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21 | 6206 | .271 | .337 | .388 | 106 | 32.5 |
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YEAR | TEAM | AGE | G | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | HBP | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | DRC+ | DRAA | BRR | FRAA | BWARP |
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1959 | SLN | 17 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .231 | .208 | 68 | -0.8 | 0.5 | -0.3 | 0.1 |
1960 | SLN | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | 80 | -0.2 | 0.9 | -0.1 | 0.1 |
1961 | SLN | 19 | 22 | 68 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .343 | 67 | -2.3 | -0.2 | -0.1 | 0.0 |
1963 | SLN | 21 | 127 | 443 | 117 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .289 | .333 | .383 | 92 | -0.4 | -5.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
1964 | SLN | 22 | 143 | 515 | 134 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .288 | .343 | .400 | 111 | 8.9 | 3.0 | -2.9 | 3.4 |
1965 | SLN | 23 | 113 | 444 | 113 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .276 | .327 | .408 | 104 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
1966 | SLN | 24 | 150 | 586 | 149 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 2 | 9 | 6 | .274 | .319 | .424 | 106 | 5.3 | -3.1 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
1967 | SLN | 25 | 138 | 540 | 139 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 54 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 8 | .295 | .369 | .452 | 133 | 21.7 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 5.8 |
1968 | SLN | 26 | 128 | 467 | 110 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .253 | .295 | .350 | 97 | 2.0 | -0.4 | -1.2 | 2.1 |
1969 | SLN | 27 | 138 | 576 | 134 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .260 | .323 | .365 | 99 | 5.3 | -2.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
1970 | PHI | 28 | 44 | 180 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .287 | .346 | .439 | 108 | 3.1 | -3.2 | -0.3 | 0.8 |
1971 | PHI | 29 | 134 | 525 | 132 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .278 | .337 | .392 | 111 | 10.6 | -1.9 | -7.1 | 2.5 |
1972 | MON | 30 | 77 | 259 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .251 | .309 | .343 | 102 | 1.7 | -0.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
1972 | PHI | 30 | 45 | 173 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .237 | .318 | .329 | 102 | 1.2 | -1.3 | -0.5 | 0.7 |
1973 | SLN | 31 | 130 | 382 | 88 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .266 | .339 | .366 | 99 | 1.7 | 1.1 | -6.3 | 0.3 |
1974 | BOS | 32 | 11 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .344 | .286 | 101 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.2 |
1974 | SLN | 32 | 74 | 136 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .353 | .236 | 101 | 0.8 | -1.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
1975 | BOS | 33 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .381 | .409 | .571 | 114 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
1975 | PHI | 33 | 47 | 73 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .397 | .339 | 113 | 1.5 | -1.2 | -0.5 | 0.2 |
1976 | PHI | 34 | 90 | 194 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .277 | .409 | .432 | 126 | 6.3 | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.3 |
1977 | PHI | 35 | 93 | 205 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .320 | .410 | .527 | 132 | 8.8 | 0.1 | -0.8 | 1.7 |
1978 | PHI | 36 | 90 | 180 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .247 | .367 | .342 | 96 | -0.2 | 0.7 | -0.2 | 0.7 |
1979 | PHI | 37 | 79 | 161 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .241 | .333 | .314 | 85 | -2.4 | 0.0 | -0.4 | 0.4 |
1980 | PHI | 38 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | 90 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Career | 1909 | 6206 | 1501 | 242 | 57 | 97 | 548 | 422 | 30 | 61 | 49 | .271 | .337 | .388 | 106 | 77.3 | -9.4 | -12.0 | 32.5 |
YEAR | Team | Lg | LG | G | PA | oppAVG | oppOBP | oppSLG | BABIP | BPF | BRAA | repLVL | POS_ADJ | DRC+ | DRC+ SD | FRAA | BRR | DRAA | BWARP |
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1959 | SLN | MLB | NL | 8 | 26 | .269 | .343 | .419 | .174 | 110 | -2.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 68 | 12 | -0.3 | 0.5 | -0.8 | 0.1 |
1960 | SLN | MLB | NL | 10 | 10 | .237 | .291 | .344 | .250 | 86 | -0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 80 | 13 | -0.1 | 0.9 | -0.2 | 0.1 |
