Let us begin now
the long and arduous process of explaining how Win Shares and Loss Shares are
calculated for fielders. We will begin behind the mask.
As an overview,
the way that Win Shares and Loss Shares are assigned to fielders is this:
a) Each player is
assigned an area of defensive responsibility.
b) Each player is
assigned credit for defensive Win Shares.
c) The area of
defensive responsibility beyond the Win Shares is Loss Shares.
We explained (a)
earlier. Today we start on (b), and we will start with catchers.
An overview of the
catcher’s process. The catcher’s defensive win shares are:
a) the team’s
defensive area of responsibility,
b) times .154,
c) times a number
close to the team’s defensive winning percentage,
d) modified by
seven other factors.
The seven other
factors are:
1. The team’s
strikeouts,
2. The team’s
walks,
3. The catcher’s
errors,
4. The catcher’s
assists,
5. The catcher’s
passed balls,
6. The catcher’s
stolen bases allowed (where data is available), and
7. The catcher’s
runners thrown out (where data is available).
To illustrate the
process, I’ll run data for three catchers—Rick Ferrell, Mike Scioscia, and Don
Slaught, and to start with we’ll look at the data for the season in which each
player had the most plate appearances—Rick Ferrell in 1935, Mike Scioscia in
1985, Don Slaught in 1984. We’ll begin by putting on record their offensive
win and loss shares:
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>YEAR
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Team
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Age
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>G
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HR
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RBI
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BB
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SO
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AVG
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SLG
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OBA
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OPS
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>B WS
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>B LS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1929
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Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>23
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>64
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>20
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.229
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.285
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.373
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.658
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1930
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>24
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>101
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>41
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>46
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.268
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.360
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.363
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.723
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1931
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>25
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>117
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>57
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>56
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.306
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.427
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.394
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.821
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1932
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>26
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>126
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>65
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>66
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>18
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.315
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.420
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.406
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.826
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1933
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>27
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>22
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.250
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.319
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.357
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.677
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='width:459.75pt;margin-left:4.65pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1933
|
Red Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>27
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>118
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>72
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>58
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>19
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.297
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.382
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.385
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.767
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>140
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>77
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>70
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>23
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.290
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.373
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.381
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.754
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1934
|
Red Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>28
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>132
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>48
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>66
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>20
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.297
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.389
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.390
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.779
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1935
|
Red
Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>133
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>61
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>65
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.301
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.413
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.388
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.801
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1936
|
Red Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>30
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>121
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>55
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>65
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>17
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.312
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.461
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.406
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.867
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1937
|
Red Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>31
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>18
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.308
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.385
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.438
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.822
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1937
|
Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>31
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>86
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>50
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>18
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.229
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.262
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.348
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.610
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>104
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>36
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>65
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>22
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.244
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.285
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.366
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.651
|
|
|
style='width:459.75pt;margin-left:4.65pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1938
|
Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>135
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>58
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>75
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>17
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.292
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.382
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.401
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.783
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1939
|
Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>33
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>87
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>31
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>41
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.281
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.336
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.377
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.712
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1940
|
Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>34
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>103
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>28
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>47
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.273
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.340
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.365
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.705
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1941
|
Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>35
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>21
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.273
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.348
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.407
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.756
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1941
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>35
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>100
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>23
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>52
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>22
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.252
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.333
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.357
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.690
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>121
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>36
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>67
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>26
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.256
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.336
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.366
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.702
|
|
|
style='width:459.75pt;margin-left:4.65pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1942
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>36
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>99
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>26
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>33
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.223
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.253
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.307
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.560
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1943
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>37
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>74
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>20
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>34
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>14
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.239
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.273
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.348
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.621
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1944
|
Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>99
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>25
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>46
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.277
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.316
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.364
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.679
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1945
|
Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>39
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>91
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>43
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.266
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.325
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.366
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.691
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1947
|
Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>41
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>37
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>14
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.303
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.414
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.389
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.804
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
Rick Ferrell in
1935 had an offensive won-lost record of 10-10. His career wins and losses,
as a hitter, were 126-128. Mike Scioscia:
style='width:459.75pt;margin-left:4.65pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>YEAR
|
Team
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Age
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>G
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HR
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RBI
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BB
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SO
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AVG
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SLG
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OBA
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OPS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>B WS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>B LS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1980
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>21
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>54
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.254
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.328
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.313
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.641
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1981
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>22
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>93
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>36
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>18
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.276
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.331
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.353
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.685
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1982
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>23
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>129
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>44
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>31
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.219
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.296
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.302
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.598
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1983
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>24
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.314
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.486
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.400
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.886
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1984
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>25
