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Re: Most Critical Stats for Building a Winning Team <FONT COLOR=BLACK><b>[</font>Reply to #<a href="read.pl?1-4274">4274</a>]</b>
2/17/07, 2:56pm
OPS is a bit of a simplicity as a stat, being based on a simple sum that adds two quantities with different ranges (0-1 for OBP vs. 0-4 for SLG).  But it combines what seems to be the most important factors to run scoring: the ability to get guys on base and the ability to advance them along the basepaths with extra base hits.  So the observation between runs scored and team OPS shouldn't exactly surprise anyone.  It's an interesting point in this article as it attempts to break down runs scored into one of the most important components (walks, AVG, OBP, SLG, etc.)

But to really write that the ability to reduce runs against comes down to ERA?!  Translation: the author should have skipped the entire second half of the article.  ERA is solely a representation of the number of earned runs you give up and unearned runs represent a fairly uniform percentage of the total runs each team allows each year.

2006 Data
St. Louis Cardinals 5.38% - MIN
LA Angels 10.39% - MAX

I guess I'm just tired of people making these "amazing discoveries" in the field of baseball stats.  People shouldn't try to reword absolutely obvious observations into something new.

I'm done with my rant now.  Thanks for listening/reading.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball.  I'll tell you what I do.  I stare out the window and wait for spring."   

[Newey from Cincinnati/OH]
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