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Manny Ramirez: .615/.615/1.154

Jason Bay: .364/.533/.818

Andy LaRoche: .182/.250/.455

Just call Ned Chris Ferguson, because everything's coming up aces.

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What a hacker

no walks. With Kent behind him no less.

by ToyCannon on Aug 4, 2008 9:50 AM PDT   0 recs

Hi Reg,

Love your work, new poster. Want to draw your attention to a couple good posts/questions for you on Dodger Thoughts, posts #934 and 944.

On the latter, 0.68 run per single is a pretty high number. I am not math whiz. Firstly, the number must be different for NL vs AL given the DH? Secondly, if we were to look back to the last 1/3/5 years, what are the total # of runs scored in the NL and how does this compare with the total hits + errors + walks? We could of course get more sophisticated here eg subtracting single-run homers from both run and hit total. But I would be surprised to see 0.68 run, even for each hit + error + walk. Am I totally wrong here?

Your fan,
Hubestar

by hubestar on Aug 4, 2008 11:16 AM PDT   0 recs

All this is true, but I’m not smart enough to figure out linear weights numbers myself, so I just have to go with the published league wide numbers.

The .68 number comes from not what a single is worth, but the difference between a single and a fly out.

Co-Author Of The Fourth Most Popular NL West Based Blog On SBN

by Andrew on Aug 4, 2008 2:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It’s Andrew by the way, I’m only reg elsewhere on the internet.

Co-Author Of The Fourth Most Popular NL West Based Blog On SBN

by Andrew on Aug 4, 2008 2:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks Andrew. This is a fascinating topic where I need to do more reading.

by hubestar on Aug 4, 2008 4:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sorry. References to posts #934 and 944 on my last post are for posts in thread titled ‘Four on the Floor’ on Dodger Thoughts.

by hubestar on Aug 4, 2008 11:18 AM PDT   0 recs

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