Comments on: Days later, an unwelcomed link between the VT shootings and baseball http://umpbump.com/press/2007/04/26/days-later-an-unwelcome-link-between-the-vt-shootings-and-baseball/ In-your-face baseball commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:48:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Paul Moro http://umpbump.com/press/2007/04/26/days-later-an-unwelcome-link-between-the-vt-shootings-and-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-13575 Paul Moro Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:44:25 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/days-later-an-unwelcome-link-between-the-vt-shootings-and-baseball/#comment-13575 Ack, that was a typo. You are totally right - average BA/BIP is about .290. Ack, that was a typo. You are totally right – average BA/BIP is about .290.

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]]> By: dteberle http://umpbump.com/press/2007/04/26/days-later-an-unwelcome-link-between-the-vt-shootings-and-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-13572 dteberle Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:51:45 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/days-later-an-unwelcome-link-between-the-vt-shootings-and-baseball/#comment-13572 Either way, though, your point still stands. Matsuzaka has still been unlucky. I'd be interested to see what his BA/BIP splits are with men on base. Is he really ineffective out of the set position? Probably won't know until he makes a bunch more starts, I guess. Sample size is too small. Either way, though, your point still stands. Matsuzaka has still been unlucky. I’d be interested to see what his BA/BIP splits are with men on base. Is he really ineffective out of the set position? Probably won’t know until he makes a bunch more starts, I guess. Sample size is too small.

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]]> By: dteberle http://umpbump.com/press/2007/04/26/days-later-an-unwelcome-link-between-the-vt-shootings-and-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-13571 dteberle Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:48:59 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/days-later-an-unwelcome-link-between-the-vt-shootings-and-baseball/#comment-13571 Nick, a .220 BA/BIP average seems low to me. Unless I'm screwing this up, a starting pitcher with average strikeout numbers can easily attain 140Ks over 200 IPs (a little over 5.7K/9). Within those 200 IPs, let's say he faced 850 batters, and walked 80 (including HBPs) for a BB/9 ratio of 3.6, and allowed 30HRs. I think these are plausible numbers, and would come out to 600 batted balls in play (eliminating walks, Ks, and HRs). If this same pitcher had a .220 BA/BIP, he would have allowed 162 hits (132 non-homeruns). That's a .210 batting average against, which would probably put him among the top of the league. Am I screwing this up? Nick, a .220 BA/BIP average seems low to me. Unless I’m screwing this up, a starting pitcher with average strikeout numbers can easily attain 140Ks over 200 IPs (a little over 5.7K/9). Within those 200 IPs, let’s say he faced 850 batters, and walked 80 (including HBPs) for a BB/9 ratio of 3.6, and allowed 30HRs. I think these are plausible numbers, and would come out to 600 batted balls in play (eliminating walks, Ks, and HRs). If this same pitcher had a .220 BA/BIP, he would have allowed 162 hits (132 non-homeruns). That’s a .210 batting average against, which would probably put him among the top of the league.

Am I screwing this up?

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