Stat of the day

[Clay]

Here's what I don't get: why are teams running when they're gonna be thrown out?

I'm guessing this is why we don't see Virginia in 1988 or 1986 on that list.

In other words, this is a good stat to be a part of, but it can leave out really good teams.

I think its actually a bad stat to be part of.

You didn't steal a ton of bases... but your opponents thought so little of your catcher that they attempted to steal a ton of bases.

Exactly. This is a bad stat. That's why the OLD Colonials are on it and none of the new teams.

This is saying, in a nutshell, "your team is slow and your Catcher sucks."

[Lintyfresh85]

I think its actually a bad stat to be part of.

You didn't steal a ton of bases... but your opponents thought so little of your catcher that they attempted to steal a ton of bases.

[Carlos]

Here's what I don't get: why are teams running when they're gonna be thrown out?

I'm guessing this is why we don't see Virginia in 1988 or 1986 on that list.

In other words, this is a good stat to be a part of, but it can leave out really good teams.

[Lintyfresh85]

Ok... I get the stat now.

Thanks.

[Jistic]

That's stolen bases AGAINST not ATTEMPTED.

[Lintyfresh85]

I don't understand.

Is this stat saying you tried to 205 times but you were only successful 60 times? That's a horrible %.

[Clay]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR class=title2><TD>Lowest Net Stolen Bases By Team
(Top 25 Teams)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE class=sortable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width=935 border=0><THEAD><TR class=headline><TD class=hsc2_l sorttable_columnindex="0">Team</TD><TD class=hsc2 sorttable_columnindex="1">Year</TD><TD class=hsc2 sorttable_columnindex="2">SB</TD><TD class=hsc2 sorttable_columnindex="3">SBA</TD><TD class=hsc2 sorttable_columnindex="4">Diff</TD></TR></THEAD><TBODY><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Virginia Colonials</TD><TD>1978</TD><TD>60</TD><TD>205</TD><TD>-145</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Sin City Bootleggers</TD><TD>1978</TD><TD>93</TD><TD>237</TD><TD>-144</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Pawtucket Patriots</TD><TD>1978</TD><TD>44</TD><TD>187</TD><TD>-143</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Philadelphia Freedom</TD><TD>1978</TD><TD>41</TD><TD>180</TD><TD>-139</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Baltimore Bulldogs</TD><TD>1978</TD><TD>58</TD><TD>187</TD><TD>-129</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Virginia Colonials</TD><TD>1982</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>164</TD><TD>-125</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Pawtucket Patriots</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>8</TD><TD>119</TD><TD>-111</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Virginia Colonials</TD><TD>1980</TD><TD>69</TD><TD>179</TD><TD>-110</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Virginia Colonials</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>47</TD><TD>154</TD><TD>-107</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Pawtucket Patriots</TD><TD>1980</TD><TD>25</TD><TD>130</TD><TD>-105</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Dallas Snappers</TD><TD>1983</TD><TD>41</TD><TD>141</TD><TD>-100</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Windy City Playboys</TD><TD>1982</TD><TD>31</TD><TD>128</TD><TD>-97</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Baltimore Bulldogs</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>126</TD><TD>-93</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Pawtucket Patriots</TD><TD>1981</TD><TD>42</TD><TD>133</TD><TD>-91</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Windy City Playboys</TD><TD>1983</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>110</TD><TD>-84</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Hyundai Dinos</TD><TD>1978</TD><TD>105</TD><TD>189</TD><TD>-84</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Davenport Brawlers</TD><TD>1983</TD><TD>17</TD><TD>100</TD><TD>-83</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Pawtucket Patriots</TD><TD>1985</TD><TD>43</TD><TD>124</TD><TD>-81</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Philadelphia Freedom</TD><TD>1981</TD><TD>47</TD><TD>125</TD><TD>-78</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Los Alamos Bandits</TD><TD>1980</TD><TD>78</TD><TD>155</TD><TD>-77</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Los Alamos Mayhem</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>92</TD><TD>167</TD><TD>-75</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Sin City Gamblers</TD><TD>1980</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>123</TD><TD>-74</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Virginia Colonials</TD><TD>1981</TD><TD>51</TD><TD>125</TD><TD>-74</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Pawtucket Patriots</TD><TD>1986</TD><TD>47</TD><TD>118</TD><TD>-71</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Pittsburgh Millers</TD><TD>1987</TD><TD>48</TD><TD>117</TD><TD>-69</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

It's funny... besides being sooooo heavily slanted to the early days when guys stole a lot more bags, it's funny how often my team is on here. That was one of the first major "philosophy changes" that I put in. I actually picked up on the fact that we could run, but could be run on. So I made the decision to draft players who could run and stick to skilled defensive catchers. Now I would argue my teams are the best in the league at this. 4th straight year we've had the league leader in SB... and the 2nd IL Glove Wizard at Catcher in the past 3.

