Jays of '02: Stat Report

"What is the evidence, and what does it mean?" Bill James
Equivalent Average, R27, Age, On-Base Percentage and Slugging Percentage for every 2002 Blue Jay (and Major League leaders).

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The 2002 Toronto Blue Jays
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Games Played By Position:

        First Base: Carlos Delgado 140, Brian Lesher 12, Tom Wilson 11, 
                    Dave Berg 10, Chris Woodward 3, Josh Phelps 2

       Second Base: Orlando Hudson 52, Dave Berg 52, Joe Lawrence 49, 
                    Homer Bush 22, Chris Woodward 6

         Shortstop: Chris Woodward 79, Felipe Lopez 79, Dave Berg 13

        Third Base: Eric Hinske 148, Dave Berg 20, Chris Woodward 2, 
                    Felipe Lopez 2

        Left Field: Shannon Stewart 99, Jose Cruz 56, Dewayne Wise 6, 
                    Jayson Werth 4, Brian Lesher 3, Dave Berg 3

      Center Field: Vernon Wells 146, Jose Cruz 21, Dewayne Wise 3, 
                    Jayson Werth 1

       Right Field: Raul Mondesi 62, Jose Cruz 47, Dewayne Wise 26, 
                    Vernon Wells 13, Dave Berg 10, Jayson Werth 10, 
                    Brian Lesher 2, Pedro Swann 1

           Catcher: Ken Huckaby 88, Tom Wilson 65, Darrin Fletcher 36, 
                    Kevin Cash 7

  Starting Pitcher: Roy Halladay 34, Esteban Loaiza 25, Pete Walker 20,
                    Justin Miller 18, Steve Parris 14, Chris Carpenter 13,
                    Luke Prokopec 12, Brandon Lyon 10, Michael Smith 6,
                    Mark Hendrickson 4, Scott Eyre 3, Brian Cooper 2,
                    Corey Thurman 1

    Relief Pitcher: Kelvim Escobar 76, Scott Cassidy 58, Cliff Politte 55,
                    Felix Heredia 53, Scott Eyre 46, Corey Thurman 42,
                    Dan Plesac 19, Brian Bowles 17, Pete Walker 17,
                    Pedro Borbon 16, Mark Hendrickson 12, Jason Kershner 10,
                    Luke Prokopec 10, Michael Smith 8, Justin Miller 7,
                    Brandon Lyon 5, Bob File 5, Scott Wiggins 3,
                    Pasqual Coco 2

 Designated Hitter: Josh Phelps 71, Shannon Stewart 38, Raul Mondesi 13, 
                    Tom Wilson 12, Dave Berg 8, Darrin Fletcher 4, 
                    Carlos Delgado 3, Dewayne Wise 3, Pedro Swann 3, 
                    Brian Lesher 3, Jose Cruz 2, Chris Woodward 2, 
                    Felipe Lopez 1, Homer Bush 1, Joe Lawrence 1

           Manager: Buck Martinez 20-33 .377, Carlos Tosca 58-51 .532

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2002 in Context
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New general manager J.P. Ricciardi made a science of improving the team while
cutting payroll, and the Jays posted a .579 winning percentage after the 
All-Star Break.  Two of the league's three lowest opening day payrolls made
the playoffs (A's and Twins at $40m each), while two of the league's three 
highest payrolls did not (Boston $108m, Texas $105m):

 Runs Scored Per 9 IP   Runs Allowed Per 9 IP        Winning Percentage
( 1)   NYYankees 5.56 | ( 1)     Anaheim 3.99 | ( 1)   NYYankees 103-58  .640
( 2)   White Sox 5.41 | ( 2)     Oakland 4.05 | ( 2)     Oakland 103-59  .636
( 3)      Boston 5.35 | ( 3)      Boston 4.14 | ( 3)     Anaheim  99-63  .611
( 4)     Anaheim 5.27 | ( 4)   NYYankees 4.32 | ( 4)   Minnesota  94-67  .584
( 5)       Texas 5.27 | ( 5)     Seattle 4.35 | ( 5)      Boston  93-69  .574
( 6)     TORONTO 5.09 | ( 6)   Minnesota 4.44 | ( 5)     Seattle  93-69  .574
( 7)     Seattle 5.07 | ( 7)   Baltimore 4.80 | ( 7)   White Sox  81-81  .500
( 8)     Oakland 4.96 | ( 8)   White Sox 5.05 | ( 8)     TORONTO  78-84  .481
( 9)   Minnesota 4.78 | ( 9)     TORONTO 5.18 | ( 9)   Cleveland  74-88  .457
(10)   Cleveland 4.67 | (10)   Cleveland 5.29 | (10)       Texas  72-90  .444
(11) Kansas City 4.60 | (11)     Detroit 5.50 | (11)   Baltimore  67-95  .414
(12)   Tampa Bay 4.21 | (12)       Texas 5.51 | (12) Kansas City  62-100 .383
(13)   Baltimore 4.14 | (13) Kansas City 5.56 | (13)     Detroit  55-106 .342
(14)     Detroit 3.66 | (14)   Tampa Bay 5.74 | (13)   Tampa Bay  55-106 .342
             Avg 4.86                Avg 4.85                   1129-1135     

Correcting the above for park factor, the Jays' offense was better than
average, unlike the previous year, thanks in part to dropping 4 
millionaires from the lineup:

 Team Equivalent Average:
    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12   13   14
   NYY  SEA  BOS  CHW  OAK  ANA  TEX  TOR  CLE  MIN  KAN  BAL  TAM  DET
  .278 .271 .268 .268 .268 .267 .265 .262 .255 .253 .251 .250 .245 .237

Correcting runs allowed for park factor, the Jays' pitching & defense
was 4% worse than average, though better than average after the break:

