More Fun With SQL

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 15, 2008 10:00 PM EST

The 2007 BABIPs for pitchers with 120+ outs (see: 40 innings):

Player	BABIP
Camp	0.4179
Seo	0.3862
Howell	0.3742
Stokes	0.3591
Fossum	0.3574
Jackson	0.3411
Kazmir	0.3333
Hammel	0.3308
Sonny	0.326
Glover	0.3086
Shields	0.2825
Reyes	0.2432

Okay, and now the 2008 BABIPs for pitchers with 120 outs.

Player	BABIP
Miller	0.3162
Jackson	0.3024
Sonny	0.3022
Shields	0.2871
Hammel	0.2835
Garza	0.2696
Kazmir	0.2646
Howell	0.2445
Balfour	0.2174
Wheeler	0.1899
Percival	0.1681

Defense: it matters. It's undervalued. It's sexy.

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Also worth noting: Camp's BABIP was the second highest since 1900.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 15, 2008 10:10 PM EST reply actions

Try this one:

SELECT A.username, T.toolname, T.overusedswitch
FROM Administrators A
INNER JOIN Tools T
on A.UseableToolsId = T.UseableToolsId
WHERE T.overusedToolsSwitch = 1
ORDER BY A.Username, T.UseableToolsId

Tell me what it returns.

by kericr on Nov 16, 2008 1:05 AM EST up reply actions

Worth noting though also

Is that, regardless of how good the defense is, sinkerballers will generally have a higher BABIP than other pitchers.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Nov 16, 2008 2:14 AM EST up reply actions

Not to that level.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 16, 2008 2:30 AM EST up reply actions

Also, do you have link for that?

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 16, 2008 2:49 AM EST up reply actions

2. Percival is really, really bad. His tRA is 5.59, FIP of 5.87, and his BABIP was bloody low this year. Him on this team, salary or not, is a detriment to the team. If he doesn’t retire (PLEASE DO, PERCY), and the Rays can’t dump him on another team b/c of his LOLsaves, would it be in the Rays’ best interest to just eat the 4MM and release him? He was 14 runs below replacement, the least valuable pitcher in the major leagues.

3. This also somewhat explains Stokes’ “success” as a ROOGY for the Mets (his splits against lefties were atrocious). His BABIP this year was at a healthy .298. Although a 150MM team housing the (currently) highest paid pitcher in baseball relying on Stokes to get outs with the bases loaded in September is somewhat of a sign of bad management. Although, his 2007 tRA was over 6, and his 2008 tRA is at 3.97.

4. More icing on the “Wheeler needs to be peddled to another team” cake. Maybe Niemann in the pen next year? The pen might need more work than just one lefty; I don’t know, especially with the possibility of regression from JP/Balfour.

4. Defense. It is sexy.

""Bobby Crosby’s Release" - Sounds like a good title to Mr. Crosby’s first work in his next career now that we know he can’t play baseball." - Joey C.

by Blicks on Nov 15, 2008 10:54 PM EST reply actions