleson -.089 .052 .141
8 Jose Vizcaino -.084 .069 .152
9 Mike Tresh -.083 .034 .117
10 Dal Maxvill -.082 .042 .125

[NetShrine]

Thanks Lee! Good to see Rey is still the King of No Pop.

[BuzzBuzzard]

What is the worst ISO career for 2500+ PAs?

[NetShrine]

Originally posted by BuzzBuzzard
What is the worst ISO career for 2500+ PAs?

Probably Dal Maxvill or Aurielo Rodriguez.

[nyy26wc]

Here's that list--

ISOLATED POWER ISO
1 Bill Bergen .031
2 Spike Shannon .034
3 Mike Tresh .034
4 Rafael Belliard .039
5 Al Bridwell .040
6 Patsy Donovan .040
7 Enzo Hernandez .042
8 Dal Maxvill .042
9 Sandy Alomar Sr. .043
10 Billy Gilbert .043

[NetShrine]

Thanks Lee.

:blush: I should have known it was Bergen - known as the worst hitter in history.

[Poysn Idea]

Originally posted by nyy26wc
Bagwell has a .969 career OPS, compared to his league average of .761 and 1B average of .815, 617 RCAA and 489 RCAP. Bagwell ranks 20th all time with an OPS .209 above his league average.

Villone, who will be a free agent, had a 5.89 ERA and -12 RSAA in 53 games (12 starts) in 2001--22 with the Rockies and 31 with the Astros. He has a 4.92 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.55, and -12 RSAA.

Thanks to Lee Sinins I've got a swelling itching brain, so before it explodes can somebody clue me in on what RCAA, RCAP, and RSAA really mean? I tried finding an answer at the TOTK site but failed miserably (no doubt it was right in front of me though). Sadly enough that's how my luck runs whenever I search the web.

Thanks, Kenny :confuse:

[NetShrine]

RCAA--Runs created above average. This is Lee's own creation. It's the difference between a player's RC total and the total for an average player who used the same amount of his team's outs. A negative RCAA indicates a below average player in this category.

RCAP--Runs created above average at his position. It's just like RCAA, except the comparision is to players at his position.

RSAA--Runs saved against average. It's the amount of runs that a pitcher saved vs. what an average pitcher would have allowed. It's the same stat as Total Baseball's Pitching Runs, except (1) Lee and TB have different ways of park adjustments and (2) TB added a procedure to take into account the amount of decisions (W+L) the pitcher had, while RSAA doesn't have that. Just like RCAA, the stat can produce a negative result.

[Poysn Idea]

Originally posted by NetShrine
RCAA--Runs created above average. This is Lee's own creation.

Thanks Net, if you know a site that explains the process involved in creating all the stats would you please post the URL. I'd like to see how they're put together.

Kenny -- who can actually see light at the end of the tunnel now. :)

[NetShrine]

Originally posted by Poysn Idea
Thanks Net, if you know a site that explains the process involved in creating all the stats would you please post the URL. I'd like to see how they're put together.

Check out:

http://www.baseballstuff.com/fraser/gloss.html

and

http://www.baseballhq.com/sabr.shtml

for staters.

Should I add something like this to NetShrine?

[Poysn Idea]

Originally posted by NetShrine


Check out:

http://www.baseballstuff.com/fraser/gloss.html

and

http://www.baseballhq.com/sabr.shtml

for staters.

Should I add something like this to NetShrine?

If you're asking me, then I say yes. Had the information been available at Netshrine when I registered it would've been the first page I surfed. Like I said, I had no clue what the acronyms stood for, and my search of TOTK proved fruitless. I can't be the only one who's in the dark.

For baseball fans everywhere that are banging their heads on the wall and screaming: VORP -- what the hell is VORP? I say please do.

Kenny :thumb:

[NetShrine]

Thanks - anyone want to second it?

[nyy26wc]

Originally posted by Poysn Idea


Thanks to Lee Sinins I've got a swelling itching brain, so before it explodes can somebody clue me in on what RCAA, RCAP, and RSAA really mean? I tried finding an answer at the TOTK site but failed miserably (no doubt it was right in front of me though). Sadly enough that's how my luck runs whenever I search the web.

Thanks, Kenny :confuse:

First, thanks Net for the fast service, beating me to it.

Also, Kenny, you didn't find the answer at TOTK because I severed ties with them earlier in the year.

My other work is located at
Baseball Immortals: http://www.baseballimmortals.net
Sabermetric baseball encyclopedia http://www.baseball-encyclopedia.com

[nyy26wc]

Originally posted by NetShrine
Thanks - anyone want to second it?

I will.

[NetShrine]

Thanks Lee - - I'll put it on the TO DO list. Can I include your stat creations (with full credit given)?

[nyy26wc]

You certainly can.