 Opponents' Equivalent Average:
    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12   13   14
   ANA  BOS  MIN  OAK  NYY  SEA  CHW  TOR  BAL  CLE  TEX  KAN  TAM  DET
  .238 .242 .246 .247 .251 .255 .260 .264 .265 .268 .270 .270 .278 .279

The park factors are based on 1999-2001 data for runs per game (except 
when the park changed) as listed in the STATS Major League Handbook 2001
(i.e. not updated to include this year's data yet):

 Park Factors ((PF-1)*100, hitters' parks first):
    1    2    3    3    5    6    6    8    9   10   11   11   13   14
   MIN  KAN  TEX  CHW  TOR  BOS  ANA  CLE  TAM  NYY  DET  OAK  SEA  BAL
   5.0  4.0  3.5  3.5  2.5  2.0  2.0  1.0   .0 -3.0 -5.0 -5.0 -5.5 -6.0

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'02 Hitters
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Carlos Delgado ($19.4m) was the Jays' best hitter for the 3rd year in a row.  
Eric Hinske ($0.2m), whom Ricciardi gave the 3rd-base job based on his minor 
league stats, was the Jays' 2nd-best hitter.  Young Vernon Wells compensated
for a low on-base percentage with some power at the plate and nifty defense
in the field:
                Age        EqA   BA  OBP  SLG  R27   EqR   R RBI HR  SB CS   PA
  Carlos Delgado 30 L 1B  .318 .277 .406 .549  7.91  105 103 108 33   1  0  628
     Eric Hinske 24 L 3B  .289 .279 .365 .481  6.26   93  99  84 24  13  1  650
 Shannon Stewart 28 R LF  .282 .303 .371 .442  5.88   86 103  45 10  14  2  641
  Chris Woodward 26 R SS  .274 .276 .330 .468  5.46   45  48  45 13   3  0  349
       Jose Cruz 28 S LF  .261 .245 .317 .438  4.82   62  64  70 18   7  1  521
    Vernon Wells 23 R CF  .260 .275 .305 .457  4.79   78  87 100 23   9  4  646
    Raul Mondesi 31 R RF  .255 .224 .301 .435  4.57   39  51  45 15   9  2  335
       Dave Berg 31 R IF  .246 .270 .322 .382  4.18   42  42  39  4   0  2  410
    Felipe Lopez 22 S SS  .234 .227 .287 .387  3.67   30  35  34  8   5  4  307

On July 1, the Yankees helped the Jays by taking most of Mondesi's contract and 
all of his playing time, creating a spot for Josh Phelps, a better hitter.  
On July 24, the fans' outcry for Orlando Hudson to replace Joe Lawrence was
finally answered.  Darrin Fletcher retired in mid-season when Ken Huckaby's 
success with the pitchers won him most of the playing time:

                Age        EqA   BA  OBP  SLG  R27   EqR   R RBI HR  SB CS   PA
     Josh Phelps 24 R DH  .303 .309 .362 .562  7.01   47  41  58 15   0  0  287
  Orlando Hudson 24 S 2B  .260 .276 .319 .443  4.78   24  20  23  4   0  1  207
      Tom Wilson 31 R  C  .254 .257 .334 .385  4.52   32  33  37  8   0  0  302
 Darrin Fletcher 35 L  C  .201 .220 .239 .339  2.52    9   8  22  3   0  0  134
     Ken Huckaby 31 R  C  .201 .245 .270 .308  2.51   19  29  22  3   0  0  282
    Dewayne Wise 24 L OF  .185 .179 .207 .313  2.06    7  14  13  3   5  0  116
    Joe Lawrence 25 R 2B  .183 .180 .257 .247  1.99    9  16  15  2   2  1  171

Previous management committed the Jays to paying $3m to Homer Bush, whose main
contribution was to give pre-season interviews on veteran leadership:

                Age        EqA   BA  OBP  SLG  R27   EqR   R RBI HR  SB CS   PA
    Jayson Werth 23 R RF  .251 .261 .340 .348  4.36    5   4   6  0   1  0   53
      Homer Bush 29 R 2B  .201 .231 .268 .295  2.53    6   9   2  1   2  0   82
    Brian Lesher 31 R 1B  .110 .132 .209 .158   .56    1   2   2  0   0  0   43
      Kevin Cash 24 R  C  .070 .143 .200 .143   .18    0   1   0  0   0  0   15
     Pedro Swann 31 L OF -.120 .083 .154 .083  -.70    0   3   1  0   0  0   13
    The Pitchers         -.153 .095 .095 .095 -1.27   -1   1   0  0   0  0   21

Triples:
 Shannon Stewart 6, Orlando Hudson 5, Jose Cruz 5, Chris Woodward 4,
 Vernon Wells 4, Felipe Lopez 3, Eric Hinske 2, Carlos Delgado 2,
 Dave Berg 2, Josh Phelps 1, Jayson Werth 1, Ken Huckaby 1, Raul Mondesi 1,
 Dewayne Wise 1

Some think that high doubles totals from young players (e.g. Hinske, Wells,
Phelps) portends higher home run totals in future years:

Doubles (leaders):
 Shannon Stewart 38, Eric Hinske 38, Carlos Delgado 34, Vernon Wells 34,
 Dave Berg 26, Jose Cruz 26, Josh Phelps 20, Raul Mondesi 16

Times On Base (Hits + Walks + Hit By Pitch) (leaders):
 Carlos Delgado 255, Shannon Stewart 238, Eric Hinske 237, Vernon Wells 197,
 Jose Cruz 165, Dave Berg 132, Chris Woodward 115, Josh Phelps 104

Outs (AB-H+CS) (leaders):
 Vernon Wells 445, Eric Hinske 409, Shannon Stewart 404, Carlos Delgado 365,
 Jose Cruz 353, Dave Berg 275, Raul Mondesi 234, Chris Woodward 226

Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio:
 Ken Huckaby 4.9, Josh Phelps 4.3, Felipe Lopez 3.9, Dewayne Wise 3.8,
 Darrin Fletcher 3.3, Vernon Wells 3.1, Tom Wilson 2.8, Chris Woodward 2.8,
 Orlando Hudson 2.5, Joe Lawrence 2.4, Dave Berg 2.2, Jose Cruz 2.1,
 Raul Mondesi 1.8, Eric Hinske 1.8, Carlos Delgado 1.2, Shannon Stewart 1.1

The Jays often talked about giving Vernon Wells a rest, but seldom did:

Games Played (leaders):
 Vernon Wells 159, Eric Hinske 151, Carlos Delgado 143, Shannon Stewart 141,
 Jose Cruz 124, Dave Berg 109, Tom Wilson 96, Chris Woodward 90

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'02 Starting Pitchers
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Roy Halladay was one of the league's best pitchers.  Pete Walker was claimed
off waivers and became the Jays' 2nd-best starter.  Esteban Loaiza ($6.0m)
and Steve Parris ($3.8m) showed what $10 million can buy.  Rookie Justin Miller
was a better than average pitcher after the All-Star Break:

                Age    W  L  ERA   REqA CEqA DEqA  dH   IP   H/9 BB/9 HR/9  K/9
    Roy Halladay 25 R 19  7  2.93  .226 .224 .228  -5 239.3  8.4  2.3   .4  6.3
     Pete Walker 33 R 10  5  4.33  .253 .259 .269  -7 139.3  9.2  3.3  1.2  5.2
    Steve Parris 34 R  5  5  5.97  .280 .296 .282   8  75.3 11.5  4.2  1.6  5.7
  Esteban Loaiza 30 R  9 10  5.71  .281 .276 .258  19 151.3 11.4  2.3  1.1  5.2
   Justin Miller 24 R  9  5  5.54  .283 .276 .282  -3 102.3  9.1  5.8  1.1  6.0

Most of the April rotation was shelled:

                Age    W  L  ERA   REqA CEqA DEqA  dH   IP   H/9 BB/9 HR/9  K/9
 Chris Carpenter 27 R  4  5  5.28  .271 .283 .273   6  73.3 10.9  3.3  1.4  5.5
    Brandon Lyon 22 R  1  4  6.53  .295 .293 .294   1  62.0 11.3  2.8  2.0  4.4
   Michael Smith 24 R  0  3  6.62  .300 .292 .282   3  35.3 11.0  5.1   .8  4.1
   Luke Prokopec 24 R  2  9  6.78  .301 .304 .305   1  71.7 11.3  3.1  2.4  5.1
    Brian Cooper 27 R  0  1 14.04  .394 .373 .377   0   8.3 15.1  4.3  5.4  3.2
         TORONTO      78 84  4.81  .264 .264 .266    1438.3  9.4  3.7  1.1  6.2

Games Started:
 Roy Halladay 34, Esteban Loaiza 25, Pete Walker 20, Justin Miller 18,
 Steve Parris 14, Chris Carpenter 13, Luke Prokopec 12, Brandon Lyon 10,
 Michael Smith 6, Mark Hendrickson 4, Scott Eyre 3, Brian Cooper 2,
 Corey Thurman 1

Innings Pitched Per Game (IP/G):
 Roy Halladay 7.0, Esteban Loaiza 6.1, Chris Carpenter 5.6, Steve Parris 5.4,
 Brian Cooper 4.2, Brandon Lyon 4.1, Justin Miller 4.1, Pete Walker 3.8,
 Luke Prokopec 3.3, Michael Smith 2.5

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'02 Relief Pitchers
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Cliff Politte was the Jays' best reliever after the Jays acquired him for
Dan Plesac on May 26.  Kelvim Escobar was mediocre in the "closer" role
like Billy Koch of a year before.  Scott Eyre pitched much like Paul Quantrill
as a reliever, but then the Jays waived him.  Corey Thurman was a Rule V draft:

                Age    W  L  ERA   REqA CEqA DEqA  dH   IP   H/9 BB/9 HR/9  K/9
   Cliff Politte 28 R  1  3  3.61  .229 .197 .232 -10  57.3  5.8  3.0   .8  8.9
  Kelvim Escobar 26 R  5  7  4.27  .250 .266 .259   5  78.0  8.7  5.1  1.2  9.8
   Corey Thurman 23 R  2  3  4.37  .250 .275 .284  -3  68.0  8.6  6.0  1.5  7.4
   Felix Heredia 27 L  1  2  3.61  .260 .257 .267  -3  52.3  8.8  4.5   .9  5.3
      Scott Eyre 30 L  2  4  4.97  .266 .259 .242   7  63.3  9.8  4.1   .6  7.2
   Scott Cassidy 26 R  1  4  5.73  .275 .254 .290 -14  66.0  7.1  4.4  1.6  6.5

Tall Mark Hendrickson was very effective in 4 starts at the end of the season.
The Jays always had lots of lefty relievers to call upon:

                Age    W  L  ERA   REqA CEqA DEqA  dH   IP   H/9 BB/9 HR/9  K/9
  M. Hendrickson 28 L  3  0  2.45  .204 .191 .238  -8  36.7  6.1  2.9   .2  5.2
  Jason Kershner 25 L  0  0  1.69  .223 .280 .272   0   5.3  8.4  6.8  1.7 11.8
   Scott Wiggins 26 L  0  0  3.38  .223 .360 .298   1   2.7 16.9  3.4  3.4 10.1
      Dan Plesac 40 L  1  2  3.38  .223 .229 .233   0  13.3  7.4  4.1   .7  9.5
    Brian Bowles 25 R  2  1  4.05  .259 .221 .241  -2  20.0  5.9  6.3   .0  8.6
    Pedro Borbon 34 L  1  2  4.97  .274 .277 .294  -1  12.7  8.5  4.3  2.1  7.8
    Pasqual Coco 24 R  0  1 18.00  .435 .512 .331   2   1.0 36.0 27.0   .0   .0
        Bob File 25 R  0  1 18.90  .443 .366 .241   3   3.3 21.6  5.4   .0  5.4

Relief Appearances:
 Kelvim Escobar 76, Scott Cassidy 58, Cliff Politte 55, Felix Heredia 53,
 Scott Eyre 46, Corey Thurman 42, Dan Plesac 19, Brian Bowles 17,
 Pete Walker 17, Pedro Borbon 16, Mark Hendrickson 12, Jason Kershner 10,
 Luke Prokopec 10, Michael Smith 8, Justin Miller 7, Brandon Lyon 5,
 Bob File 5, Scott Wiggins 3, Pasqual Coco 2

Saves:
 Kelvim Escobar 38, Jason Kershner 1, Cliff Politte 1, Pete Walker 1

Innings Pitched Per Game (IP/G):
 Mark Hendrickson 2.3, Corey Thurman 1.6, Scott Eyre 1.3, Brian Bowles 1.2,
 Scott Cassidy 1.1, Cliff Politte 1.0, Kelvim Escobar 1.0,
 Felix Heredia 1.0, Scott Wiggins .9, Pedro Borbon .8, Dan Plesac .7,
 Bob File .7, Jason Kershner .5, Pasqual Coco .5

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Where Are They Now?
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Alex Gonzalez hit about the same as his replacements:

                Age      EqA   BA  OBP  SLG  R27   EqR   R RBI HR  SB CS   PA
     Shawn Green    LAD .316 .285 .385 .558  7.08  121 110 114 42   8  5  684
     John Olerud    SEA .316 .300 .402 .490  7.18  110  85 102 22   0  0  667
    Brad Fullmer    ANA .297 .289 .357 .531  6.61   75  75  59 19  10  3  479
     Todd Greene    TEX .278 .268 .276 .580  5.70   17  15  19 10   0  0  116
    Tony Batista    BAL .270 .244 .308 .457  4.81   90  90  87 31   5  4  681
    Raul Mondesi    NYY .262 .241 .315 .430  4.61   37  39  43 11   6  4  302
     David Segui    BAL .259 .263 .336 .368  4.34   12  10  16  2   0  0  107
 Alex_s Gonzalez    CHC .253 .248 .312 .425  4.30   64  58  61 18   5  3  564
  Roberto Alomar    NYM .253 .266 .332 .377  4.15   71  73  53 11  15  5  645
   Michael Young    TEX .239 .262 .308 .382  3.93   61  77  62  9   6  7  620
 Brent Abernathy    TAM .216 .242 .288 .311  2.93   39  46  40  2  10  4  496
   Cesar Izturis    LAD .197 .232 .253 .303  2.16   30  43  31  1   7  7  458
      Homer Bush    FLA .172 .222 .263 .222  1.58    3   7   5  0   2  1   57
 Albert Castillo    NYY .098 .135 .158 .216   .40    0   3   4  0   0  0   38

                Age      EqA   BA  OBP  SLG  R27   EqR   R RBI HR  SB CS   PA
     Pat Borders    SEA .412 .500 .500 .750 13.98    1   0   1  0   0  0    4
       Jeff Kent    SFG .315 .313 .368 .565  6.88  122 102 108 37   5  1  682
    Fred McGriff    CHC .287 .273 .352 .505  5.84   86  67 103 30   1  2  594
     Jay Gibbons    BAL .276 .247 .311 .482  5.08   75  71  69 28   1  3  541
 Benito Santiago    SFG .269 .278 .314 .450  4.62   66  56  74 16   4  2  513
    Craig Wilson    PIT .268 .267 .353 .447  5.20   52  48  57 16   2  3  419
   Marty Cordova    BAL .268 .253 .325 .434  4.74   65  55  64 18   1  6  511
   Ryan Thompson    MIL .266 .248 .295 .518  5.01   19  16  24  8   1  0  146
 Ricke Henderson    BOS .265 .223 .369 .352  5.00   26  40  16  5   8  2  222
    Ruben Sierra    SEA .264 .270 .319 .418  4.58   55  47  60 13   4  0  452
      Greg Myers    OAK .264 .222 .341 .382  4.59   20  15  21  6   0  0  170
  Orlando Merced    HOU .262 .287 .350 .434  5.17   32  35  30  6   4  0  280
     Tomas Perez    PHI .246 .250 .319 .392  4.09   24  22  20  5   1  0  235
    Chris Stynes    CHC .242 .241 .314 .374  3.84   22  25  26  5   1  1  220
     Lee Stevens    MON .241 .190 .318 .376  4.01   24  28  31 10   1  0  245
     Lee Stevens    CLE .234 .222 .285 .373  3.61   16  22  26  5   0  0  172
    Miguel Cairo    STL .230 .250 .307 .353  3.47   18  28  23  2   1  1  202
    Mike Matheny    STL .224 .244 .315 .317  3.24   29  31  35  3   1  3  355
     Casey Blake    MIN .184 .200 .273 .250  2.08    1   2   1  0   0  0   22
    Dave Hollins    PHI-.105 .118 .167 .118  -.49    0   1   0  0   0  1   18
  Mike Coolbaugh    STL-.119 .083 .154 .083  -.66    0   0   0  0   0  0   13
   Abraham Nunez    FLA-.142 .118 .118 .118  -.98   -1   2   1  0   0  1   17

Paul Quantrill pitched a lot better than Luke Prokopec, and Billy Koch
returned to his pre-2001 form with the A's:

                      W  L  ERA   REqA CEqA DEqA  dH   IP   H/9 BB/9 HR/9  K/9
  Woody Williams STL  9  4  2.53  .208 .224 .250 -13 103.3  7.3  2.2   .9  6.6
  Paul Quantrill LAD  5  4  2.70  .233 .252 .237   6  76.7  9.4  2.9   .1  6.2
      Scott Eyre SFG  0  0  1.59  .235 .261 .257   0  11.3  8.7  5.6   .0  5.6
      Billy Koch OAK 11  4  3.27  .237 .237 .249  -6  93.7  7.0  4.4   .7  8.9
    Kevin Beirne LAD  2  0  3.41  .240 .277 .302  -4  29.0  8.1  5.3  1.2  5.3
     Peter Munro HOU  5  5  3.57  .244 .250 .243   4  80.7  9.9  2.6   .6  5.0
  Chris Michalak TEX  0  2  4.40  .246 .305 .280   3  14.3 12.6  6.3   .6  3.1
     David Wells NYY 19  7  3.75  .252 .249 .253  -3 206.3  9.2  2.0   .9  6.0
       Omar Daal LAD 11  9  3.90  .257 .252 .277 -20 161.3  7.9  3.0  1.1  5.9
   Roger Clemens NYY 13  6  4.35  .260 .251 .241  12 180.0  8.6  3.2   .9  9.6
      Dan Plesac PHI  2  1  4.70  .264 .250 .281  -4  23.0  6.3  4.7  2.0 10.6
    Graeme Lloyd FLA  2  2  4.44  .264 .254 .247   1  26.3  8.9  3.8   .3  6.8
   Glendon Rusch MIL 10 16  4.70  .271 .271 .272   2 210.7  9.7  3.2  1.3  6.0
     Gary Glover CHW  7  8  5.20  .271 .259 .280 -16 138.3  8.8  3.4  1.4  4.6
  Frank Castillo BOS  6 15  5.07  .272 .262 .261   3 163.3  9.6  3.2  1.0  6.2
    Pedro Borbon HOU  3  2  5.50  .278 .282 .270   4  37.7  9.8  4.5  1.7  9.3
   Joey Hamilton CIN  4 10  5.27  .285 .270 .261   8 124.7  9.8  3.6   .8  6.1
   Robert Person PHI  4  5  5.44  .290 .269 .289  -9  87.7  8.1  5.2  1.3  6.3
    Graeme Lloyd MON  2  3  5.87  .291 .293 .274   4  30.7 12.0  2.3  1.5  5.0
     Pat Hentgen BAL  0  4  7.77  .328 .329 .319   2  22.0 12.7  4.1  2.5  4.5

                      W  L  ERA   REqA CEqA DEqA  dH   IP   H/9 BB/9 HR/9  K/9
 Nerio Rodriguez CLE  0  0   .00  .000-.201 .231   0    .3   .0   .0   .0   .0
    Mark Guthrie NYM  5  3  2.44  .208 .220 .243  -5  48.0  6.6  3.6   .6  8.3
       Ben Weber ANA  7  2  2.54  .209 .223 .241  -7  78.0  8.1  2.5   .5  5.0
     Mike Timlin STL  1  3  2.51  .214 .221 .267 -14  61.0  7.1  1.0  1.3  5.2
       Jose Mesa PHI  4  6  2.97  .223 .246 .253  -3  75.7  7.7  4.6   .6  7.6
 Carlos Almanzar CIN  0  1  2.31  .224 .160 .235  -4  11.7  4.6  3.9   .0  5.4
    Steve Karsay NYY  6  4  3.26  .227 .248 .249   0  88.3  8.9  3.1   .7  6.6
 Mar Lukasiewicz ANA  2  0  3.86  .235 .274 .222   5  14.0 10.9  5.8   .0  9.6
 Giovann Carrara LAD  6  3  3.28  .239 .267 .291 -12  90.7  8.2  3.2  1.4  5.6
   Dave Weathers NYM  6  3  2.91  .240 .253 .262  -3  77.3  8.0  4.2   .7  7.1
        Jim Mann HOU  0  1  4.09  .243 .250 .265  -2  22.0  7.8  2.9  1.2  7.8
     Mike Timlin PHI  3  3  3.79  .248 .226 .285 -11  35.7  6.8  1.8  1.5  3.8
      Jose Silva CIN  1  0  4.24  .255 .278 .297  -2  23.3  9.6  3.9  1.2  2.3
  Steve Trachsel NYM 11 11  3.37  .257 .259 .269  -7 173.7  8.8  3.6   .8  5.4
       Al Leiter NYM 13 13  3.48  .262 .258 .262  -1 204.3  8.5  3.0  1.0  7.6
 Nerio Rodriguez STL  0  0  4.15  .295 .260 .300  -1   4.3  8.3  2.1  2.1  4.2
       Tom Davey SDP  1  0  5.57  .302 .294 .270   3  21.0  9.9  4.7   .9  9.0
 Tod Stottlemyre ARZ  0  2  7.52  .316 .296 .286   2  20.3 11.5  3.1  1.8  5.3
     Aaron Small ATL  0  0 27.00  .538 .657 .330   1    .3 54.0 54.0   .0 27.0

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2002 American League Leaders
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Carlos Delgado was one of the best hitters in the league.  Including defense, 
Alex Rodriguez was probably the best overall player in the league:

Top 14 Hitters by EqA (minimum 351 plate appearances):
                         EqA   BA  OBP  SLG  R27   EqR   R RBI HR  SB CS   PA
       Jim Thome CLE    .356 .304 .445 .677 10.37  129 101 118 52   1  2  613
   Manny Ramirez BOS    .353 .349 .450 .647 10.22  106  84 107 33   0  0  518
    Jason Giambi NYY    .345 .314 .435 .598  9.18  136 120 122 41   2  2  689
  Alex Rodriguez TEX    .324 .300 .392 .623  8.39  133 125 142 57   9  4  725
    Mike Sweeney KAN    .322 .340 .417 .563  8.27   94  81  86 24   9  7  545
  Carlos Delgado TOR    .318 .277 .406 .549  7.91  105 103 108 33   1  0  628
     John Olerud SEA    .316 .300 .402 .490  7.18  110  85 102 22   0  0  667
 Bernie Williams NYY    .316 .333 .415 .493  7.35  117 102 102 19   8  4  699
 Magglio Ordonez CHW    .315 .320 .381 .597  7.82  115 116 135 38   7  5  653
 Rafael Palmeiro TEX    .315 .273 .391 .571  7.79  111  99 105 43   1  0  663
  Edgar Martinez SEA    .314 .277 .403 .485  7.09   67  42  59 15   1  1  407
      Tim Salmon ANA    .299 .286 .380 .503  6.77   86  84  88 22   6  3  568
     Ellis Burks CLE    .299 .301 .362 .541  6.70   90  92  91 32   2  3  569
     Aubrey Huff TAM    .299 .313 .364 .520  6.60   77  67  59 23   4  1  494
. . .
 Alfonso Soriano NYY    .299 .300 .332 .547  6.40  123 128 102 39  41 13  739
   Miguel Tejada OAK    .298 .308 .353 .508  6.23  113 108 131 34   7  2  714

Roy Halladay led the league in innings pitched.  Boston had 3 of the best 
starting pitchers but didn't make the playoffs:

Top 14 Starting Pitchers by REqA (minimum 118.7 innings pitched):
                      W  L  ERA   REqA CEqA DEqA  dH   IP   H/9 BB/9 HR/9  K/9
      Derek Lowe BOS 21  8  2.58  .203 .200 .239 -42 219.7  6.8  2.0   .5  5.2
  Pedro Martinez BOS 20  4  2.26  .207 .198 .207  -7 199.3  6.5  1.8   .6 10.8
   Tim Wakefield BOS 11  5  2.81  .217 .215 .245 -25 163.3  6.7  2.8   .8  7.4
 Jarrod Washburn ANA 18  6  3.15  .220 .230 .248 -19 206.0  8.0  2.6   .8  6.1
      Barry Zito OAK 23  5  2.75  .222 .233 .259 -31 229.3  7.1  3.1   .9  7.1
    Roy Halladay TOR 19  7  2.93  .226 .224 .228  -5 239.3  8.4  2.3   .4  6.3
      Tim Hudson OAK 15  9  2.98  .227 .248 .253  -5 238.3  8.9  2.3   .7  5.7
     Jamie Moyer SEA 13  8  3.32  .233 .236 .265 -34 230.7  7.7  2.0  1.1  5.7
    Joel Pineiro SEA 14  7  3.24  .233 .255 .265 -10 194.3  8.8  2.5  1.1  6.3
    Mark Buehrle CHW 19 12  3.58  .234 .241 .254 -16 239.0  8.9  2.3   .9  5.0
   Ismael Valdes TEX  6  9  3.93  .237 .240 .267 -22 146.7  8.3  2.2  1.2  4.6
     Jeff Weaver DET  6  8  3.18  .238 .231 .240  -6 121.7  8.3  2.4   .3  5.5
     Ramon Ortiz ANA 15  9  3.77  .239 .246 .275 -33 217.3  7.8  2.8  1.7  6.7
   Andy Pettitte NYY 13  5  3.27  .241 .247 .232  11 134.7  9.6  2.1   .4  6.5

Top 7 Relievers by REqA (minimum 50 innings or 10 saves):
                      W  L  ERA   REqA CEqA DEqA  dH   IP   H/9 BB/9 HR/9  K/9
     Buddy Groom BAL  3  2  1.60  .171 .197 .235 -11  62.0  6.4  1.7   .6  7.0
     J.C. Romero MIN  9  2  1.89  .175 .214 .226  -5  81.0  6.9  4.0   .3  8.4
   Troy Percival ANA  4  1  1.92  .178 .211 .229  -5  56.3  6.1  4.0   .8 10.9
 Francis Cordero TEX  2  0  1.79  .193 .198 .220  -5  45.3  6.6  2.6   .4  8.1
  Latroy Hawkins MIN  6  0  2.13  .198 .197 .221  -9  80.3  7.1  1.7   .6  7.1
   Arthur Rhodes SEA 10  4  2.33  .198 .178 .203  -7  69.7  5.8  1.7   .5 10.5
    Damaso Marte CHW  1  1  2.83  .207 .210 .220  -3  60.3  6.6  2.7   .7 10.7

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Theory Stuff, 2002
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The Jays finished 2 wins below their Pythagorean record:

      Pythagorean WPct     Extra Wins
 ( 1) ANA 101-61  .625 | ( 1) MIN   8
 ( 2) BOS 100-62  .615 | ( 2) OAK   7
 ( 3) NYY  99-62  .613 | ( 3) NYY   4
 ( 4) OAK  96-66  .591 | ( 4) DET   3
 ( 5) SEA  92-70  .569 | ( 5) CLE   2
 ( 6) MIN  86-75  .535 | ( 6) SEA   1
 ( 7) CHW  86-76  .532 | ( 7) TOR  -2
 ( 8) TOR  80-82  .492 | ( 8) ANA  -2
 ( 9) TEX  78-84  .479 | ( 9) BAL  -3
 (10) CLE  72-90  .443 | (10) TAM  -3
 (11) BAL  70-92  .433 | (11) KAN  -5
 (12) KAN  67-95  .414 | (12) CHW  -5
 (13) TAM  58-103 .362 | (13) TEX  -6
 (14) DET  52-109 .322 | (14) BOS  -7

Note: PythagWPct = RF^1.83 / ( RF^1.83 + RA^1.83 )
      where RF=Runs For and RA=Runs Against

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National League
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 Runs Scored Per 9 IP   Runs Allowed Per 9 IP        Winning Percentage
( 1)     Arizona 5.10 | ( 1)     Atlanta 3.47 | ( 1)     Atlanta 101-59  .631
( 2)    Colorado 4.91 | ( 2)SanFrancisco 3.86 | ( 2)     Arizona  98-64  .605
( 3)SanFrancisco 4.90 | ( 3) Los Angeles 3.97 | ( 3)   St. Louis  97-65  .599
( 4)   St. Louis 4.90 | ( 4)   St. Louis 4.03 | ( 4)SanFrancisco  95-66  .590
( 5)     Houston 4.67 | ( 5)     Arizona 4.19 | ( 5) Los Angeles  92-70  .568
( 6)    Montreal 4.55 | ( 6)     Houston 4.33 | ( 6)     Houston  84-78  .519
( 7)        Cubs 4.41 | ( 7)      NYMets 4.39 | ( 7)    Montreal  83-79  .512
( 8)Philadelphia 4.41 | ( 8)    Montreal 4.45 | ( 8)Philadelphia  80-81  .497
( 9) Los Angeles 4.40 | ( 9)Philadelphia 4.49 | ( 9)     Florida  79-83  .488
(10)  Cincinnati 4.39 | (10)  Pittsburgh 4.66 | (10)  Cincinnati  78-84  .481
(11)     Atlanta 4.34 | (11)     Florida 4.72 | (11)      NYMets  75-86  .466
(12)     Florida 4.32 | (12)        Cubs 4.74 | (12)    Colorado  73-89  .451
(13)      NYMets 4.30 | (13)  Cincinnati 4.79 | (13)  Pittsburgh  72-89  .447
(14)   San Diego 4.15 | (14)   San Diego 5.11 | (14)        Cubs  67-95  .414
(15)  Pittsburgh 4.10 | (15)   Milwaukee 5.16 | (15)   San Diego  66-96  .407
(16)   Milwaukee 3.94 | (16)    Colorado 5.66 | (16)   Milwaukee  56-106 .346
             Avg 4.49                Avg 4.50                   1296-1290     

Team Equivalent Average:
  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16
 SFG  ARZ  STL  LAD  FLA  NYM  SDP  CHC  ATL  CIN  MON  PHI  HOU  PIT  MIL  COL
.280 .271 .268 .265 .261 .261 .260 .260 .259 .258 .258 .257 .256 .248 .245 .243

Opponents' Equivalent Average:
  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16
 ATL  STL  HOU  ARZ  SFG  LAD  MON  COL  PHI  PIT  NYM  CIN  CHC  FLA  MIL  SDP
.237 .248 .248 .250 .254 .255 .255 .258 .259 .261 .263 .267 .268 .271 .273 .283

Park Factors ((PF-1)*100, hitters' parks first):
  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    7    9   10   11   12   12   14   15   16
 COL  HOU  MON  PIT  ARZ  MIL  PHI  STL  CIN  CHC  ATL  FLA  NYM  LAD  SDP  SFG
29.0  8.0  3.5  3.0  2.5  1.5  1.0  1.0  -.5 -2.0 -2.5 -5.0 -5.0 -7.0 -8.0 -9.0

      Pythagorean WPct     Extra Wins
 ( 1) SFG  98-63  .608 | ( 1) ATL   5
 ( 2) ATL  96-64  .602 | ( 2) FLA   4
 ( 3) ARZ  95-67  .588 | ( 3) CIN   3
 ( 4) STL  95-67  .588 | ( 4) LAD   3
 ( 5) LAD  89-73  .547 | ( 5) ARZ   3
 ( 6) HOU  87-75  .534 | ( 6) COL   3
 ( 7) MON  83-79  .511 | ( 7) STL   2
 ( 8) NYM  79-82  .491 | ( 8) PHI   1
 ( 9) PHI  79-82  .491 | ( 9) PIT   1
 (10) CHC  76-86  .467 | (10) MON   0
 (11) FLA  75-87  .460 | (11) SDP   0
 (12) CIN  75-87  .460 | (12) HOU  -3
 (13) PIT  71-90  .441 | (13) SFG  -3
 (14) COL  70-92  .435 | (14) NYM  -4
 (15) SDP  66-96  .406 | (15) MIL  -5
 (16) MIL  61-101 .379 | (16) CHC  -9

Note: PythagWPct = RF^1.83 / ( RF^1.83 + RA^1.83 )
      where RF=Runs For and RA=Runs Against

Top 16 Hitters by EqA (minimum 351 plate appearances):
                         EqA   BA  OBP  SLG  R27   EqR   R RBI HR  SB CS   PA
     Barry Bonds SFG    .444 .370 .582 .799 16.25  172 117 110 46   9  2  610
     Brian Giles PIT    .339 .298 .448 .622  9.31  121  95 103 38  15  6  641
   Chipper Jones ATL    .327 .327 .435 .536  8.10  116  90 100 26   8  2  662
      Sammy Sosa CHC    .323 .288 .400 .594  7.86  119 122 108 49   2  0  667
     Jim Edmonds STL    .320 .311 .420 .561  7.96   98  96  83 28   4  3  576
     Cliff Floyd FLA    .320 .287 .414 .537  7.46   64  49  57 18  10  5  362
 Vladim Guerrero MON    .320 .334 .415 .591  8.11  126 106 109 39  40 20  708
     Shawn Green LAD    .316 .285 .385 .558  7.08  121 110 114 42   8  5  684
     Ryan Klesko SDP    .315 .300 .388 .537  6.97  108  90  95 29   6  2  624
       Jeff Kent SFG    .315 .313 .368 .565  6.88  122 102 108 37   5  1  682
  Gary Sheffield ATL    .311 .307 .404 .512  7.12   94  82  84 25  12  2  579
     Bobby Abreu PHI    .311 .308 .413 .521  7.37  112 102  85 20  31 12  685
   Albert Pujols STL    .309 .314 .394 .561  7.29  111 118 127 34   2  4  675
   Lance Berkman HOU    .308 .292 .405 .578  7.73  111 106 128 42   8  4  692
   Austin Kearns CIN    .305 .315 .406 .500  6.91   67  66  56 13   6  3  434
     Pat Burrell PHI    .301 .282 .375 .544  6.78  106  96 116 37   1  0  683