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>114
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>52
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>26
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.273
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.370
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.367
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.736
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1985
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>26
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>141
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>53
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>77
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>21
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.296
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.420
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.407
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.826
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>16
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='width:459.75pt;margin-left:4.65pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1986
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>27
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>122
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>26
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>62
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>23
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.251
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.345
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.359
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.704
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1987
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>28
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>142
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>55
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>23
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.265
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.364
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.343
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.707
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1988
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>130
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>35
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>31
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.257
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.324
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.318
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.642
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1989
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>30
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>133
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>44
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>52
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.250
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.363
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.338
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.701
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1990
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>31
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>135
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>66
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>55
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>31
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.264
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.405
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.348
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.753
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1991
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>119
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>40
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>47
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.264
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.391
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.353
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.745
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1992
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>33
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>117
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>24
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>31
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.221
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.282
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.286
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.568
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
Scioscia’s career won-lost
record as a hitter was 102-89. Scioscia in 1985 and Ferrell in 1935 have very
similar offensive statistics—similar batting averages, on base percentages, and
slugging percentages:
style='width:459.75pt;margin-left:4.65pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>YEAR
|
Team
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Age
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>G
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HR
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RBI
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BB
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SO
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AVG
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SLG
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OBA
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OPS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>B WS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>B LS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1935
|
Red Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>133
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>61
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>65
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.301
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.413
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.388
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.801
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1985
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>26
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>141
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>53
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>77
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>21
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.296
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.420
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.407
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.826
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>16
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
Each player created
77 runs. The difference is this. Rick Ferrell was playing in a league with a
4.46 ERA, and in one of the best hitter’s parks in the league, park run factor
of 117. Scioscia was playing in a league with an ERA of 3.59, and in the best
pitcher’s park in baseball, park run factor of 82. It took a lot more runs to
win a game in Fenway Park in 1935 than it did in Dodger Stadium in
1985—therefore, creating the same number of runs, Scioscia created many more
wins. And Don Slaught:
style='width:468.75pt;margin-left:4.65pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>YEAR
|
Team
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Age
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>G
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HR
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RBI
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BB
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SO
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AVG
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SLG
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OBA
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OPS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>B WS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>B LS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1982
|
Royals
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>23
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>43
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.278
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.409
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.331
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.739
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1983
|
Royals
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>24
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>83
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>28
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>27
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.312
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.388
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.336
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.723
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1984
|
Royals
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>25
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>124
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>42
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>20
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>55
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.264
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.379
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.297
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.676
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='width:468.75pt;margin-left:4.65pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1985
|
Rangers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>26
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>102
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>35
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>20
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>41
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.280
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.423
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.331
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.753
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1986
|
Rangers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>27
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>95
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>46
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>16
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>59
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.264
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.449
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.308
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.757
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1987
|
Rangers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>28
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>95
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>16
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>24
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>51
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.224
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.405
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.298
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.703
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1988
|
Yankees
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>97
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>43
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>24
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>54
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.283
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.450
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.334
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.785
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1989
|
Yankees
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>30
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>117
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>30
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>57
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.251
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.371
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.315
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.687
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='width:468.75pt;margin-left:4.65pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1990
|
Pirates
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>31
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>84
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>27
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>27
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.300
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.457
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.375
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.832
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1991
|
Pirates
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>77
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>21
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.295
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.395
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.363
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.759
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1992
|
Pirates
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>33
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>87
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>37
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>17
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>23
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.345
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.482
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.384
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.866
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1993
|
Pirates
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>34
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>116
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>55
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>56
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.300
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.440
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.356
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.796
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1994
|
Pirates
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>35
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>76
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>21
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>34
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>31
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.288
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.342
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.381
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.723
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1995
|
Pirates
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>36
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>35
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
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|
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|
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|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.361
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.718
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1996
|
Angels
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>37
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>62
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1996
|
White Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>37
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>14
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>76
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1997
|
Padres
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
Slaught was a good-hitting
catcher, too, and for his career his offensive winning percentage is better
than Ferrell’s and not too different from Scioscia’s. His career batting wins
and losses were 92-83. He just didn’t really have a good year with the bat in
1984.
Like all decent
and God-fearing people, I was appalled when Rick Ferrell was elected to the
Hall of Fame in 1984. It’s not that Rick Ferrell wasn’t a good player; it is
that he so clearly was not a great player. Probably even the committee that
elected him did not imagine that he was a great player. It is generally
thought that, of the 12 voters who voted for Rick Ferrell for the Hall of Fame
in 1984, at least 11 assumed they would be the only person to vote for him, and
they were just doing a favor for good ole’ Rick. But this is the nature of the
Hall of Fame voting process. If the horse gets out of the barn, he’s gone for
good.