[Clay]

Ahhhh.... Danny Nelson's rookie year..... BLB Historians will some day tell the tales of the Greatest The Never Was.

[Spear]

Ivan Arellano clearly didn't like playing for me. Horrible sophomore slump this year.

[Pat]

Just making on the list is Oscar Paulet...man I had high hopes for him after he hit 14 homers in 57 games as a rookie.

[BradZ]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR class=title2><TD>

Most Home Runs in Debut Season
(Top 25 Players, Inaugural Season Ignored)

</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE class=sortable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width=795 border=0><THEAD><TR class=headline><TD class=hsc2_l sorttable_columnindex="0">Player</TD><TD class=hsc2_l sorttable_columnindex="1">Team</TD><TD class=hsc2 sorttable_columnindex="2">Year</TD><TD class=hsc2 sorttable_columnindex="3">HR</TD></TR></THEAD><TBODY><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Don McGuire</TD><TD class=s1_l>MAI</TD><TD>1987</TD><TD>32</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Danny Nelson</TD><TD class=s2_l>VIR</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>31</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Ivn Arellano</TD><TD class=s1_l>DAV</TD><TD>1987</TD><TD>30</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Mel Woodbury</TD><TD class=s2_l>PHI</TD><TD>1980</TD><TD>23</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Joe MacKnight</TD><TD class=s1_l>PIT</TD><TD>1980</TD><TD>20</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Hctor Hernndez</TD><TD class=s2_l>MAI</TD><TD>1988</TD><TD>20</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Clint Underwood</TD><TD class=s1_l>SYR</TD><TD>1988</TD><TD>19</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Ron O'Fallon</TD><TD class=s2_l>PAW</TD><TD>1986</TD><TD>18</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Gil Melgoza</TD><TD class=s1_l>DAL</TD><TD>1983</TD><TD>18</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Jos Varada</TD><TD class=s2_l>DEN</TD><TD>1981</TD><TD>17</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Chad Thompson</TD><TD class=s1_l>BAL</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>16</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Joe Cuevas</TD><TD class=s2_l>SYR</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>16</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Tex Briggs</TD><TD class=s1_l>PIT</TD><TD>1988</TD><TD>15</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Kenichi Sato</TD><TD class=s2_l>DAV</TD><TD>1984</TD><TD>15</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Joe Molenza</TD><TD class=s1_l>DAL</TD><TD>1984</TD><TD>14</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Jesse Burchette</TD><TD class=s2_l>HAR</TD><TD>1982</TD><TD>14</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Keith McCoy</TD><TD class=s1_l>LAM</TD><TD>1987</TD><TD>13</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Pepe Rodrguez</TD><TD class=s2_l>SYR</TD><TD>1988</TD><TD>13</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Hctor Gonzlez</TD><TD class=s1_l>LOS</TD><TD>1988</TD><TD>13</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Ral Marn</TD><TD class=s2_l>LAM</TD><TD>1988</TD><TD>13</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Pasqual Gonzales</TD><TD class=s1_l>PAW</TD><TD>1982</TD><TD>13</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Curt Halpern</TD><TD class=s2_l>SYR</TD><TD>1982</TD><TD>13</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Oscar Paulet</TD><TD class=s1_l>WAS</TD><TD>1984</TD><TD>13</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Joe Gomez</TD><TD class=s2_l>BAL</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>12</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Everardo Gremades</TD><TD class=s1_l>PIT</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>12</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

[Pat]

That's what happens when you play in a division with Maine.

[Carlos]

It's pretty nuts to see teams with 70+ wins on that list.

[Clay]

Niiiiice....

