Bill Gilbert’s 2010 analysis of Hall of Fame Candidates based on win shares may be downloaded here.
Working at the Ballpark
Working at the Ballpark
The Fascinating Lives of Baseball People
by Tom Jones
A Baseball Book Review
Monte Cely
(512) 310-9777
Working at the Ballpark, The Fascinating Lives of Baseball People is based on a series of interviews of fifty folks that work at major league ballparks. The author covers a broad range of baseball people, from GMs and team presidents, to players, coaches, clubhouse workers, vendors, media, and even a “ticket hustler.”
The interviewees were asked three questions: “What is your job?”, “”How did you get into this line of work?”, and “What does this job mean to you?” The book consists of a recollection of these conversations, in the subjects’ own words. Some of the personnel are familiar names to a baseball fan: Johnny Pesky, Sandy Alderson, Bob Watson, Leo Mazzone, Omar Vizquel, among others. Others are not familiar, but in most cases just as enlightening: umpire Fieldin Culbreth, “Bernie the Brewer” mascot Chris Hanson, Tampa official scorer Jim Ferguson, San Diego groundskeeper Luke Yoder, and many more.
The Astros and Rangers are well-represented by current and former employees Ron Jackson (Express hitting coach), Doug Mansolino (Astros coach), Phil Merkord (Rangers ball boy), Woody Williams (Astros pitcher), Arnie Murphy (the “Peanut Dude” vendor at MinuteMaid), and Bruce Wilson (Rangers scoreboard operator).
The broad range of personnel and their duties provides great insight into the many efforts that go on behind the scenes so that we can enjoy a major league baseball game. I was impressed by the long hours that many worked, as well as their dedication and attachment to the game.
For those SABR members interested in “the business of baseball”, I would highly recommend this book.
Here are the key statistics:
Book: Working at the Ballpark
Author: Tom Jones
Author Credentials: He has worked for thirty years as a legislative director in the administrations of the last five California governors. This is his first book.
Published: 2008, Skyhorse Publishing, ISBN 978-1-60239-226-7
Length: 361 pages
Price: Retail list – $17.95; Online: from $2.00 (used) + shipping.
Who Were the Most Productive Offensive Players in 2009?
Who Were the Most Productive Offensive Players in 2009?
By Bill Gilbert
Numerous methods have been devised to measure offensive performance. The most common are batting average, on-base percentage and slugging average. Since none of these averages provides a complete picture by itself, a more comprehensive measure of offensive performance is useful. Such a measure would include the following elements:
1. The ability to get on base.
2. The ability to hit with power.
3. The ability to add value through baserunning.
The first two elements are measured by on-base percentage and slugging average. A measure of offensive performance, which encompasses both as well as baserunning achievements, is Bases per Plate Appearance (BPA). This measure accounts for the net bases accumulated by a player per plate appearance. It is calculated as follows:
BPA = (TB + BB + HB + SB – CS – GIDP) / (AB + BB + HB + SF)
Where: BPA = Bases per Plate Appearance
TB = Total Bases
BB = Bases on Balls
HB = Hit by Pitch
SB = Stolen Bases
CS = Caught Stealing
GIDP = Grounded into Double Plays
AB = At Bats
SF = Sacrifice Flies
The numerator accounts for all of the bases accumulated by a player, reduced by the number of times he is caught stealing or erases another runner by grounding into a double play. The denominator accounts for the plate appearances when the player is trying to generate bases for himself. Sacrifice hits are not included as plate appearances, since they represent the successful execution of the batter’s attempts to advance another runner.
Major league BPA for the past fifteen years are shown below along with the number of players with BPA over .550 and .600:
Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
BPA .463 .471 .463 .463 .479 .481 .468 .457 .461 .468 .456 .470 .463 .458 .461
.550 37 41 34 41 50 50 46 39 42 33 34 46 34 41 42
.600 15 21 15 22 29 30 26 17 15 18 13 14 15 11 16
Offensive production peaked in 2000 before declining in the early years of this decade. BPA in 2009 was up slightly from 2008.
In the 1990s, there were 14 individual .700 BPA seasons. In the ten year period from 2000 to 2009, there have been 18. The highest BPA in the 1990s was recorded by Mark McGwire in 1998 (.799). Barry Bonds shattered that with .907 in 2001, the highest figure ever recorded, topping Babe Ruth’s best two years (1920 and 1921). Bonds followed that with .869 in 2002, .818 in 2003 and .882 in 2004. There were no hitters with a BPA of .700 in 2008 and 2009 and the only player to make it in 2007 was Alex Rodriguez (.702). Surprisingly, Albert Pujols has not had a .700 BPA in his nine seasons. However, he was the major league leader in 2009 by a large margin with a BPA of .696, the highest figure of his career, and the second time he has finished on top.
