Comments on: Playing Hide and Seek with Aramis Ramirez

By: Ender

Ender — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:23:31 +0000

The Brewers don’t play in a dome, they play in a retractable roof stadium. Big difference between the two chri521.

By: DBA455

DBA455 — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:42:28 +0000

Sorry, but – where can you find the game time temp data on B-R?

By: chri521

chri521 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:57:28 +0000

Thanks confirms suspicions on that front. But wouldn’t a dome be a constant temperature no matter what if the thing is closed of course?

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:26:52 +0000

completely true about the brenly point

By: JR

JR — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:36:44 +0000

Considering his effort level over the years,it’s not at all hard to imagine that his early season woes come from an utter lack of preparation in the offseason. By the way,one of my true joys in life is listening to a Cubs TV broadcast of a Brewers game. Brenly can barely conceal (if he even attempts to!) his absolute contempt for Aramis.

By: Michael Barr

Michael Barr — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:19:55 +0000

Alright, so B-ref has gametime temp. From 2010-2012, in games that ARam has played in 60 degrees or under, he’s hit .236 with 3 HR in 217 PA’s. But obviously, those games are all going to be at the beginning of the season when it’s colder, so it doesn’t really answer the slow start question.

So I looked at all games that were 70 degrees or hotter in March/April/May going back to 2009. In 286 plate appearances, ARam had 255 AB’s, he hit 11 HR’s and had a .290 Batting Average, Slugging .620. Slugging percentage stabilizes after about 350 plate appearances, so I’d need a bigger sample size, but based on this cursory glance, I’d say ARam likes to hit in warmer weather.

By: Michael Barr

Michael Barr — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:12:15 +0000

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=ramirar01&year=Career&t=b#stad

No smoking gun here. Hits better in the daytime, better in open than dome. But I wouldn’t be making any fantasy baseball decisions based on this data.

There’s evidence that home runs increase in hotter months in large part because the ball travels further in warmer air, but it’s certainly not enough to explain ARam’s insanely slow starts.

If we could find gametime temp, now that might be interesting…

By: chri521

chri521 — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:07:12 +0000

Hi Michael as an Aramis owner this has always frustrated me. The big reason I had thought (and was postulated here as well) was temperature. Chicago and Pittsburgh were outdoor stadiums where it could get real cold and Aramis likes the heat. In Miller, figured that since it was climate controlled he would stabilize a little bit.

Any way to compare temperatures and home/road/dome/outdoor splits and add to this analysis?