Stat of the day

[Pat]

Those stolen base numbers are way off...?

[BradZ]

Most Career Stolen Bases by Batter Weight
(Earliest Occurrence Shown)

<table cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=0 class='sortable' width='800px'><thead><tr class='headline'><td class='hsc2_l'>Weight</td><td class='hsc2_l'>Player</td><td class='hsc2_l'>Team</td><td class='hsc2'>SB</td></tr></thead><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>140-144 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=364'>Rich Parnell</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=5'>SYR</a></td><td>166</td></tr><tr class='s2'><td class='s2_l'>145-149 lbs</td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=1388'>Bobby Mallette</a></td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=90'>MIS</a></td><td>262</td></tr><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>150-154 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=879'>Pat Matteson</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=4'>PIT</a></td><td>91</td></tr><tr class='s2'><td class='s2_l'>155-159 lbs</td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=2883'>Yoshinaka Toiguchi</a></td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=39'>CHI</a></td><td>322</td></tr><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>160-164 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=1788'>Justin Chewning</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=5'>SYR</a></td><td>73</td></tr><tr class='s2'><td class='s2_l'>165-169 lbs</td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=1294'>Florentino Paiz</a></td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=4'>PIT</a></td><td>204</td></tr><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>170-174 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=2983'>John Fehilly</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=15'>WIL</a></td><td>314</td></tr><tr class='s2'><td class='s2_l'>175-179 lbs</td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=179'>Dave Robbins</a></td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=15'>WIL</a></td><td>392</td></tr><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>180-184 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=301'>Lawrence Camper</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=38'>LAM</a></td><td>288</td></tr><tr class='s2'><td class='s2_l'>185-189 lbs</td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=1606'>Gary Lippincott</a></td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=9'>LOS</a></td><td>380</td></tr><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>190-194 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=885'>Dale O'Hegarty</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=13'>VIR</a></td><td>215</td></tr><tr class='s2'><td class='s2_l'>195-199 lbs</td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=1910'>Joe Delarruz</a></td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=15'>WIL</a></td><td>193</td></tr><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>200-204 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=2162'>Feliciano Angeles</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=15'>WIL</a></td><td>341</td></tr><tr class='s2'><td class='s2_l'>205-209 lbs</td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=1370'>Manny Suarez</a></td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=10'>SIN</a></td><td>335</td></tr><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>210-214 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=3130'>Constantino Valentin</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=1'>HAR</a></td><td>118</td></tr><tr class='s2'><td class='s2_l'>215-219 lbs</td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=2979'>Bob Burleson</a></td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=14'>WAS</a></td><td>130</td></tr><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>220-224 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=1293'>Xalbador Medine</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=14'>WAS</a></td><td>165</td></tr><tr class='s2'><td class='s2_l'>225-229 lbs</td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=1387'>Pancho Velastegui</a></td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=38'>LAM</a></td><td>80</td></tr><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>230-234 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=3877'>Gene Sykes</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=4'>PIT</a></td><td>23</td></tr><tr class='s2'><td class='s2_l'>235-239 lbs</td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=3639'>Gene Murphy</a></td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=38'>LAM</a></td><td>47</td></tr><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>240-244 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=1421'>Tim Monk</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=8'>HYU</a></td><td>1</td></tr><tr class='s2'><td class='s2_l'>245-249 lbs</td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=2644'>Shunsen Miyamoto</a></td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=16'>CAL</a></td><td>9</td></tr><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>250-254 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=988'>Dave Hendricks</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=11'>BAL</a></td><td>0</td></tr><tr class='s2'><td class='s2_l'>255-259 lbs</td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=2709'>Gil Melgoza</a></td><td class='s2_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=6'>DAL</a></td><td>2</td></tr><tr class='s1'><td class='s1_l'>260-264 lbs</td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./player.php?player_id=1765'>Ivan Garcia</a></td><td class='s1_l'><a href='./teamHist.php?page=index&team_id=89'>IND</a></td><td>0</td></tr></table>

[Matt]

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="title2"><td>Highest Number Of Runs Scored Relative to League
(Top 25 Teams, SD is number of standard deviations better than league average)