The .700 BPA seasons in 2000-2007 are listed below:
Player Team Year BPA
Barry Bonds San Francisco 2001 .907
Barry Bonds San Francisco 2004 .882
Barry Bonds San Francisco 2002 .869
Barry Bonds San Francisco 2003 .818
Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 2001 .758
Barry Bonds San Francisco 2000 .745
Jim Thome Cleveland 2002 .728
Manny Ramirez Cleveland 2000 .726
Todd Helton Colorado 2000 .720
Luis Gonzalez Arizona 2001 .713
Todd Helton Colorado 2001 .709
Carlos Delgado Toronto 2000 .707
Larry Walker Colorado 2001 .707
Jason Giambi Oakland 2000 .706
Travis Hafner Cleveland 2006 .703
Alex Rodriguez NY Yankees 2007 .702
Jason Giambi Oakland 2001 .700
Ryan Howard Philadelphia 2006 .700
The yearly leaders since 1992 are as follows:
1992 Bonds .734 1993 Bonds .740 1994 Bagwell .768
1995 Belle .692 1996 McGwire .765 1997 Walker .770
1998 McGwire .799 1999 McGwire .735 2000 Bonds .745
2001 Bonds .907 2002 Bonds .869 2003 Bonds .818
2004 Bonds .882 2005 D. Lee .699 2006 Hafner .703
2007 A. Rodriguez .702 2008 Pujols .685 2009 Pujols .696
The benchmark for an outstanding individual season is .600. Following is a list of 16 players with enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title and with a BPA of .600 in 2009.
Bases per Plate Appearance (BPA) of .600+ in 2009
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No. of
2009 2008 .600+
Player BPA BPA LG Seasons Comments
1 Pujols, A. .696 .685 N 7 Clearly the top offensive player.
2 Fielder, P. .640 .552 N 2 Only Pujols had a better year.
3 Mauer, J. .619 .484 A 1 Career year so far.
4 Zobrist, B. .617 .555 A 1 Exceptionally versatile player.
5 Votto, J. .616 .547 N 1 Getting better every year.
6 Lee, D. .611 .484 N 2 Bright spot for the Cubs.
7 Utley, C. .611 .593 N 2 Top offensive second baseman.
8 Howard, R. .610 .577 N 3 Pure power.
9 Bay, J. .610 .581 A 1 Best offensive outfielder in AL.
10 Youkilis, K. .609 .591 A 1 Consistently productive.
11 Reynolds, M. .607 .511 N 1 Big home run bat.
12 Rodriguez, A. .604 .623 A 11 Good recovery after slow start.
13 Ramirez, H. .604 .629 N 3 Has emerged as a top player.
14 Pena, C. .604 .567 A 2 Good power but poor contact.
15 Braun, R. .603 .578 N 1 Provides strong 1-2 punch with Fielder. 16 Teixeira, M. .603 .593 A 4 Hasn’t had a bad year yet.
The only repeaters from last year’s list are Pujols, Alex Rodriguez and Hanley Ramirez. Eight other players had a BPA over .600 in 2008 but fell short in 2009. Most of these players had strong seasons in 2009 but not up to their exceptional performance in 2008.
No. of
2009 2008 .600+
Player BPA BPA LG Seasons Comments
1 Ramirez, M. .596 .636 N 11 Wasn’t the same after suspension.
2 Berkman, L. .573 .633 N 5 An off-year.
3 Jones, C. .505 .625 N 4 Worst year of career.
4 Holliday, M. .560 .624 A/N 2 Came on strong after trade.
5 Bradley, M. .507 .617 N 1 Major disappointment.
6 Ludwick, R. .485 .615 N 1 2008 looks like career year.
7 Quentin, C. .496 .612 A 1 Injury riddled season.
8 Sizemore, G. .517 .611 A 2 Injuries took toll.
Five players who had a BPA over .600 and qualified for the batting title in 2009 also have a career BPA over .600. These are the top offensive players in the major leagues who are currently performing at a peak level.
2009 Career
Player Age BPA BPA Comments.
———— — —- —- ——–
Albert Pujols 29 .696 .651 Consistently great.
Alex Rodriguez 33 .604 .627 Led majors in homers 2000-09.