1961 | SLN | MLB | NL | 22 | 68 | .264 | .322 | .409 | .246 | 104 | -3.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 67 | 15 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -2.3 | 0.0 |
1963 | SLN | MLB | NL | 127 | 443 | .246 | .302 | .365 | .312 | 105 | 2.5 | 11.1 | 6.7 | 92 | 8 | 0.1 | -5.1 | -0.4 | 1.4 |
1964 | SLN | MLB | NL | 143 | 515 | .254 | .306 | .372 | .300 | 105 | 6.8 | 13.2 | 7.9 | 111 | 13 | -2.9 | 3.0 | 8.9 | 3.4 |
1965 | SLN | MLB | NL | 113 | 444 | .249 | .308 | .375 | .272 | 105 | 2.7 | 11.2 | 6.7 | 104 | 11 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
1966 | SLN | MLB | NL | 150 | 586 | .256 | .308 | .382 | .275 | 98 | 8.6 | 14.9 | 8.9 | 106 | 10 | 0.9 | -3.1 | 5.3 | 3.0 |
1967 | SLN | MLB | NL | 138 | 540 | .250 | .305 | .363 | .290 | 99 | 26.3 | 13.0 | 7.7 | 133 | 10 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 21.7 | 5.8 |
1968 | SLN | MLB | NL | 128 | 467 | .243 | .296 | .343 | .261 | 87 | 0.6 | 10.3 | 6 | 97 | 8 | -1.2 | -0.4 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
1969 | SLN | MLB | NL | 138 | 576 | .248 | .314 | .367 | .260 | 97 | 3.2 | 14.8 | 9 | 99 | 7 | 2.4 | -2.3 | 5.3 | 3.2 |
1970 | PHI | MLB | NL | 44 | 180 | .251 | .323 | .380 | .287 | 99 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 3 | 108 | 17 | -0.3 | -3.2 | 3.1 | 0.8 |
1971 | PHI | MLB | NL | 134 | 525 | .252 | .312 | .367 | .279 | 100 | 10.9 | 13.0 | 7.6 | 111 | 10 | -7.1 | -1.9 | 10.6 | 2.5 |
1972 | MON | MLB | NL | 77 | 259 | .246 | .304 | .363 | .250 | 102 | -1.1 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 102 | 12 | 1.2 | -0.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
1972 | PHI | MLB | NL | 45 | 173 | .245 | .308 | .353 | .248 | 97 | 2 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 102 | 12 | -0.5 | -1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
1973 | SLN | MLB | NL | 130 | 382 | .254 | .319 | .374 | .280 | 101 | 3 | 10.1 | -4.2 | 99 | 11 | -6.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
1974 | BOS | MLB | AL | 11 | 34 | .248 | .306 | .354 | .259 | 114 | -0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 101 | 12 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
1974 | SLN | MLB | NL | 74 | 136 | .256 | .323 | .368 | .219 | 103 | -0.7 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 101 | 12 | 0.2 | -1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
1975 | BOS | MLB | AL | 12 | 22 | .256 | .321 | .387 | .444 | 112 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 114 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
1975 | PHI | MLB | NL | 47 | 73 | .264 | .326 | .372 | .275 | 104 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 113 | 14 | -0.5 | -1.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
1976 | PHI | MLB | NL | 90 | 194 | .253 | .313 | .355 | .286 | 104 | 9.3 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 126 | 16 | -1.0 | -0.7 | 6.3 | 1.3 |
1977 | PHI | MLB | NL | 93 | 205 | .262 | .325 | .400 | .304 | 106 | 12.3 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 132 | 12 | -0.8 | 0.1 | 8.8 | 1.7 |
1978 | PHI | MLB | NL | 90 | 180 | .251 | .311 | .366 | .280 | 104 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 96 | 15 | -0.2 | 0.7 | -0.2 | 0.7 |
1979 | PHI | MLB | NL | 79 | 161 | .258 | .324 | .376 | .254 | 104 | -5.7 | 4.5 | 2 | 85 | 14 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -2.4 | 0.4 |
1980 | PHI | MLB | NL | 6 | 7 | .288 | .343 | .388 | .200 | 99 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 90 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.1 | 0.0 |
Year | Team | lvl | LG | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | ISO | SF | SH |
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1959 | SLN | MLB | NL | 26 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .231 | .208 | .042 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | SLN | MLB | NL | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
1961 | SLN | MLB | NL | 68 | 67 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .343 | .104 | 0 | 1 |
1963 | SLN | MLB | NL | 443 | 405 | 39 | 117 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 155 | 51 | 27 | 43 | 5 | 2 | .289 | .333 | .383 | .094 | 4 | 5 |
1964 | SLN | MLB | NL | 515 | 465 | 53 | 134 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 186 | 52 | 40 | 44 | 2 | 0 | .288 | .343 | .400 | .112 | 4 | 5 |
1965 | SLN | MLB | NL | 444 | 409 | 48 | 113 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 167 | 48 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .276 | .327 | .408 | .132 | 3 | 0 |
1966 | SLN | MLB | NL | 586 | 543 | 50 | 149 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 230 | 68 | 36 | 38 | 9 | 6 | .274 | .319 | .424 | .149 | 5 | 0 |
1967 | SLN | MLB | NL | 540 | 471 | 68 | 139 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 213 | 69 | 54 | 32 | 8 | 8 | .295 | .369 | .452 | .157 | 6 | 4 |
1968 | SLN | MLB | NL | 467 | 434 | 35 | 110 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 152 | 48 | 26 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .253 | .295 | .350 | .097 | 4 | 2 |
1969 | SLN | MLB | NL | 576 | 515 | 46 | 134 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 188 | 51 | 49 | 26 | 4 | 9 | .260 | .323 | .365 | .105 | 6 | 4 |
1970 | PHI | MLB | NL | 180 | 164 | 16 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 72 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .287 | .346 | .439 | .152 | 0 | 1 |
1971 | PHI | MLB | NL | 525 | 474 | 51 | 132 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 186 | 46 | 43 | 26 | 5 | 3 | .278 | .337 | .392 | .114 | 4 | 3 |
1972 | MON | MLB | NL | 259 | 239 | 19 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 82 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | .251 | .309 | .343 | .092 | 0 | 0 |
1972 | PHI | MLB | NL | 173 | 152 | 14 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .237 | .318 | .329 | .092 | 2 | 0 |
1973 | SLN | MLB | NL | 382 | 331 | 30 | 88 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 121 | 49 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 0 | .266 | .339 | .366 | .100 | 7 | 4 |
1974 | SLN | MLB | NL | 136 | 106 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .353 | .236 | .019 | 5 | 0 |
1974 | BOS | MLB | AL | 34 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .344 | .286 | .036 | 0 | 2 |
1975 | BOS | MLB | AL | 22 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .381 | .409 | .571 | .190 | 0 | 0 |
1975 | PHI | MLB | NL | 73 | 59 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .397 | .339 | .085 | 0 | 0 |
1976 | PHI | MLB | NL | 194 | 155 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 29 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .277 | .409 | .432 | .155 | 2 | 1 |
1977 | PHI | MLB | NL | 205 | 169 | 28 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 89 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | .320 | .410 | .527 | .207 | 6 | 0 |
1978 | PHI | MLB | NL | 180 | 146 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 14 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .247 | .367 | .342 | .096 | 4 | 0 |
1979 | PHI | MLB | NL | 161 | 137 | 13 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .241 | .333 | .314 | .073 | 2 | 2 |
1980 | PHI | MLB | NL | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
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Date | Question | Answer |
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2015-06-30 19:00:00 (link to chat) | Favorite announcer past and present? (Davin from Da burgh) | Right now it's Vin Scully. I know that's obvious, but his cadence and pacing is poetry. I'll lose my baseball card for this, but when I was a kid and Tim McCarver was covering the Mets in the 80s he was excellent. I learned so much about the game listening to him talk about it. Just his stories about catching Bob Gibson were worth the price of admission. (Mike Gianella) |
2013-03-27 20:00:00 (link to chat) | Tim McCarver is retiring (after this year, alas). How do we get rid of Joe Buck? Lock him in a room with William Shatner and Newt Gingrich ponderously repeating shopworn chiches until Buck's head explodes? (one down from one to go) | The mute button. (Bret Sayre) |
2011-03-24 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Opening day is next Friday in these here parts and there are still a few inches of snow on the ground and the temperature out there is below the freezing point and windy. Wax poetic on the great game and warm my soul, won't you. (R.A.Wagman from Section 203) | To quote Ernie Harwell quoting some "Solomon" guy:
"For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land." I hope that helps, even if the "voice of the turtle" turns out to sound alarmingly like Tim McCarver. (Emma Span) |
2010-08-12 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Re: arbitrarily categorizing it.
