Stat Notes - July 30

by schmenkman on Jul 30, 2010 9:23 AM EDT

A couple of notes related to the arrival of Roy the 2nd...

NL rank, out of 52 qualifiers

	ERA	FIP	xFIP	SIERA	WHIP	GB/FB
Halladay	2	2	1	2	3	7
Oswalt	19	11	6	6	6	31
Hamels	22	35	15	12	27	34

Halladay: as advertised
Oswalt: strong argument as the #2 ahead of Hamels, although the GB/FB rate is worrisome
Hamels: pitching better than this since mid-May

Parks
There was one report that Oswalt is not a fan of CBP, and given his GB/FB rate, that may be understandable. However CBP is no more HR-friendly than Minute Maid Park, and in fact for the last two years CBP has been essentially neutral for both HRs, and scoring overall. These are the park factors (and NL rank) for the past 2+ years (for the uninitiated, >1.0 means it helps the hitter):

Homeruns:

	CBP	NL rank	MMP	NL rank
2008	1.022	7	1.155	4
2009	1.005	10	1.065	5
2010	1.155	4	1.134	6

Overall Scoring:

	CBP	NL rank	MMP	NL rank
2008	1.029	9	1.036	8
2009	1.028	7	0.93	12
2010	0.987	9	0.897	14

- MMP has been a little friendlier to the homerun (a bit less so so far this year).
- MMP has been surprisingly pitcher-friendly overall, given that it's slightly above average in allowing homers
- CBP is boosting homers some so far this year after being neutral the past 2 years
- CBP has been one of the most offense-neutral parks in the NL (and MLB overall)

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nice article

by PHIGHTINPHILS on Jul 30, 2010 1:28 PM EDT reply actions

nice reporting, didnt realize oswalt had just high rankings in sabr stats

by Aaron King on Jul 30, 2010 2:04 PM EDT reply actions

Yes yes, but RA Dickey is just as good as Oswalt and better than Hamels, no matter what your fancy stats say.

/Mike Silva’d

by PhillyFriar on Jul 30, 2010 4:04 PM EDT reply actions

LOL

did you read some of their comments? they blasted silva, one guy goes; “this is the essence of idiocy”, and then the next one; “this is the worst logic i’ve ever seen in a baseball article”
WOW at least a few muts fans are realistic haha

by PHIGHTINPHILS on Jul 30, 2010 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Mike Silva is a spectacular idiot. I don’t read his stuff directly, but he occasionally gets linked on baseballthinkfactory and it’s like throwing chum in a shark tank.

by phatj on Jul 30, 2010 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions