Comments on: FB% And ISO

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:27:52 +0000

I think these numbers are a bit skewed because a team will play a guy who can’t hit a breaking ball as long as the balls he does hit go very far (Geoff Jenkins, Russell Branyan, etc.). But, they generally wont play a guy who can’t hit a breaking ball that is a singles hitter unless he can pitch. And, no one plays guys who can’t hit fastballs much! In other words, power hitters are less likely to be able to hit a breaking ball on average and therefore should see more of them regardless of where in the lineup they hit!

Also I have read that Matt Holliday is known for killing breaking balls, so people only throw him enough breaking balls to keep him honest. So he is probably not entirely a Coors effect. Although the fact that breaking balls break less there should affect the entire team. If you took that factor out of your data, then you would likely find Holiday still gets more fastballs.

By: Wooden U. Lykteneau

Wooden U. Lykteneau — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:33:36 +0000

This just in: The Sun will rise in the East.

By: studes

studes — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:35:18 +0000

Excellent use of graphic, David. Thanks!

By: Samg

Samg — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:20:10 +0000

Haha thanks.

By: Eric F.

Eric F. — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:10:48 +0000

Awesome, thanks!

By: Dave Cameron

Dave Cameron — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:21:40 +0000

I hit the trendline button in excel.

By: Dave Cameron

Dave Cameron — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:21:20 +0000

If you go to the leaderboards, there’s an Export To Excel button that will put the data in excel for you. From there, just insert a scatter plot and tell it where to find the data. Voila.

By: Samg

Samg — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:05:22 +0000

How do you plot the line?

By: Eric F.

Eric F. — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:55:20 +0000

Would it be at all possible to have the excel versions of these graphs/tables for download, so that all of the points can be seen? I suppose I could also just do the work myself…haha.

By: Eric F.

Eric F. — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:53:44 +0000

Hahaha it took me so long to realize it was fastball%. I was wondering why in the hell all the power guys had such low fly ball percentage