Ryan Howard 29 .610 .624 198 homers in last 4 years.
Hanley Ramirez 25 .604 .608 Building solid credentials.
Another list of interest is one containing the names of players with a BPA of over .600 in 2009 who did not have enough plate appearances (PA) to qualify for the batting title. Three veteran minor leaguers with a minimum of 100 PA made the list in 2009 with strong performances after promotion to the majors.
Player Age BPA PA Comments
————— — —- — —————————
Randy Ruiz 31 .623 130 Too old to be a prospect
Garrett Jones 28 .617 358 Another late bloomer.
Andres Torres 31 .609 170 Not consistent with prior performance.
Looking at the other end of the spectrum, nine players who earned enough playing time to qualify for the batting title had a BPA less than .400 in 2009. As usual most are middle infielders and catchers.
Player BPA Comments
—————– —- ——————————
Russell Martin .398 Disappointing season.
Orlando Cabrera .396 Sub-par season.
Jhonny Peralta .390 Power disappeared.
Cristian Guzman .390 Career BPA of .411.
David Eckstein .378 Lowest year ever.
Jason Kendall .375 Fifth straight year under .400.
Emilio Bonafacio .369 Career BPA of .373.
Edgar Renteria .354 Worst year of career.
Yuniesky Betancourt .340 Career BPA of .384.
The following five players compiled a batting average over .300, an on-base average over .400, a slugging percentage over .500 and bases per plate appearance over .600 in 2009:
Player (2009) BAVG OBA SLG BPA OPS
Albert Pujols .327 .443 .658 .696 1.101
Joe Mauer .365 .444 .587 .619 1.031
Joey Votto .322 .414 .567 .616 .981
Kevin Youkilis .305 .413 .548 .609 .961
Hanley Ramirez .342 .410 .543 .604 .954
Three active players have these numbers for their careers, although Helton and Manny Ramirez fell short in 2008:
Player (Career) BAVG OBA SLG BPA OPS
Albert Pujols .334 .427 .628 .651 1.055
Manny Ramirez .313 .411 .591 .621 1.002
Todd Helton .328 .427 .567 .608 .994
Bill Gilbert
11/20/09
bpa2009.doc
2009 Cy Young Award Winners
Download the results here in Microsoft Excel format: 2009 Cy Young Predictions (final).
November Meeting Wrap-Up
Eight members assembled at Third Base in Austin for the November meeting of the Rogers Hornsby chapter. Monte Cely presented Jan Larson with a major award for winning Monte’s annual Cy Young prediction contest.
Michael Bass had prepared a trivia quiz on the decade of the 1960s. Unfortunately a conflict prevented Michael from presenting the quiz but he did leave the answers in a hermetically sealed envelope with Tom Wancho who handled administration duties. Dan Walsh edged Jim Baker for the win by a score of 13-12 with the other contestants relegated to also-ran status.
Tom Wancho also served in an administrative capacity as the members conducted a vote on the upcoming Hall of Fame managers/umpires and executive candidates. Applying the same standards as the Hall of Fame, specifically requiring 75% of the votes cast for an individual to be elected, the chapter elected only one candidate – Marvin Miller, former executive director of the Major League Players Association.
The planning committee for the Hornsby Chapter Winter Meeting put together a preliminary agenda for that meeting which will be held on January 16. Details will be finalized at a later date.
Discussion centered on the recently completed post-season and the traditional off-season "hot stove" topics.
The next monthly meeting was scheduled for Thursday, December 17 also at Third Base.
Triple Milestones – 2009
Triple Milestones – 2009
By Bill Gilbert
Offensive production in the major leagues in 2009 was down slightly in 2009. The number of runs per game has declined each year from 9.72 in 2006 to 9.22 in 2009. The home run rate of 2.02 was essentially unchanged from the 2.01 rate in 2008. The league batting average of .262 was the lowest since 2002. All offensive categories are significantly below the peak year of 2000 as illustrated in the following table:
Year Runs/Game HR/Game BAVG OBA SLG OPS Triple Milestone Hitters
—- ——— ——- —- —- —- — ————————
1990 8.51 1.58 .258 .324 .386 .710 2
1991 8.62 1.61 .255 .323 .384 .707 3
1992 8.23 1.44 .256 .322 .377 .699 2
1993 9.20 1.78 .266 .332 .404 .736 5
1994 9.85 2.07 .270 .339 .424 .763 3
1995 9.69 2.02 .267 .338 .417 .755 8
1996 10.07 2.19 .270 .340 .427 .767 21
1997 9.53 2.05 .267 .337 .419 .756 7
1998 9.58 2.08 .266 .335 .420 .755 14
1999 10.17 2.28 .271 .345 .434 .779 19
2000 10.28 2.34 .271 .345 .437 .782 26
2001 9.55 2.25 .264 .332 .427 .759 21
2002 9.24 2.09 .261 .331 .417 .748 12
2003 9.46 2.14 .264 .332 .422 .754 8
2004 9.63 2.25 .266 .335 .428 .763 12
2005 9.18 2.06 .265 .330 .419 .749 10
2006 9.72 2.22 .269 .336 .432 .768 13
2007 9.59 2.04 .268 .336 .423 .759 8
2008 9.30 2.01 .264 .333 .417 .750 7
2009 9.22 2.02 .262 .333 .418 .751 6
No players hit 50 home runs again in 2009. Five players hit 40 or more home runs in 2009 compared to only two in 2008. All of the players with 40 home runs were in the National League. The last American League player to hit 40 home runs was Alex Rodriguez (54) in 2007. The 30 home run level was reached by 30 players in 2009 compared to 28 in 2008.
A useful indicator for tracking offense is the number of players who hit for both power and average by achieving a .300 batting average, 30 home runs and 100 runs batted in. A record 26 players reached all three milestones in 2000, but that figure has dropped significantly in recent years. Only six players reached all three milestones in 2009, down from 7 in 2008. 8 in 2007 and 13 in 2006. Albert Pujols was the only player who made it in both 2008 and 2009.
Three players from each league achieved all three milestones in 2009. Pujols became the only player to do it in his first 9 seasons. There were three newcomers to the .300-30-100 club in 2009, Ryan Braun, Kendry Morales and Adam Lind, all born in 1983, bringing the total to 164 players who have registered at least one .300-30-100 season starting with Babe Ruth in 1920.
Following is a listing of players who achieved triple milestones
in 2009:
Player Times BAVG-HR-RBI Comments
National
Albert Pujols 9 .327-47-135 One of the all-time greats.
Derrek Lee 2 .306-35-111 One of few bright spots for Cubs.
Ryan Braun 1 .320-32-114 Came close in two previous years.
Player Times BAVG-HR-RBI Comments
American
Miguel Cabrera 3 .323-33-101 Consistent production every year.
Kendry Morales 1 .306-34-108 Big-time breakout season.
Adam Lind 1 .305-35-114 Came out of nowhere.
Six players achieved triple milestones in 2008 but fell short in 2009:
Player Times BAVG-HR-RBI BAVG-HR-RBI
In Past 2008 2009 Comments
Manny Ramirez 10 .332-37-121 .290-19- 63 50 game suspension hurt.
Alex Rodriguez 8 .302-35-103 .286-30-100 Late start after surgery
Mark Teixeira 3 .308-33-121 .292-39-122 Good recovery after slow start.
Aubrey Huff 2 .304-32-108 .241-15- 85 Not even close.
David Wright 2 .302-33-124 .307-10- 72 Power down in new park.
Josh Hamilton 1 .304-32-130 .268-10- 54 Too many injuries.
The biggest obstacle in reaching triple milestones in 2009 was batting average. Thirteen players had 30 home runs and 100 RBIs in 2009 but fell short of a .300 batting average.
Prince Fielder .299-46-141 Only Pujols had a better year.
Mark Teixeira .292-39-122 Led AL in HR and RBIs.
Ryan Zimmerman .292-33-106 Bright future ahead.
Aaron Hill .286-36-108 Surprising power this year.
Alex Rodriguez .286-30-100 Two HR and 7 RBIs in last game.
Evan Longoria .281-33-113 Still getting better.
Ryan Howard .279-45-141 Four straight years with 40+ HR.
Justin Morneau .274-30-100 Injury cut season short.
Andre Ethier .272-31-106 Power up: average down.
Jason Bay .267-36-119 Best hitting outfielder in AL.
Adam Dunn .267-38-105 Hit 40+ HR in each of last 5 years.
Mark Reynolds .260-44-102 Too many strikeouts to hit for average.
Carlos Pena .227-39-100 Tied for AL lead in HR.
Jason Kubel (.300-28-103) and Carlos Lee (.300-26-102) had the batting average and RBIs but fell short on home runs. Joe Mauer batted .365 but fell short on home runs (28) and RBIs (96). However, he had a more impressive accomplishment by leading the American League in batting average, on-base percentage (.444) and slugging average (.587).