</td></tr> <tr><td> <table style="width: 733px; height: 548px;" class="sortable" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"> <thead><tr class="headline"><td class="hsc2_l">Team</td><td class="hsc2">Year</td><td class="hsc2">R</td><td class="hsc2">Lg R Avg</td><td class="hsc2">Lg R Std</td><td class="hsc2">SD</td></tr></thead> <tbody><tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Maine Guides</td><td>1986</td><td>952</td><td>760.5</td><td>73.5</td><td>2.61</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Wilmington Wildcats</td><td>1985</td><td>867</td><td>687.3</td><td>75.7</td><td>2.37</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Pittsburgh Millers</td><td>1985</td><td>930</td><td>750.2</td><td>75.8</td><td>2.37</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Pittsburgh Millers</td><td>1984</td><td>902</td><td>748.0</td><td>74.4</td><td>2.07</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Maine Guides</td><td>1981</td><td>957</td><td>801.1</td><td>78.6</td><td>1.98</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Wilmington Wildcats</td><td>1982</td><td>779</td><td>642.7</td><td>73.1</td><td>1.86</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Sin City Gamblers</td><td>1982</td><td>924</td><td>810.8</td><td>62.7</td><td>1.81</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Wilmington Wildcats</td><td>1984</td><td>813</td><td>700.8</td><td>64.7</td><td>1.73</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Baltimore Bulldogs</td><td>1978</td><td>744</td><td>648.8</td><td>58.6</td><td>1.62</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Baltimore Bulldogs</td><td>1979</td><td>787</td><td>654.7</td><td>82.8</td><td>1.60</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Hyundai Dinos</td><td>1983</td><td>883</td><td>761.6</td><td>77.0</td><td>1.58</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Maine Guides</td><td>1979</td><td>965</td><td>817.8</td><td>94.1</td><td>1.57</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Wilmington Wildcats</td><td>1986</td><td>730</td><td>651.8</td><td>51.0</td><td>1.54</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Dallas Snappers</td><td>1986</td><td>871</td><td>760.5</td><td>73.5</td><td>1.50</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Washington Bats</td><td>1987</td><td>759</td><td>676.2</td><td>56.1</td><td>1.48</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Maine Guides</td><td>1985</td><td>860</td><td>750.2</td><td>75.8</td><td>1.45</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Davenport Brawlers</td><td>1983</td><td>832</td><td>704.6</td><td>90.3</td><td>1.41</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Hyundai Dinos</td><td>1979</td><td>950</td><td>817.8</td><td>94.1</td><td>1.41</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Sin City Gamblers</td><td>1983</td><td>868</td><td>761.6</td><td>77.0</td><td>1.38</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Washington Bats</td><td>1983</td><td>827</td><td>704.6</td><td>90.3</td><td>1.36</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Davenport Brawlers</td><td>1987</td><td>749</td><td>676.2</td><td>56.1</td><td>1.30</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Los Lunas Javelinas</td><td>1980</td><td>869</td><td>789.7</td><td>61.7</td><td>1.29</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Maine Guides</td><td>1983</td><td>860</td><td>761.6</td><td>77.0</td><td>1.28</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Windy City Playboys</td><td>1978</td><td>722</td><td>648.8</td><td>58.6</td><td>1.25</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Washington Bats</td><td>1982</td><td>734</td><td>642.7</td><td>73.1</td><td>1.25</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

[Carlos]

But what if he's solely responsible for a lot of Ks?

I think the assumption is a player like that wouldn't be around for long to make the minimum plate appearances required.

It's also not the most important stat, but it's good to know if you're trying to find out how lucky or unlucky a particular player is.

A quick run-through of the MLB list shows a lot of low average, high power guys. Not all of them, but a good number. Thing is, all of those guys are known for their consistent production.

When you produce so man true outcome outs, statistics don't fluctuate as much.

