Comments on: Good Statistics Versus Bad Statistics

By: Taylor

Taylor — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:34:35 +0000

I was young and stupid then, Nate! What did I know?

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:50:30 +0000

Shenanigans! I call shenanigans. Ground balls do not result in outs more often. The opposite is true. Fly balls are more likely to be outs, but when they are hits, they are far more likely to be extra base hits, which is why they are worse. Ground ball pitchers are better than fly ball pitchers for this reason. They keep the ball in the park and don’t give up extra base hits.

By: Griffin Cooper

Griffin Cooper — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:43:21 +0000

WHIP isn’t necessarily any worse than stats like ERA, but it’s just not useful, because it has the same flaws. We already have BB/9, so the walk aspect is pretty redundant, and then there’s hits, which isn’t a particularly good way of measuring a pitcher (because it’s influenced by defense, luck, etc.) So, yeah, it’s pretty much useless.