Comments on: The stats we use: UZR

By: The Best Defense is a Good Offense | River Avenue Blues

The Best Defense is a Good Offense | River Avenue Blues — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:01:38 +0000

[...] fielding ability. The fact is, his range has gone from mediocre to bad to worse. Since 2002 (when UZR was first recorded), he has had two seasons in the positive: 6.4 in 2009, and 0.9 in 2002. Every [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:04:28 +0000

I agree. Anyone who thinks Tex is responsible for saving only 4-6 runs per season must have rocks in their head. 40-60 is more like it.

By: A low UZR doesn’t mean Teixeira is a bad first baseman | River Avenue Blues

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:01:53 +0000

[...] I covered in the UZR primer, the statistic is primarily concerned with assigning credit and blame on balls in play and [...]

By: The stats we use: WPA and LI | River Avenue Blues

The stats we use: WPA and LI | River Avenue Blues — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:31:48 +0000

[...] that we have discussed our favorites among defensive, offensive, and pitching stats, we’re going to move onto a more general one. Today I’m [...]

By: The stats we use: FIP | River Avenue Blues

The stats we use: FIP | River Avenue Blues — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:31:55 +0000

[...] previous editions of this series we’ve discussed UZR, a defensive statistic, and wOBA, an offensive one. Today we’ll move onto a pitching one. It [...]

By: The best fastball, curveball, slider, cutter, and changeup on the Yankees | River Avenue Blues

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:01:39 +0000

[...] we’ve started writing about the stats we use. One concept we saw in both current entries, UZR and wOBA, is linear weights. The idea might sound complex, but it is not. The idea is to assign a [...]

By: The stats we use: wOBA | River Avenue Blues

The stats we use: wOBA | River Avenue Blues — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:31:17 +0000

[...] “advanced” doesn’t mean it requires an overly complex calculation. Last week we examined UZR, and that might have given off the wrong impression. UZR is complex out of necessity. A baseball [...]

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:17:41 +0000

I watching Mattingly play a lot. I DISagree that D at 1st base is not ‘that’ important. We all saw it last year with Tex. He took away MANY BHs, and saved many runs. While Tex does NOT have great range, he gets everything within diving distance. Mattingly, and the very best there was (Hernandez) took away BHs in the hole more then Tex.

By: bobmac

bobmac — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:33:04 +0000

Anyone have some rope?

By: Rocky Road Redemption (formerly RAB poster)

Rocky Road Redemption (formerly RAB poster) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:21:03 +0000

Cool.