Anyway, Rick
Ferrell actually had more plate appearances in 1933 than in 1935, but that was
split between two teams, which complicates the process, so we’ll skip that.
The defensive “area of responsibility”
assigned to these three players is:
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Rick Ferrell, 1935
|
8.11
|
Mike Scioscia, 1985
|
6.69
|
Don Slaught, 1984
|
6.26
|
Rick Ferrell in 1935
will have 8.11 Defensive Win Shares and Loss Shares. How that is derived was
explained in an earlier article.
To figure how many
of those will be wins, we start with the Defensive Win Shares and Loss Shares
for these players’ teams, which are:
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Rick Ferrell, 1935
|
Red Sox
|
86.02
|
Mike Scioscia, 1985
|
Dodgers
|
77.23
|
Don Slaught, 1984
|
Royals
|
77.30
|
Again, the
derivation of this figure was explained in an earlier article. . ..search
“38.8”. This figure we multiply by .154, as 15.4% of the responsibility for
any team’s defensive success (or failure) is attributed to the catcher:
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Rick Ferrell, 1935
|
Red Sox
|
86.02 * .154 = 13.25
|
Mike Scioscia, 1985
|
Dodgers
|
77.23 * .154 = 11.89
|
Don Slaught, 1984
|
Royals
|
77.30 * .154 = 11.90
|
This we multiply
by a figure based on the team’s defensive winning percentage. The 1935 Red Sox
have a defensive won-lost record, including pitching, of 152-80. They
had extremely good pitching, led by Lefty Grove and Wes Ferrell. The 152-80
record (232 Win Shares and Loss Shares) is including pitching; the 86.02 defensive
Win Shares and Loss Shares is NOT including pitching.
Anyway, we modify
this figure by adding in 25 wins and 25 losses, making it read of 177-105.
This creates a Defensive Winning Percentage, for the 1935 Red Sox, of .629.
The parallel figure for the 1985 Dodgers is .529, and for the 1984 Royals,
.547:
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Rick Ferrell, 1935
|
Red Sox
|
13.25 * .629 = 8.33
|
Mike Scioscia, 1985
|
Dodgers
|
11.89 * .529 = 6.29
|
Don Slaught, 1984
|
Royals
|
11.90 * .547 = 6.51
|
What we are doing
here is creating a presumption, absent other evidence, that a good
defensive team has a good defensive catcher. One of the central problems of
fielding analysis is that all teams look very much alike in the fielding
statistics. Good defensive teams and bad defensive teams, in the fielding
stats, have very much the same kind of numbers, because of the circular design
of fielding stats, which require that every team, good or bad, must eventually
record three outs in every inning. What we’re doing here is counter-acting
that circular assumption by building in a different starting point for the
evaluation of the fielder—a starting point that matches the known and actual
end point (the success of the team being the end point.) We add in the 25
wins and 25 losses before making the calculation as a kind of “leavening”,
pushing the defensive winning percentages of the team back toward .500, upon
the assumption that the analysis of the individual fielders will push them back
out away from .500.
Anyway, the “8.33”
above is not actually the starting-point figure for Rick Ferrell, but the
starting-point figure for all the catchers on the 1935 Boston Red Sox. This
figure we multiply by the percentage of the team’s innings that this player
caught. We don’t know how many innings Ferrell actually caught, but we know
that the catchers for the 1935 Boston Red Sox among them had 626 putouts, 94
assists and 14 errors, and the team played 1376 innings in the field. Ferrell
had 520 putouts, 79 assists and 1 error. We can estimate, based on this, that
Ferrell probably caught about 1,143 innings. For Scioscia and Slaught, due to
the godsend of Retrosheet, we have actual data:
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Rick Ferrell, 1935
|
Red Sox
|
8.33 * 1143 / 1376 = 6.92
|
Mike Scioscia, 1985
|
Dodgers
|
6.29 * 1151 / 1465 = 4.94
|
Don Slaught, 1984
|
Royals
|
6.51 * 1009 / 1444 = 4.55
|
These, then, are
the starting points for these three catchers—6.92 Win Shares for Ferrell, 4.94
for Scioscia, 4.55 for Slaught.
The first thing we
adjust for, from there, is the teams’ strikeouts by pitchers. If the team’s
pitchers strike out a lot of hitters, we give some minute fraction of the
credit for this to the catchers. The 1935 Red Sox pitchers struck out 470
batters, which was 23 below the league average, which becomes -27 if you adjust
for innings pitched. Ferrell caught about 83% of the team’s innings, so he
gets about 83% of these. ..if you watch the decimals it works out to -22.41 for
Ferrell, +66.10 for Scioscia, and -69.80 for Slaught.
