DER (Defensive Effeciency Ration) or BABIP (Batting Averag..

On May 28, 10:47 am, Colin William <colintwill... RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
> Marty Winnwrote:
> > Does anyone know where I can find these team stats? I can't locate
> > them onl-line. I'm trying to figure to compare team defenses. Maybe
> > some other all encompassing team defensive stat would do instead of
> > these (not fielding percentage).
>
> Looks like they have DER at baseball-reference.com. Go to the league
> page and scroll down to League Miscellaneous Stats, the column is DefEff:
>
> http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_2008.shtml
>
> Braves currently lead the NL.
>
> The Hardball Times site has individual BABIP (see THT stats), but not
> sure if they have them by team;
>
> http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/stats/
>
> Colin

Thanks, great stats, just what I was looking for.
 >> Stay informed about: DER (Defensive Effeciency Ration) or BABIP (Batting Averag.. 

In article <6a59kvF3623a7U1.DeleteThis@mid.individual.net>,
colintwilliam.DeleteThis@hotmail.com says...
> Marty Winn wrote:
> > Does anyone know where I can find these team stats? I can't locate
> > them onl-line. I'm trying to figure to compare team defenses. Maybe
> > some other all encompassing team defensive stat would do instead of
> > these (not fielding percentage).
>
> Looks like they have DER at baseball-reference.com. Go to the league
> page and scroll down to League Miscellaneous Stats, the column is DefEff:
>
> http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_2008.shtml

Another good site for imaginary stats is
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/sortable/

Without it, who would have guessed the Mark Wegner trails only six
umpires in the percentage of strikes per pitch thrown?

I'm guessing he'll have regressed some after tonight, though.

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 >> Stay informed about: DER (Defensive Effeciency Ration) or BABIP (Batting Averag.. 

In article <MPG.22a7cbc0c48423d3989b94.RemoveThis@newsgroups.bellsouth.net>,
dgh1138.RemoveThis@southernbell.com says...
> In article <6a59kvF3623a7U1.RemoveThis@mid.individual.net>,
> colintwilliam.RemoveThis@hotmail.com says...
> > Marty Winn wrote:
> > > Does anyone know where I can find these team stats? I can't locate
> > > them onl-line. I'm trying to figure to compare team defenses. Maybe
> > > some other all encompassing team defensive stat would do instead of
> > > these (not fielding percentage).
> >
> > Looks like they have DER at baseball-reference.com. Go to the league
> > page and scroll down to League Miscellaneous Stats, the column is DefEff:
> >
> > http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_2008.shtml
>
> Another good site for imaginary stats is
> http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/sortable/
>
> Without it, who would have guessed the Mark Wegner trails only six
> umpires in the percentage of strikes per pitch thrown?
>
> I'm guessing he'll have regressed some after tonight, though.

That's "lowest percentage". Amazingly enough.

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Cranial Crusader dgh 1138 at bell south point net
 >> Stay informed about: DER (Defensive Effeciency Ration) or BABIP (Batting Averag..