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By Chris Quick on March 4, 2009
Two posts in one day, it’s your lucky day. A brief graph: (Catchers from 1956-2008 ranked by age and OPS+ scores with a limit of at least 350 PAs per season and at least 50% of their games behind the plate. Click the graph to enlarge to full-size) Bengie Molina will be 34-years-old (in baseball [...]
Posted in Giants, Plots | Tagged bengie molina, catchers historically, decline, OPS, quick graph, quick thoughts
By Chris Quick on February 20, 2009
A quick post today on Giants baserunning from 2007-2008 using Baseball Prospectus’s Baserunning Report tool. We’ll be using EqBRR or Equivalent Base Running runs. It’s the sum of five different baserunning skills translated into runs. Here’s BP’s definition: Equivalent Base Running Runs. Measures the number of runs contributed by a player’s advancement on the bases, [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged barry bonds, baserunning, bengie molina, fast dudes, fred lewis, Rajai Davis, randy winn, slow dudes
By Chris Quick on February 4, 2009
In yesterday’s post we had a little fun with the TTO (Three True Outcomes) statistic. TTO% measures the chances a hitters AB will end in a home run, strikeout, or walk. Or, to put it another way, it celebrates hitters who do not put the ball in play. In today’s 2nd half post on TTO, [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged Andres Galarrage, bengie molina, Hackers, history, Jesus Alou, Matty Alou, Rob Deer, TTO
By Chris Quick on January 25, 2009
Click here to find out how terrible Dave Roberts is!
Posted in Giants, Plots, Popular | Tagged bengie molina, bUZR, dave roberts, player value graphs, randy winn, rich aurilia, wRAA
By Chris Quick on September 30, 2008
Click to enlarge For a more detailed post on WAR, check out Tom Tango’s excellent blog here. He runs through the idea of Wins Above Replacement and lays out some of the math behind the concept. Big thanks to Colin Wyers for his WAR spreadsheet, making this whole process much, much easier. Things to Remember: [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bengie molina, fred lewis, omar vizquel, randy winn, WAR
By Chris Quick on July 29, 2008
Expert Analysis: Kevin Correia, he’s pretty good until that one inning where he’s not. Here’s the pitch count by inning for Correia in last nights 7-6 win over the Dodgers. See if you can find where the trouble started. Inning PC# 1 12 2 11 3 10 4 14 5 36 6* 7 * Didn’t [...]
Posted in Giants, Trades | Tagged bengie molina, infield defense, jack taschner, jose castillo, kevin correia, Trades
By Chris Quick on July 18, 2008
You know what I’m talkin’ about. (10 points to whomever gets the movie reference) After writing a little yesterday on Fred Lewis and his patient approach at the dish, BCB commenter Delorean reminded me of the great plate discipline data you can pull from FanGraphs. I’ve briefly touched on these stats here at BCB but [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bengie molina, fred lewis, hitting, john bowker, omar vizquel, plate discipline
By Chris Quick on May 15, 2008
Did Brian Sabean suffer a brain stroke recently? From the Chron …Sabean sees a San Francisco team that can contend. Not in two seasons, not next season, but in 2008. “As long as we’ve got a chance to stay in and around third place, why not?” Sabean said as he stood along the dugout rail [...]
Posted in Giants | Tagged bengie molina, Brian Sabean, craziness, jose castillo, randy winn, what