For each 1000
strikeouts that the catcher is above or below the league norm, we credit him
with 1.00 extra win shares as a fielder:
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Rick Ferrell, 1935
|
6.92 - .02241 = 6.90
|
Mike Scioscia, 1985
|
4.94 + .06610 = 5.01
|
Don Slaught, 1984
|
4.55 - .06980 = 4.48
|
Then we do the
same with walks. For each 500 walks that the team is below the league
average, we credit the catcher with 1.00 additional fielding win shares. All
three of these catchers worked for teams that had relatively good control, and
thus all three of these catchers will be helped by this adjustment. We figure
that, in his innings, Ferrell’s pitchers were about 45.43 walks better than
average, Scioscia’s were 58.74 better, and Slaught’s were 56.20 better. We
credit the catcher with one additional fielding win share for each 500 walks:
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Rick Ferrell, 1935
|
6.90 + .0909 = 6.99
|
Mike Scioscia, 1985
|
5.01 + .1175 = 5.12 (rounding)
|
Don Slaught, 1984
|
4.48 + .1124 = 4.59
|
We count hit
batsmen the same as walks.
These are very
small credits; those things don’t really change the evaluations very much.
The first thing that does change things, sometimes, is errors.
First of all, we
figure the league non-strikeout error percentage for catchers. The
error percentage is the complement of the fielding percentage. If the
fielding percentage is .990, the error percentage is .010; if the fielding
percentage is .880, the error percentage is .120.
Before we figure
the league fielding percentage for catchers, however, we take out the
strikeouts. Official fielding statistics somewhat mystifyingly credit a
catcher with a putout whenever there is a strikeout. The overwhelming
majority of catcher’s putouts are strikeouts, and there are very few errors
that occur on those plays, so that’s really a misleading inclusion. “PO NK”
is catcher’s putouts, not including strikeouts. In the American League in 1935
there were 1,131 PO NK, 729 catcher’s assists, and 97 catcher’s errors. This
makes a non-strikeout error percentage of .050 (actually, .04957.)
Using that number,
we calculate the “expected errors” for each catcher, also removing his
pitcher’s (estimated) strikeouts from his record. Rick Ferrell in 1935 had
520 putouts, of which we estimate that 390 were strikeouts and 130 were
something else. (Catchers in that era had many, many more putouts that were
not strikeouts than they have now.) Given 130 PO NK, 79 assists and 13
errors, he had 222 plays not involving a strikeout. With an expected error
rate of .04957, that makes 10.98 expected errors.
He actually had 13
errors, so that’s 2.02 more errors than expected. For each 16 errors above
expectation, the catcher loses one win share; an error is thus 31 times more
powerful in this system than a walk, and 62 times more powerful than a
strikeout, because we assume that strikeouts and walks are basically the work
of the pitcher, and only to some small extent a reflection on the work of the
catcher. Anyway, Scioscia and Slaught also had relative poor years in terms
of making errors. Scioscia also made 13 errors (+2.08), and Slaught made 11 (+2.71).
This lowers our defensive evaluations for all three players:
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Rick Ferrell, 1935
|
6.99 - .126 = 6.86
|
Mike Scioscia, 1985
|
5.12 - .130 = 4.99
|
Don Slaught, 1984
|
4.59 - .169 = 4.42
|
Back at the
beginning of this, I gave you this overview:
The catcher’s
defensive win shares are:
a) the team’s
defensive area of responsibility,
b) times .154,
c) times a number
close to the team’s defensive winning percentage,
d) modified by
seven other factors.
The seven other
factors are:
1. The team’s
strikeouts,
2. The team’s
walks,
3. The catcher’s
errors,
4. The catcher’s
assists,
5. The catcher’s
passed balls,
6. The catcher’s
stolen bases allowed (where data is available), and
7. The catcher’s
runners thrown out (where data is available).
We have moved past
point “3” there. We still have to deal with the catcher’s assists, passed
balls, and the stolen base data.
In modern
baseball, catcher’s assists result primarily from stolen base attempts.
Historically, this was much less true. In the past there were many more bunt
attempts, often fielded by the catcher, and there were also many more balls
that were chopped in front of the plate and died there. Batters used heavier
bats that generated less bat speed, and the grass was higher, and one result of
those things was that catchers had to make more plays.
An unfortunate
circumstance here is that catcher’s assists are inversely correlated to wins.
Catchers on bad teams have more assists than catchers on good teams do—and it
is not a trivial difference. Here, let me check a decade for illustration. .
..from 1950 through 1960 there were 38 teams that had winning percentages of
.580 or better. The catchers on those teams averaged 76 assists. There were
also 38 teams that had winning percentages of .420 or worse. The catchers on
those teams averaged 84 assists.