[Andrew]

Today's:

Most Innings Without a Decision
(Top 25 Players) <table style="width: 593px; height: 418px;" class="sortable" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><thead><tr class="headline"><td class="hsc2_l">Player</td><td class="hsc2_l">Team</td><td class="hsc2">Year</td><td class="hsc2">IP</td></tr></thead> <tbody><tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Ted Alger</td><td class="s1_l">PAW</td><td>1979</td><td>59.3</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Joe Mancha</td><td class="s2_l">LAM</td><td>1988</td><td>57.3</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Pedro Lopez</td><td class="s1_l">HYU</td><td>1978</td><td>57.0</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Cody Carter</td><td class="s2_l">CAL</td><td>1983</td><td>54.0</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Yasushi Fukumoto</td><td class="s1_l">PAW</td><td>1985</td><td>46.0</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Eric Wilson</td><td class="s2_l">SYR</td><td>1982</td><td>46.0</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Raymond Macauley</td><td class="s1_l">IND</td><td>1984</td><td>44.0</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Toby Troup</td><td class="s2_l">PIT</td><td>1982</td><td>42.0</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Ken Ketcham</td><td class="s1_l">DEN</td><td>1980</td><td>41.7</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Bob Mears</td><td class="s2_l">CHI</td><td>1983</td><td>40.3</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Greg Raymond</td><td class="s1_l">SIN</td><td>1988</td><td>40.3</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Bobby Minnich</td><td class="s2_l">WAS</td><td>1979</td><td>38.7</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Rodas Granada</td><td class="s1_l">DEN</td><td>1983</td><td>38.3</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Sam Teske</td><td class="s2_l">MOR</td><td>1986</td><td>37.7</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Leon Gilbreath</td><td class="s1_l">MIS</td><td>1982</td><td>36.3</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Dusty Duncan</td><td class="s2_l">HAR</td><td>1985</td><td>36.0</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Ted Alger</td><td class="s1_l">PAW</td><td>1981</td><td>34.3</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Cesario Terrones</td><td class="s2_l">VIR</td><td>1984</td><td>33.3</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Ted Alger</td><td class="s1_l">PAW</td><td>1978</td><td>33.3</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Clint Vanstone</td><td class="s2_l">LOS</td><td>1986</td><td>32.0</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Mark Pettiford</td><td class="s1_l">BAL</td><td>1988</td><td>30.7</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Mario Contrades</td><td class="s2_l">VIR</td><td>1984</td><td>29.7</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Raymond Macauley</td><td class="s1_l">IND</td><td>1986</td><td>29.3</td></tr> <tr class="s2"><td class="s2_l">Joe Fuerte</td><td class="s2_l">HAR</td><td>1980</td><td>29.3</td></tr> <tr class="s1"><td class="s1_l">Pat Lyons</td><td class="s1_l">CHI</td><td>1988</td><td>28.7</td></tr></tbody></table>

[Andrew]

Can someone tell me how you post the stat of the day in the forum thread?

Just copy and paste. If you're trying to do it on your leagues forums you need to have HTML enabled.

[spot]

Can someone tell me how you post the stat of the day in the forum thread?

[Jake]

But what if he's solely responsible for a lot of Ks?

[Carlos]

In basic terms, just think of it this way:

What is the percentage in which Player A is solely responsible for the result of his at-bat?

We already know that BABIP can vary from year-to-year. Lots of variables when the ball is put in play. But, when a guy hits a homerun, it's a homerun. Nothing changes that. When a guy takes ball four or swings at strike three, it's a walk or strike out, respectively. Nothing changes that.

So, these guys at the top of the list are the guys with the greatest likelihood of controlling their results.

[Jake]

Maybe I'm still missing something but my problem with TTO at my low level of understanding is that it's not weighted or doesn't differentiate between Ks vs BB vs HRs. A guy with 700 Ks, 100 HRs, and 150 walks with similar ABs to a guy with 300 HRs, 250 walks, and 400 Ks will have the same %.

I dunno. I guess dudes who care about it look at this stat and when satisfied, then use other sabermetrics to tell the story.

[Carlos]

edit:

It just hit me why this is important. Ok, I like it.

[Jistic]

And the juice was flowin!

[Clay]

Not only Deer... but Tettleton and Inky too. All 3 of those guys were on the Tigers at the same time. '91 season... easily the year I went to more games than any other. Man I saw some legendary swings and misses that summer.

[Jistic]

Ok...well at least it makes some sense to me now.

And it just hit me why you love this stat so much Clay with the legendary Rob Deer at the top of the list.

[Clay]

I guess I'm not smart enough to understand why this matters.

I believe that the "believers" in TTO say it's important because it's the only three events that do not involve the Defensive Team and therefore remove one of the most difficult factors to track.

Why is it important.... well... yeah.