A growing list contains the names of players, active in 2009, who have had multiple .300-30-100 seasons in the past but have not done it in the last three years. Many have been limited by injuries. Some are still very productive players but not at the same level they were in their peak years. Since this list was started in 2004, not one player has come back with another .300-30-100 season.
Last
.300-30-100 .300-30-100
Player Seasons Season 2009 Comments
Vladimir Guerrero 8 2006 .295-15- 50 Had 13 straight .300 seasons.
Gary Sheffield 6 2003 .276-10- 43 Now a part-time player.
Todd Helton 5 2003 .325-15- 86 Strong comeback in 2009.
Chipper Jones 5 2001 .264-18- 71 Hit .364 in 2008.
Jason Giambi 4 2002 .201-13- 51 Close to Mendoza line.
Magglio Ordonez 4 2002 .310- 9- 50 Has lost power.
Ken Griffey, Jr. 3 1997 .214-19- 57 Winding down HOF career.
Carlos Delgado 3 2005 .298- 4- 23 Missed most of season.
Lance Berkman 3 2006 .274-25- 80 May be in decline.
Brian Giles 2 2000 .191- 2- 23 End of the line.
Jim Thome 2 2002 .249-23- 77 Strikes out, walks or homers.
Aramis Ramirez 2 2004 .317-15- 65 Season wrecked by injuries.
Miguel Tejada 2 2004 .313-14- 86 Still hits but not with power.
Jermaine Dye 2 2006 .250-27- 81 Slowing down.
Travis Hafner 2 2006 .272-16- 49 Can’t regain power.
Vernon Wells 2 2006 .260-15- 66 Major disappointment.
In his 1988 Baseball Abstract, Bill James referred to triple
milestone seasons as "Hall of Fame Seasons". This was because all of the
eligible players with 5 or more triple milestone seasons had been
elected to the Hall of Fame. This correlation has continued to hold but is likely to break down when Juan Gonzalez becomes eligible in 2011.
No teams had two players with triple milestones in 2009. Twenty eight of the thirty major league teams have had at least one triple milestone hitter in the decade beginning with the year 2000. Of the two teams that haven’t, Cincinnati has the longest dry spell. Their last triple milestone hitter was George Foster in 1977. Kansas City has not had a triple milestone hitter since Danny Tartabull in 1991.
Only one minor league player recorded triple milestone seasons in 2009.
Player Team (Level) Organization Age BAVG-HR-RBI
Randy Ruiz Las Vegas (AAA) Toronto 31 .320-25-106
Toronto (AL) .313-10- 17
.319-35-123
Three others came close:
Chris Carter Midland (AA) Oakland 22 .337-24-101
Sacramento (AAA) .259- 4- 14
.329-28-115
Garrett Jones Indianapolis (AAA) Pittsburgh 28 .307-12- 50
Pittsburgh (NL) .293-21- 44
.299-33- 94
Mitch Jones Albuquerque (AAA) Los Angeles 31 .297-35-103
Los Angeles (NL) .308- 0- 0
.298-35-103
No college players achieved triple milestones in 2009
Pitchers also strive for triple milestones – 20 wins, 200 strikeouts and an ERA under 3.00. Esteban Loaiza was the only pitcher to do it in 2003 (21-9, 207, 2.90). Johan Santana (20-6, 265, 2.61) did it in 2004 and Chris Carpenter (21-5, 213, 2.83) was the only one to do it in 2005. After no pitchers made it in 2006 and 2007, Roy Halladay of Toronto broke through in 2008 with a triple milestone season (20-11, 206, 2.78). No pitchers made it in 2009 but if the Cardinals had not blown a 6-0 lead in Adam Wainwright’s last start he would have made it (19-8, 212, 2.63).
TRIP2009.DOC
11/4/09
Post-Season Prediction results – 2009
Dan Walsh has won the Hornsby Postseason Prediction contest. Although Dan had the Phillies winning the World Series, his strong showing in the first round put him in a position to best challenger Jan Larson, who correctly picked a six-game Yankee win in the Series. Michael Bass also correctly picked a Yankee win, although he opted for seven games, garnering him nine points instead of 10. Tom Wancho rounded out the top three.