Now, let me ask
you: who had better catchers, the bad teams or the good teams? The good
teams, of course. So getting these things back to EQUAL doesn’t solve our
problem. Getting them back to equal assumes that the bad teams were as good
as the good teams. We don’t want them to be equal; we want the good teams to
come out ahead.
To do that, I
invented a new category: Wins + Catchers’ assists. In the 1950-1960 example,
the good teams averaged 95 wins and 76 assists, so they’re at 171. The bad
teams averaged 58 wins and 84 assists, so they’re at 142. We don’t KNOW how
much better the catchers on the good teams are than the catchers on the bad
teams, but we can very safely assume that they are better. 171-142 is a
reasonable and modest ratio. We’ll call it W + CA. . ..Wins + Catcher’s
Assists.
In the American
League in 1935 there were 1335 W + CA (606 wins, 729 catcher’s assists). The
Red Sox’ share of the league innings pitched was .1261 (1376 / 10914). The
Red Sox thus have an expectation of 168 W + CA (1335 * .1261). Their actual
total is 172—four above expectation. Rick Ferrell catches 83% of the team’s
innings, so he gets 83% of the credit for that. He’s now—saving a few extra
decimals—3.1 assists above expectations. Scioscia is 18.9 assists above
expectation—a very large number for this category—and Slaught is 5.6 assists
UNDER expectation.
For each 40
assists above or below expectation, the player receives one Win Share. This
makes the numbers for these players as follows:
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Rick Ferrell, 1935
|
6.86 + .078 = 6.94
|
Mike Scioscia, 1985
|
4.99 + .472 = 5.47 (rounding)
|
Don Slaught, 1984
|
4.42 - .140 = 4.28
|
That sounded
awfully complicated, so let me try to simplify it a little bit. What we’re
asking is, “Did this catcher have more assists than you would expect him to
have, based on the league, the won-lost record of his team, and the number of
innings he caught? The rest of this business was asked and answered in the
pursuit of that question.
Moving on now to passed
balls. This one couldn’t be any more simple.
Take the league
passed balls.
Divide by the
league innings pitched.
Multiply by the
catcher’s innings caught.
That’s the
player’s expected passed balls. For each 200 passed balls that the player is
better than the league average, credit him with one win share.
We’re basically
ignoring passed balls—not quite, but pretty much. We’re putting such a low
weight on them that they don’t do much. The reason for this is the knuckle
ball problem. The catchers who are best at catching a difficult pitch get
assigned to catch the toughest pitchers, thus wind up with the most passed
balls, which is backward. It makes the data unreliable, so we give it an extremely
low weight.
Rick Ferrell in
1935 had 8 passed balls against an expectation of 8.06, so that would give him.
. .let’s see, +.06 divided by 200, I guess that’s +.0003. Scioscia had 5
passed balls versus and expectation of 10.87, so that +.029. Slaught had 2
passed balls versus and expectation of 7.36, so that’s +.027. This makes the
new estimates:
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Rick Ferrell, 1935
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6.94 + .0003 = 6.94
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Mike Scioscia, 1985
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5.47 + .029 = 5.50
|
Don Slaught, 1984
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4.28 + .027 = 4/31
|
Both Slaught and
Ferrell later had intense knuckle ball experiences, so they’ll be happy we’re
not putting much weight on that.
OK, that leaves us
runners thrown out stealing. This is a really, really complicated process, and
if I try to explain every widget here we’ll be here forever, so I may rush
through some of this a little quickly. . .I’ll do my best to make it clear.
We begin with each
team’s Estimated Runners on First Base. The formula for estimated runners on
first base is:
Hits allowed minus Home Runs
Allowed, times .781
(assuming that 78.1% of
non-home runs are singles)
Plus walks allowed
Plus hit batsmen
Minus Wild Pitches
Minus Balks
Minus Passed Balls
Later on, in
figuring Fielding Wins and Losses for players at other positions, we will use a
different version of Estimated Runners on First Base which also removes stolen
bases and caught stealing. At the moment, however, we still have stolen bases
and caught stealing in the data.
So we divide the
team’s estimated runners on first base by the league’s estimated runners on
first base, and we multiply this by the league stolen bases allowed. For the
Boston Red Sox in 1935, this is 1537/12398 times 480. It works out to 60.
The American League in 1935 had 480 stolen bases with 8 teams; we expect the
Red Sox to allow one-eighth of them, which is 60. It doesn’t always work out
that evenly, but it’s usually close.