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR class=title2><TD>Farthest Finish Out of First Place
(Top 25 Teams)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE class=sortable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width=935 border=0><THEAD><TR class=headline><TD class=hsc2_l sorttable_columnindex="0">Team</TD><TD class=hsc2 sorttable_columnindex="1">Year</TD><TD class=hsc2 sorttable_columnindex="2">W</TD><TD class=hsc2 sorttable_columnindex="3">L</TD><TD class=hsc2 sorttable_columnindex="4">Pct</TD><TD class=hsc2 sorttable_columnindex="5">Pos</TD><TD class=hsc2 sorttable_columnindex="6">GB</TD></TR></THEAD><TBODY><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>California Wildfire</TD><TD>1981</TD><TD>39</TD><TD>123</TD><TD>24.1</TD><TD>5<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>66</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Pittsburgh Millers</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>48</TD><TD>114</TD><TD>29.6</TD><TD>5<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>59</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Virginia Colonials</TD><TD>1982</TD><TD>51</TD><TD>111</TD><TD>31.5</TD><TD>5<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>59</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>California Wildfire</TD><TD>1980</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>113</TD><TD>30.2</TD><TD>5<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>58</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Philadelphia Freedom</TD><TD>1981</TD><TD>50</TD><TD>112</TD><TD>30.9</TD><TD>5<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>57</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Pawtucket Patriots</TD><TD>1983</TD><TD>47</TD><TD>115</TD><TD>29.0</TD><TD>6<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>56</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>California Wildfire</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>50</TD><TD>112</TD><TD>30.9</TD><TD>5<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>53</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Pawtucket Patriots</TD><TD>1981</TD><TD>56</TD><TD>106</TD><TD>34.6</TD><TD>5<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>53</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Virginia Colonials</TD><TD>1983</TD><TD>57</TD><TD>105</TD><TD>35.2</TD><TD>5<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>52</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Virginia Colonials</TD><TD>1981</TD><TD>59</TD><TD>103</TD><TD>36.4</TD><TD>4<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>48</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Dallas Snappers</TD><TD>1982</TD><TD>53</TD><TD>109</TD><TD>32.7</TD><TD>6<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>47</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Morgantown Mohawks</TD><TD>1988</TD><TD>61</TD><TD>101</TD><TD>37.6</TD><TD>4<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>47</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>California Wildfire</TD><TD>1983</TD><TD>49</TD><TD>113</TD><TD>30.2</TD><TD>5<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>45</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Syracuse Slammers</TD><TD>1981</TD><TD>67</TD><TD>95</TD><TD>41.4</TD><TD>4<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>42</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Hartford Whalers</TD><TD>1985</TD><TD>72</TD><TD>90</TD><TD>44.4</TD><TD>4<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>42</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Pittsburgh Millers</TD><TD>1986</TD><TD>72</TD><TD>90</TD><TD>44.4</TD><TD>4<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>42</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Pittsburgh Millers</TD><TD>1987</TD><TD>54</TD><TD>108</TD><TD>33.3</TD><TD>4<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>41</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Pawtucket Patriots</TD><TD>1984</TD><TD>61</TD><TD>101</TD><TD>37.6</TD><TD>4<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>41</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Pittsburgh Millers</TD><TD>1988</TD><TD>61</TD><TD>101</TD><TD>37.6</TD><TD>4<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>41</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Los Alamos Mayhem</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>63</TD><TD>99</TD><TD>38.9</TD><TD>4<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>40</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Pawtucket Patriots</TD><TD>1986</TD><TD>74</TD><TD>88</TD><TD>45.7</TD><TD>3<SUP>rd</SUP></TD><TD>40</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Morgantown Mohawks</TD><TD>1987</TD><TD>59</TD><TD>103</TD><TD>36.4</TD><TD>4<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>39</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Pawtucket Patriots</TD><TD>1985</TD><TD>75</TD><TD>87</TD><TD>46.3</TD><TD>3<SUP>rd</SUP></TD><TD>39</TD></TR><TR class=s2><TD class=s2_l>Syracuse Slammers</TD><TD>1979</TD><TD>69</TD><TD>93</TD><TD>42.6</TD><TD>4<SUP>th</SUP></TD><TD>38</TD></TR><TR class=s1><TD class=s1_l>Wilmington Wildcats</TD><TD>1987</TD><TD>62</TD><TD>100</TD><TD>38.3</TD><TD>3<SUP>rd</SUP></TD><TD>36</TD></TR><TFOOT></TFOOT></TABLE><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

[Gyrodork]

Stupid Lippincott!

May he rot in OOTP Hell. He screwed me like an angry cell-mate.