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Monday, May 06, 2013

Parkhouse: Do advanced stats have a place in high school baseball?

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posted 2 weeks ago by Repoz to high school, sabermetrics | 25 comment(s)

Well…it is K8 and not K/9.

I began thinking of this often this week as I was watching local high school teams play the game. Specifically, Michigan City and La Porte.

I became frustrated watching these players, particularly at the plate. In my opinion, too much first-pitch swinging is going on, which flies directly in the face of stats like on-base percentage, who many people - myself included - feel is a greater indicator of batting success than the more popular batting average.

If the ...

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1. Textbook Editor posted on April 18, 2012 at 07:36 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Well, for one game I'm less worried about pitch counts. What would worry me (were I a team interested in drafting either guy) was that while this one game might be just an outlier, in a normal game these guys probably routinely throw 100+ pitches (and likely quite a bit more than that). That's what would concern me.

2. Walt Davis posted on April 18, 2012 at 07:58 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

You guys take it from here…

347 is a prime number. So is 193 for that matter.

3. Double-Spin Mechanic posted on April 18, 2012 at 09:15 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

In a high school 10-inning 2-hitter, I'd expect way more than 10 strikeouts.

4. Boxkutter posted on April 18, 2012 at 10:41 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

There's two names I can mark off my 2015 Draft List.

5. Topher posted on April 18, 2012 at 11:40 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

This is an interesting tidbit to the game, but it seems odd to not point out that with the win Jesuit is now in first place in Louisiana's District 9-5A.

Flags fly forever.

6. rlc posted on April 18, 2012 at 01:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Can't wait to see them both on the Yankees' DL.

7. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on April 18, 2012 at 02:13 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

There's two names I can mark off my 2015 Draft List.

They're at the top of Dusty Baker's.

8. natebracy posted on April 18, 2012 at 03:33 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Early attempts at heading off the Verducci effect.

9. Sleepy supports unauthorized rambling posted on April 19, 2012 at 02:09 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

"Just myself alone, on shoulders and elbows, probably 400 or 500 (a year)," he [Dr. James Andrews] told the Tulsa World at the time. "In three weeks - the last two weeks of April and the first week of May - I did 36 Tommy John procedures. Most of them were high school kids. That's unbelievable. That's a major operation.

How is that possible?

10. Dr. Vaux posted on April 19, 2012 at 03:41 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

He must not charge that much. Insurance wouldn't pay for that operation, would it?

11. cercopithecus aethiops posted on April 19, 2012 at 07:34 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

347 is a prime number. So is 193 for that matter.

But 501, alas, is not.

12. Howie Menckel posted on April 19, 2012 at 08:11 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Bah, I saw a Jersey kid throw 216 pitches in a high school varsity playoff game in the mid-1980s.
True story.

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