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Postseason 2009! |
Total
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PHI-COL
|
STL-LAD
|
BOS-LAA
|
NYY-MIN
|
NLCS
|
ALCS
|
World Series
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Win
|
G
|
Pts
|
Win
|
G
|
Pts
|
Win
|
G
|
Pts
|
Win
|
G
|
Pts
|
Win
|
G
|
Pts
|
Win
|
G
|
Pts
|
Win
|
G
|
Pts
|
||||
|
1
|
Dan
|
Walsh
|
24
|
PHI
|
3
|
4
|
LAD
|
5
|
4
|
LAA
|
4
|
4
|
NYY
|
4
|
4
|
PHI
|
7
|
8
|
LAA
|
6
|
0
|
PHI
|
7
|
0
|
|
2
|
Jan
|
Larson
|
20
|
PHI
|
4
|
5
|
STL
|
5
|
-5
|
BOS
|
5
|
-5
|
NYY
|
3
|
5
|
STL
|
6
|
0
|
NYY
|
6
|
10
|
NYY
|
6
|
10
|
|
3
|
Tom
|
Wancho
|
18
|
PHI
|
4
|
5
|
STL
|
4
|
-5
|
LAA
|
5
|
4
|
NYY
|
5
|
4
|
STL
|
6
|
0
|
NYY
|
6
|
10
|
STL
|
6
|
0
|
|
4
|
Michael
|
Bass
|
17
|
COL
|
5
|
-5
|
STL
|
5
|
-5
|
LAA
|
5
|
4
|
NYY
|
4
|
4
|
STL
|
7
|
0
|
NYY
|
6
|
10
|
NYY
|
7
|
9
|
|
4
|
Bill
|
Gilbert
|
17
|
COL
|
5
|
-5
|
LAD
|
5
|
4
|
LAA
|
5
|
4
|
NYY
|
4
|
4
|
LAD
|
5
|
0
|
NYY
|
6
|
10
|
LAD
|
7
|
0
|
|
6
|
Monte
|
Cely
|
9
|
PHI
|
4
|
5
|
STL
|
4
|
-5
|
LAA
|
4
|
4
|
NYY
|
3
|
5
|
STL
|
6
|
0
|
LAA
|
6
|
0
|
STL
|
6
|
0
|
|
7
|
Gilbert
|
Martinez
|
8
|
COL
|
5
|
-5
|
STL
|
4
|
-5
|
LAA
|
5
|
4
|
NYY
|
3
|
5
|
STL
|
6
|
0
|
NYY
|
5
|
9
|
STL
|
6
|
0
|
|
7
|
Jim
|
Baker
|
8
|
PHI
|
4
|
5
|
LAD
|
5
|
4
|
BOS
|
5
|
-5
|
NYY
|
4
|
4
|
LAD
|
5
|
0
|
BOS
|
6
|
0
|
LAD
|
7
|
0
|
|
9
|
Craig
|
Lukshin
|
-2
|
PHI
|
5
|
4
|
STL
|
4
|
-5
|
BOS
|
5
|
-5
|
NYY
|
4
|
4
|
STL
|
6
|
0
|
BOS
|
7
|
0
|
BOS
|
6
|
0
|
|
10
|
Joe
|
LeBritton
|
-11
|
COL
|
4
|
-5
|
STL
|
3
|
-5
|
BOS
|
4
|
-5
|
NYY
|
4
|
4
|
COL
|
7
|
0
|
BOS
|
6
|
0
|
BOS
|
5
|
0
|
Final Predictatron Results – 2009
Mike Dillon, Jan Larson and Cy Morong are the three who had the Yankees going all the way. Monte Cely and Dan Walsh picked the Phillies to make it to the World Series, but only Dan had them winning it.
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PLAYER
|
Score
|
|
Mike Bass
|
800
|
|
Tom Wancho
|
772
|
|
Jan Larson
|
770
|
|
Cy Morong
|
770
|
|
Mike Dillon
|
769
|
|
Dan Walsh
|
758
|
|
Monte Cely
|
741
|
|
Bill Gilbert
|
733
|
|
Gilbert Martinez
|
731
|
|
Jim Baker
|
718
|
|
Paul Sporer
|
699
|
December Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Rogers Hornsby chapter will be held on Thursday, December 17 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Third Base located at 1717 West 6th Street in Austin. More details to be forthcoming.
Cy Morong: Some Very Old Sabermetric Classics That Are Online
Some Very Old Sabermetric Classics That Are Online
Cy provides links to a number of articles from years past that discuss various topics related to modern Sabermetrics including one by Branch Rickey in which Rickey detailed his famous (to many SABR members at least) "team efficiency" equation.