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Re: Most Critical Stats for Building a Winning Team <FONT COLOR=BLACK><b>[</font>Reply to #<a href="read.pl?1-4291">4291</a>]</b>
2/24/07, 3:06pm
Yes, the idea is to get pitchers with the Lowest possible percentages of the League ERA on your team.  

The players with the lowest percentages of the LERA invariably have the highest winning percentages Above that of the teams they pitched for.  Pedro is by far the best pitcher in Major League history in this aspect, which, in my judgement, makes him the greatest pitcher of all time:

<b><i><a href="http://www.helium.com/tm/152006" target="_blank">http://www.helium.com/tm/152006</a></i></b>


You'd think that would be obvious to people, but it's not.  Mike Mussina has a very high career winning percentage above the teams he pitched for, but many people do not realize this and discount Mussina as a pitcher:

<b><i><a href="http://www.helium.com/tm/170432" target="_blank">http://www.helium.com/tm/170432</a></i></b>


There is not that much of a difference between say Meche or Vincent Padilla, but you well know if you plug both of them into a computer simulation and run it often enough to get rid of random luck, the Padilla team will beat the Meche team by a significant margin.  

Which is why I do not understand Meche's current winning percentage, but have a pretty good idea what is really behind it.


Obviously, the lower the percentage of the LERA the better for winning games.  Sounds simple, but when have the majority of baseball teams followed a simple path to Winning? 

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