Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Let’s Go Tribe: Tom Hamilton interview
(www.letsgotribe.com)
Tom Hamilton has the Best Home Run call in all of People Business.
Read More...LGT: There’s been a kind of evolution in statistical analysis and understanding of baseball. How much weight do you give to this broader statistical analysis?
TH: We get all the statistical information we need in advance of games. But I really think for my purposes, you have to be careful. You can number people to death. People will go numb if you use too many numbers. I know I do. If I hear a broadcast and they’re stuck on ...
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1. DL from MN posted on January 15, 2013 at 11:58 AM # hit 0 | hit 0Baseball Analytics: Mariano Rivera's Pitch Frequency
No question about the awesomeness. But, modern closer actually do usually have the option of walking guys.
The thing that has made Rivera transendent is the ability to induce weak contact.
Technically speaking, right now he doesn't.
Apparently it helps if you can throw 100 MPH.
Also, based on the heat map, Rivera's success is apparently based on the fact that 90% of his pitches to LHB are balls that are getting called strikes.
Now, Walt, I have it on good authority that the only pitchers to benefit from wide strikes are Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux. Any insinuation otherwise is preposterous.
Which must mean they have a wicked break.
Plus non-strikes that hitters are swinging at.
And, I'm guessing, balls that are called balls.
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