Baseball has a history. We have line drives and fly balls and popups. The mainstream has to be eased intot hat. It *wouldn't* be categorized for background analysis, but Tim MCCarver is NEVER going to say "Ichiro catches 45% of BIP with a VLA of greater than 13.75%"
Similarly the question of categorization of pitches. They are categorized for the media: fastball, cutter, cut fastball, slider, slurve, curve, etc are EXISTING constructs that are used. Yes, the speed and spin and break are all on a continnuum, but no one is going to say "That pitch had 2450 rpms in the plane 5% off perpendicular with a vertical movement of X and a horizontal movement of Y." It's going to be a "curveball".
What's the record for most Grand Slams allowed by a pitching staff in a season, and is that really the infamy Jerry Manuel is going for? (Foghorn Leghorn from Outhouse) | All of those categories are shorthand - they're an abstraction, standing in for reality. Abstractions can be helpful, but they can also keep us from thinking about the reality beneath. In the case of batted balls, ones on the border tend to not be very well served by arbitrary binning. And those are the ones that are the most interesting, I think. (Colin Wyers) |
2010-02-18 14:00:00 (link to chat) | Your opinion on Will's "be stupider" post? (ssimon from Pelham, NY) | I think it's really important to understand things and appeal more broadly, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's like my arguements I have about Tim McCarver as an announcer. I understand that he upsets people and I understand why YOU don't want him in the booth. But we are in the minority, we are going to watch the game no matter who is doing it. Tim McCarver is there for the masses, and they love him, and Fox is RIGHT to have him there. Personally, I want to bring the masses up and have them expect more in the end, as opposed to just sitting on my high horse like an elitist and calling everyone stupid. That gets me nowhere. (Kevin Goldstein) |
2009-11-02 15:00:00 (link to chat) | Best Tim McCarver pre-game "Key" to the game ever:
Joe Blanton is "gutty."
You can't make this stuff up. (bowie from Cal) | I'm "gutty," too, but I suspect it's a different definition of the word. (Joe Sheehan) |
2009-10-28 14:00:00 (link to chat) | Worse hazard to the ears in Game 2: Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, or hearing 50,000 drunk New Yorkers chant "who's your daddy?" over and over for four hours? (David from Delaware) | Well, there's a finite chance Pedro and the Phillies could win that game, so I'd say Buck and McCarver are the worse hazard. (Jay Jaffe) |
2009-08-17 14:00:00 (link to chat) | Nice peice on the man behing FOX's baseball production. When Pete Macheska mentioned that they basically let Tim McCarver dictate they're usage of stats during their broadcasts my head nearly exploded. Were you able to keep a straight face when he said that? (Steve from NJ) | Thanks. Could I keep a straight face? Sure. Pete Macheska (and Tim McCarver, for that matter) are very, very successful at what they do, and while I think I made it clear in the article I don't agree with some of their decisions, or their decision-making process, it's their broadcast -- they have every right to their opinions. Was I -surprised- by that response? At the time, absolutely, but in retrospect I probably shouldn't have been. My takeaway is that the gap between what I believe and what they believe is bigger than I expected it to be. Maybe I'm naive that way. (Ken Funck) |
2008-10-24 14:00:00 (link to chat) | According to ESPN, Boras is pushing for a longer contract for Manny. How many years do you think he'll get? Where? And why does Tim McCarver get so worked up about Manny, yet he doesn't seem to be bothered by Brett Myers's penchant for wife-beating?