The problem,
again, is that bad teams allow more stolen bases than good teams do. Part of
the problem is that they have more runners on base—but most of it isn’t. Most
of the problem is that good teams are usually ahead, and bad teams are usually
behind. You run more when you’re ahead than you do when you’re behind,
therefore good teams allow fewer stolen bases attempts than bad teams.
So we have to
adjust the data, again, for that. We multiply the figure above by
Games Played plus Losses
Divided by
1.5 times games played
This creates a
figure which is less than 1.000 for a good team, and greater than 1.000 for a
bad team.
In this case, we’re
actually giving a break to the catcher on the BAD team. It’s the catcher on
the bad team who is helped by this adjustment. He allows more stolen bases,
but he is expected to allow more stolen bases. In any case, the 1935 Boston
Red Sox played 154 games and had 75 losses, so this ratio for them is 229/231.
We multiply their expected stolen bases allowed—60—by 229/231. That makes
59. We expect them to allow 59 stolen bases.
The Red Sox in
1935 actually allowed 49 stolen bases—10 less than expected. For each 40
bases that they allow above or below expectation, we credit (or debit) them
with one Win Share. Ten stolen bases below expectation is +0.25 Win Shares,
for the team’s catchers.
The bigger thing,
however, is how many runners they throw out. The formula here is different if
we have stolen base data for the catcher, or if we don’t. If we DON’T have
stolen base data for the catcher, but we do have it for the team, the process
is:
1) Find the
league percentage of base stealers that were thrown out,
2) Multiply that
by the number of stolen base attempts against the team,
3) Subtract that
from the number of runners thrown out by the team,
4) Multiply that
by the percentage of the team’s innings the catcher worked, and
5) Credit the catcher
with one Win Share for each 20 runners thrown out.
In the American
League in 1935, 329 of 809 base stealers were thrown out, or 41%.
The Boston Red Sox
had 104 stolen base attempts against them, so they could have expected to have
42 runners caught stealing.
They actually had
55 runners caught stealing, which makes them +13.
For the Boston
team in 1935, the data is actually +10.12 in stolen bases allowed, and +12.71
for runners caught stealing. It’s really positive data. If you divide the
first number by 40 and the second by 20 and add them together, you get +0.89.
Rick Ferrell
caught 83% of the team’s innings, so he gets 83% of that. It comes out to
+0.74 Win Shares—a big item, but then, cutting off the running game is a big
item for a catcher. It’s what he is supposed to do.
For a catcher who
has individual stolen base data, the first part of that is the same, but the
second part is different. For Scioscia in 1984, the stolen bases allowed vs.
expectation—based on the team data—is
League Stolen Bases Allowed (1636)
Times Los Angeles Estimated Runners
on First Base (1344)
Divided by league Estimated Runners
on First Base (17747)
This equals 124
Multiplied by Dodger Games + Losses
(229)
Divided by 1.5 times Dodger Games
(243)
This equals 117, actually 116.76
The Dodgers in 1985 are expected to allow 117
stolen bases.
Subtract their actual stolen bases allowed (99)
Divide by 40
This equals .44.
Scioscia caught 78.6%
of the Dodgers’ innings, so he gets 78.6% of that, which is .35. Scioscia
gets 0.35 Win Shares for the fact that the Dodgers in 1985 allowed fewer stolen
bases than expected.
However, he also gets
credit for runners caught stealing, and this is based on his INDIVIDUAL data,
without respect to the team.
Take the league throw-out percentage (716/2352)
Multiply that by the number of stolen base
attempts against Scioscia (121)
And you have the number of runners that he is
expected to throw out (36.84).
Subtract that from the number he actually did
throw out (43)
That makes 6.16
Divide by 20
And that’s .31. Add
those two together--.35 and .31—and that’s Scioscia’s credit for base stealing,
+.66.
For Don Slaught, 1984:
League Stolen Bases Allowed (1304)
Times KC Estimated Runners on First
Base (1425)
Divided by league Estimated Runners
on First Base (21149)
This equals 88
Multiplied by Royal Games + Losses
(240)
Divided by 1.5 times Royal Games
(243)
This equals 87, actually 86.78
The Royals in 1984 are expected to allow 87
stolen bases.
Subtract their actual stolen bases allowed (94)
Divide by 40
This equals negative .18.
Slaught caught 69.9% of
Kansas City’s innings, so he gets 69.9% of that, which is negative .13.
Slaught loses 0.13 Win Shares for the fact that Kansas City in 1984 allowed
more stolen bases than expected.
However, he also gets
credit for runners caught stealing, and this is based on his INDIVIDUAL data,
without respect to the team.
Take the league throw-out percentage (738/2042)
Multiply that by the number of stolen base
attempts against Slaught (103)
And you have the number of runners that he is
expected to throw out (37.23).
