From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) Subject: Re: Notes on Jays vs. Indians Series Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization Distribution: na Lines: 38 In article <1993Apr13.221704.4291@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes: >In article rudy@netcom.com (Rudy Wade) writes: >>In article <1993Apr13.195301.22652@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu) writes: >>>Guess which line is which: >>> BA OBP SLG AB H 2B 3B HR BB >>>X .310 .405 .427 571 177 27 8 8 87 >>>Y .312 .354 .455 657 205 32 1 20 35 >> >>>The walks should give it away. OBP's, in general, somewhat more valuable than >>>slugging, and Alomar's edge in OBP was quite a bit larger than Baerga's edge >>>in slugging. >> >>I'm no SDCN, but what's more valuable: >> >>28 hits w/5 more doubles, 12 more HRs OR >>7 more triples and 52 BBs? (Let's not forget the 39 extra SBs. How many CS?) > >Alomar had 9 CS. Baerga had 2. > >Don't forget the 59 more outs Baerga had (his GIDP balances out his CS, and >he had one more sacrifice than Alomar). A replacement level second baseman >could have had 17 hits, 5 walks, and a couple of XBH for the additional >outs Baerga had. A triple is little different than a home run. We're talking >exchanging almost 60 walks for six or seven home runs and four doubles. I >would say the almost-60 walks are more valuable. Also, Alomar got a FAR greater boost from his home park than Baerga did from his. And "six or seven home runs"? Hmm. So, if you wanted to pick a second baseman to play in Toronto, you'd take Alomar. Anywhere else, and you'd probably take Baerga. Mike -- Disclaimer - These opiini^H^H damn! ^H^H ^Q ^[ .... :w :q :wq :wq! ^d ^X ^? exit X Q ^C ^? :quitbye CtrlAltDel ~~q :~q logout save/quit :!QUIT ^[zz ^[ZZZZZZ ^vi man vi ^@ ^L ^[c ^# ^E ^X ^I ^T ? help helpquit ^D ^d !! man help ^C ^c :e! help exit ?Quit ?q CtrlShftDel "Hey, what does Stop L1A d..."