(Nick Stone from New York, NY) | Hey Nick! Thanks for dropping by. Realistically, I don't see Manny getting four (or more) years anywhere, though I think somebody could flatter him via a three-year deal that approaches A-Rod's average annual value. While I think the Dodgers are players for him, I see the Mets as potential suitors, but my sleeper pick is the Phillies given the Charlie Manuel connection (managed him in the minors in 1993, and again in 1999, serving as the Indians' hitting coach in between), Burrell's free agency, the ballpark, the fact that they're a winning team right now.
As for the McCarver thing, yeah it really is galling to hear him and Buck slobbering over Brett Myers without at least acknowledging his off-the-field woes, even if they are (hopefully) behind him. The guy is no mensch, and there's zero excuse for riding a high horse regarding what Manny is alleged to have done while ignoring something that's considerably more serious. (Jay Jaffe) |
2008-10-09 14:00:00 (link to chat) | Being french and a soccer fan, I can't understand why there is playoffs at the end of the regular season, isn't it enough to play 162 games to determine which team is the best?
I understand that win or die formats are fun but in this case you could have another competition with a tournament format. (Daniel from Paris) | French AND a soccer fan? My God, man, you've got two strikes against you already... But I'm kidding. Seriously, I'm flattered that someone half a world away is taking an interest in baseball and BP.
We here in America tend to like playoffs, whether you're talking about a one-game winner-take-all like the Super Bowl or a best-of-seven like the World Series, because they create a spectacle that captures a much larger audience than in the regular season. For baseball, the tradition of doing so goes back over a century, and baseball loves none of its traditions as much as the World Series. Of course, that would be more obvious if Fox weren't subjecting us to the factually challenged, obnoxious team of Tim McCarver and Joe Buck to narrate that spectacle every year. As for "another competition with a tournament format," well, the World Baseball Classic is trying to accomplish that but facing problems of buy-ins because of the timing and the fragility of pitchers' arms. The WBC was a fun exhibition last time around, but it didn't settle anything because many of the top players from the various countries didn't particiapte. (Jay Jaffe) |
2008-05-01 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Got a sabermetrics 101 sort of question: Ellsbury's probably never going to be an incredibly productive hitter. I can't imagine (nor does he project) .330/20 hr years ahead. That said, and not to get all Tim McCarver, the kid seems to "make stuff happen" when he's on the basepaths. He's not just stealing bases, he's freaking pitchers out, he's forcing bad throws. Is there a stat/metric that will help me understand the objective impact of that as opposed to the lazy-color-guy version of it? (jeff from sacramento) | Every study that's ever been done shows that the saw about a guy on first base distracting a pitcher is garbage. Players hit MUCH worse in ABs with a stolen-base attempt than they do otherwise, and the rest of the value in having a guy on first is in the first baseman holding and creating a hole, and that happens with 95% of baserunners. Once again, I say: baseball players are much, much more mentally tough, as a group, than they're given credit for, You can't shake a major-league pitcher by taking a big lead. (Joe Sheehan) |
Date | Roundtable Name | Comment |
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2009-11-02 17:00:00 | 2009 WS Game Five | Does Buck's new show include him singing the classics with Tim McCarver? (Steph Bee) |
2009-10-28 17:00:00 | 2009 WS Game One | "Just not carrying." "It's a wind tunnel." Tim McCarver, ladies and gentlemen. (Will Carroll) |
2009-10-16 13:00:00 | NLCS Game Two/ALCS Game One | And Tim McCarver gets his first "I told you so" regarding Jeter hitting to right field with two strikes. (Jay Jaffe) |
2008-10-22 16:30:00 | World Series Game One | The horror is that Buck really is the best of the nepotistas in the booth. To borrow a line from Bernie Lincicome, that's like determining the shortest midget in the circus, but it's always a wonder to me, that national networks wind up employing "national announcers" who frequently know a lot less about the teams than their fans. I'd rather see the team's booth voices rotated in (one announcer, both teams' color men), and skip the corporate delusion that America welcomes Tim McCarver into their homes. (Christina Kahrl) |