Subtract that from the number he actually did
throw out (38)
That makes 0.77
Divide by 20
This equals positive .04.
So Slaught is -.13,
+.04, and on balance he is -.09. Adjusting now the data for all three players:
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Rick Ferrell, 1935
|
6.94 + 0.74 = 7.68
|
Mike Scioscia, 1985
|
5.50 + 0.66 = 6.15 (Rounding)
|
Don Slaught, 1984
|
4.31 - 0.09 = 4.22
|
Some of you are
objecting to the fact that we treated stolen bases, caught stealing and
catcher’s assists as three different elements, when in reality they are all
part of the same puzzle. They are, and we did. It’s called “hedging your
bets” or “not putting all of your eggs in one basket.”
They are all part
of the same, but the data is all different; we have different data for
different eras of baseball history. We treated them as three separate
objects, but we gave a fairly light weight to each one. Assuming that
a) A stolen base
allowed is one-fourth of a run,
b) Ten Runs are a
Win, and
c) A Win is three
Win Shares,
We would estimate
the value of one stolen base at one-thirteenth of a Win Share. We credited it
only as one-fortieth of a Win Share.
Assuming that
a) A caught
stealing is one-third of a run,
b) Nine Runs are
a Win, and
c) A Win is three
Win Shares
We would estimate
the value of a runner caught stealing at one-ninth of a Win Share. We
credited it only as one-twentieth of a Win Share. That leaves room for things
to be double-counted, if indeed they are being double-counted.
I have always
believed that it is best to look at the data from as many different angles as
possible. If a catcher is credited with a lot of assists, that could mean
many different things. But if a catcher is credited with a good number of
assists, a low number of stolen bases allowed and a high percentage of runners
caught stealing, we can be confident of what that means. We want to look
at—and try to account for—all of the data that we can.
This is the end of
the process of figuring Win Shares for these catchers in the field. We now
compare this to the areas of defensive responsibility assigned to these
players, which were 8.11 for Ferrell, 6.69 for Scioscia, and 6.26 for Slaught:
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Rick Ferrell, 1935
|
7.68 of 8.11
|
7.68 wins
|
0.43 losses (8-0)
|
Mike Scioscia, 1985
|
6.15 of 6.69
|
6.15 wins
|
0.54 losses (6-1)
|
Don Slaught, 1984
|
4.22 of 6.26
|
4.22 wins
|
2.04 losses (4-2)
|
We can now add
these players fielding Win Shares and Lost Chairs to their Batting Wins and
Losses, which we gave long ago, to find their year-by-year Win Shares and Loss
Shares. Rick Ferrell:
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>YEAR
|
Team
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>G
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HR
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RBI
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AVG
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OPS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BWS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BLS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FWS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FLS
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wins
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Losses
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>W Pct
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1929
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>64
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>20
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.229
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.658
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.463
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1930
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>101
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>41
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.268
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.723
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.472
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1931
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>117
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>57
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.306
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.821
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>14
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.610
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1932
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>126
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>65
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.315
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.826
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.619
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1933
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>22
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.250
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.677
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.506
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1933
|
Red Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>118
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>72
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.297
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.767
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>14
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.561
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>140
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>77
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.290
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.754
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1934
|
Red Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>132
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>48
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.297
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.779
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.606
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1935
|
Red Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>133
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>61
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.301
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.801
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>17
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.634
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1936
|
Red Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>121
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>55
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.312
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.867
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.664
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1937
|
Red Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>18
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.308
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.822
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.701
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1937
|
Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>86
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.229
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.610
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.400
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>104
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>36
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.244
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.651
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1938
|
Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>135
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>58
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.292
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.783
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.568
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1939
|
Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>87
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>31
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.281
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.712
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.534
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1940
|
Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>103
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>28
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.273
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.705
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.501
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1941
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Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>21
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.273
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.756
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.563
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1941
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Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>100
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>23
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.252
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.690
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.457
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>121
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>36
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.256
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.702
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1942
|
Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>99
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>26
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.223
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.560
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.363
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1943
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Browns
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>74
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>20
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.239
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.621
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.463
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1944
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Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>99
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>25
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.277
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.679
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.552
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1945
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Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>91
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.266
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.691
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.618
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1947
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Senators
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>37
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.303
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.804
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.710
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>126
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>128
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>70
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>197
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>160
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.551
|
Ferrell’s a
winning player. We’ve got won-lost records for him of 14-9, 15-9, 14 and 11,
15-10, 17-10 and 15-8. That’s a good player.
Mike Scioscia:
style='width:492.85pt;margin-left:4.65pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>YEAR
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Team
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>G
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HR
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RBI
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AVG
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OPS
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BWS
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BLS
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FWS
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FLS
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wins
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Losses
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>W Pct
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1980
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Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>54
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.254
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.641
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.516
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1981
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Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>93
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.276
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.685
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.641
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1982
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>129
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.219
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.598
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.441
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1983
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.314
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.886
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.969
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1984
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>114
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.273
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.736
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>14
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.691
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1985
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>141
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>53
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.296
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.826
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>16
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>22
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.898
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1986
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>122
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>26
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.251
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.704
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.584
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1987
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>142
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.265
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.707
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.584
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1988
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>130
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>35
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.257
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.642
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.554
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1989
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>133
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>44
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.250
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.701
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>17
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.709
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1990
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>135
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>66
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.264
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.753
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>15
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.614
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1991
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>119
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>40
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.264
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.745
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.657
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1992
|
Dodgers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>117
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>24
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.221
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.568
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>14
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.367
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>102
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>89
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>56
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>158
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>99
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.614
|
And Don Slaught:
style='width:492.85pt;margin-left:4.65pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>YEAR
|
Team
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>G
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>HR
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RBI
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AVG
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OPS
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BWS
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>BLS
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FWS
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>FLS
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wins
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Losses
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>W Pct
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1982
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Royals
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>43
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.278
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.739
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.541
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1983
|
Royals
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>83
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>28
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.312
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.723
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.491
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1984
|
Royals
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>124
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>42
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.264
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.676
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.481
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1985
|
Rangers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>102
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>35
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.280
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.753
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.484
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1986
|
Rangers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>95
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>46
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.264
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.757
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.454
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1987
|
Rangers
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>95
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>16
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.224
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.703
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.250
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1988
|
Yankees
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>97
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>43
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.283
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.785
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.560
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1989
|
Yankees
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>117
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>38
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.251
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.687
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.496
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1990
|
Pirates
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>84
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.300
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.832
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.779
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1991
|
Pirates
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>77
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.295
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.759
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.664
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1992
|
Pirates
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>87
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>37
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.345
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.866
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>12
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.865
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1993
|
Pirates
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>116
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>55
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.300
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.796
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>7
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>11
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>9
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.548
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1994
|
Pirates
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>76
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>21
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.288
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.723
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>8
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.573
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1995
|
Pirates
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>35
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>13
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.304
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.718
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.454
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1996
|
Angels
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>62
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.324
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.820
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>5
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.507
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1996
|
White Sox
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>14
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.250
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.567
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.094
|
|
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>76
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>36
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.313
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.783
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1997
|
Padres
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>20
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.000
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.200
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>0
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>2
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.000
|
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>92
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>83
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>29
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>24
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>121
|
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>107
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.530
|
Slaught also had
some good years. When he hit .345 in 1992, his won-loss contribution was
12-2. In 1990 it was 10-3. That’s a player you want on your team.
Retrosheet uses a
comprehensive player metric headed “BFW”, which I think stands for “Batting and
Fielding Wins”. They show Mike Scioscia at +18.2, Rick Ferrell at +11.5, and Don
Slaught at +4.1. Our calculations appear to be essentially consistent with
those numbers. We have Scioscia at 59 wins over .500, which—remembering that
each win is three Win Shares—would make him +19.7. Ferrell, at 37 games over
.500, would be at +12.3, and Slaught, at 14 games over .500, would be at
+4.7. Essentially, we have exactly the same relationship among these three
players as does that method.
On the other hand:
1) Ferrell’s
selection to the Hall of Fame does not appear to be reasonable. We like for a
Hall of Famer to have 300 Win Shares or be 100 games over .500, or preferably
both. We’ll cut Ferrell a little slack because he’s a catcher, but the fact
is that he’s not close, on any standard. He was nowhere near being a Hall of
Fame player.
2) We have
Scioscia as a better player than Ferrell, by a good margin.
3) We have
Scioscia in 1985 at a won-lost contribution of 22-3, which one would think
would draw some attention in the MVP voting. He was mentioned in the voting,
but barely. Basically, we think Scioscia was a lot better than the MVP voters
did.
As hitters and
ignoring career length, we would rank these players as follows:
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1. Mike Scioscia
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102 - 89 .534
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2. Don Slaught
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92 - 83 .524
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3. Rick Ferrell
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126 -128 .497
|
Not really much difference. And
as fielders:
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1. Mike Scioscia
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56 - 10 .845
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2. Rick Ferrell
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70 - 32 .687
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3. Don Slaught
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29 - 24 .548
|
Thus, we see
Scioscia as a better hitter than Ferrell and a better fielder, albeit in a
shorter career. But Scioscia isn’t a Hall of Famer, either—as a player. He
might be a Hall of Fame manager.