2008-10-13 17:00:00 | NLCS Game Four | Helpful advice from a reader: "bmcgehee (NashVegas, TN): More of a public service announcement. If you abhor Tim McCarver and want to hear the Scully broadcast, it's at wnsr.com" (Jay Jaffe) |
2008-10-10 13:30:00 | Friday LCS | "Steve (ND): The fact that Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are doing the NLCS is ____% of the reason why you're doing the roundtable for the ALCS." Zero percent. I know there's a small group who love to know how the sausage gets made, so for those of you...we found that if we try and do more than one game, it's hard to staff it and keep the comments coming. So we'll stick to one at a time, and today, more people were available for the later game. We're years from some kind of "alternate audio," largely because media companies pay hundreds of millions of dollars for exclusivity. But that so many of you ask is flattering. (Joe Sheehan) |
2008-10-10 13:30:00 | Friday LCS | "Steve (ND): The fact that Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are doing the NLCS is ____% of the reason why you're doing the roundtable for the ALCS." Buck/McCarver in the postseason is both unavoidable and poisonous. In order to last out the World Series, you have to keep the dosage low, early. (Derek Jacques) |
2008-09-30 16:30:00 | Twins/White Sox Play-In Game | "Josh (Sacramento): Mauer and Morneau are now both 0 for 3. Which one is Buster Olney more likely to write needs to see a sports psychologist tomorrow?" Mauer, obviously. All I can hope is that it gets him in a fistfight with Tim McCarver over his anti-catcher bias. (Derek Jacques) |
Year | lvl | CSAA | Framing Runs | Blocking Chances | EPAA | Blocking Runs | SB Attempts | SRAA | TRAA | Throwing Runs | FRAA Adj. | FRAA |
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1959 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 246 | .002 | -0.1 | 2 | .046 | .001 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.3 |
1960 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 86 | .000 | 0.0 | 3 | .039 | .000 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
1961 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 678 | .000 | 0.0 | 12 | -.011 | .002 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
1963 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 4432 | .000 | -0.2 | 66 | -.010 | .000 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
1964 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 4960 | .000 | 0.0 | 57 | .045 | -.003 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -2.9 |
1965 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 4211 | .000 | 0.0 | 58 | .009 | -.002 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.6 |
1966 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 5385 | -.001 | 0.6 | 79 | .003 | .000 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
1967 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 4819 | -.001 | 1.8 | 59 | -.073 | -.002 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
1968 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 3975 | .000 | 0.3 | 56 | .029 | -.002 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -1.2 |
1969 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 5390 | .000 | 0.1 | 88 | .041 | .000 | -2.0 | -1.9 | 2.4 |
1970 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 1851 | -.001 | 0.4 | 39 | .087 | -.003 | -1.8 | -1.4 | -0.3 |
1971 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 4781 | .001 | -1.1 | 120 | .066 | .009 | -4.3 | -5.4 | -7.1 |
1972 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 3084 | .000 | -0.3 | 58 | .020 | .004 | -0.7 | -1.0 | 0.6 |
1973 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 436 | .000 | 0.0 | 12 | .016 | .001 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -6.3 |
1974 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 939 | .000 | 0.0 | 32 | .008 | .014 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 0.2 |
1975 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 558 | .000 | 0.1 | 14 | .030 | .002 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.4 |
1976 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 1324 | .000 | 0.1 | 35 | .038 | .004 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -1.0 |
1977 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 1356 | .000 | 0.2 | 44 | .013 | .010 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.8 |
1978 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 1055 | .000 | 0.1 | 27 | -.032 | .003 | 0.5 | 0.6 | -0.2 |
1979 | mlb | .000 | 0.0 | 1095 | .000 | 0.1 | 25 | -.005 | .005 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
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