Top 16 Starting Pitchers by REqA (minimum 118.7 innings pitched):
                      W  L  ERA   REqA CEqA DEqA  dH   IP   H/9 BB/9 HR/9  K/9
   Randy Johnson ARZ 24  5  2.32  .210 .218 .221   0 260.0  6.8  2.5   .9 11.6
      Roy Oswalt HOU 19  9  3.01  .223 .228 .227   4 233.0  8.3  2.4   .7  8.0
     Greg Maddux ATL 16  6  2.62  .224 .241 .249  -7 199.3  8.8  2.0   .6  5.3
     Wade Miller HOU 15  4  3.28  .227 .237 .239   0 164.7  8.3  3.4   .8  7.9
  Curt Schilling ARZ 23  7  3.23  .227 .217 .215   7 259.3  7.6  1.1  1.0 11.0
      Randy Wolf PHI 11  9  3.20  .229 .231 .253 -22 210.7  7.3  2.7  1.0  7.3
    Odalis Perez LAD 15 10  3.00  .230 .223 .252 -29 222.3  7.4  1.5   .9  6.3
     Tom Glavine ATL 18 11  2.96  .235 .250 .267 -20 224.7  8.4  3.1   .8  5.1
  Kevin Millwood ATL 18  8  3.24  .236 .233 .244 -11 217.0  7.7  2.7   .7  7.4
   Elmer Dessens CIN  7  8  3.03  .237 .255 .275 -18 178.0  8.7  2.5  1.2  4.7
 Vicente Padilla PHI 14 11  3.28  .238 .243 .252  -8 206.0  8.7  2.3   .7  5.6
     Matt Morris STL 17  9  3.42  .239 .248 .242   9 210.3  9.0  2.7   .7  7.3
   Tomokazu Ohka MON 13  8  3.18  .242 .246 .253  -5 192.7  9.1  2.1   .9  5.5
     Denny Stark COL 11  4  4.00  .242 .239 .277 -31 128.3  7.6  4.5  1.8  4.5
    Matt Clement CHC 12 11  3.60  .242 .234 .244  -8 205.0  7.1  3.7   .8  9.4
  Jason Jennings COL 16  8  4.52  .244 .249 .248   4 185.3  9.8  3.4  1.3  6.2

Top 8 Relievers by REqA (minimum 50 innings or 10 saves):
                      W  L  ERA   REqA CEqA DEqA  dH   IP   H/9 BB/9 HR/9  K/9
    Joey Eischen MON  6  1  1.34  .180 .210 .214  -1  53.7  7.2  3.0   .2  8.6
   Octavio Dotel HOU  6  4  1.85  .180 .179 .207 -11  97.3  5.4  2.5   .6 10.9
   Chris Hammond ATL  7  2   .95  .181 .200 .226  -9  76.0  6.3  3.7   .1  7.5
    Mike Crudale STL  3  0  1.88  .183 .214 .225  -2  52.7  7.3  2.4   .5  8.0
   Darren Holmes ATL  2  2  1.81  .189 .205 .228  -6  54.7  6.8  2.0   .5  7.7
  Byung-hyun Kim ARZ  8  3  2.04  .191 .215 .222  -2  84.0  6.9  2.8   .5  9.9
      Eric Gagne LAD  4  1  1.97  .192 .195 .201  -1  82.3  6.0  1.7   .7 12.5
  Mike Remlinger ATL  7  3  1.99  .199 .210 .228  -5  68.0  6.4  3.7   .4  9.1

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Glossary
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---AL---

General:
 Equivalent Average (EqA): corrects runs per 9 innings for park factor and 
  rescales so that .260 is average and .300 represents excellence every year:
   EqA = ( (( R9 / PF ) / AvgR9) ^ 0.4 ) * .260
    where R9 = Runs per 9 innings (defined differently in each section below)
          PF = Park Factor (see explanation in Team section below)
          AvgR9 = Average Runs per 9 innings in Year (see each section below)
          ^ 0.4 makes distribution much like batting average's
   Note: Equivalent Average was invented by Clay Davenport as a 'hitter' stat.
         My application of EqA to 'teams' and 'pitchers' may differ from what 
         he would do, and my formulas and park factors for 'hitters' differ,
         but my resulting hitter EqAs are very similar in practice.
 Estimated Runs Produced: ERP = 0.16*(3H+2D+4T+6HR+2BB+2HB+SB-0.623*(AB-H+CS)),
  invented by Paul Johnson, more accurate than Bill James' runs created,
  background info available at http://www.stephent.com/jays/erp.html
 ERPAdj: ratio of league's Runs to ERP, always close to 1.0, 1.002 in 2002
 ERPDisplay: ERP * ERPAdj -- this report's ERP columns are actually ERPDisplay
 Age: as of July 1, 2002

Team Stats Glossary:
 Runs Scored Per 9 IP: runs scored per 9 innings pitched by the team, not
  against the team (the latter would be preferable but is harder to find).
  For example, the Jays scored 813 runs, allowed 828 runs,
  and pitched 1438.3 innings, from which the listed numbers were calculated.
 Team Equivalent Average: in EqA formula above, R9 is team's runs scored per 
  9 IP, and AvgR9 is league average runs per 9 IP (4.85 in 2002)
 Opponents' Equivalent Average: R9 is team's runs allowed per 9 IP
 Park Factor (PF): divisor which corrects run totals for park effect;
  Note: To not repeat 1.0 and 0.9 prefixes excessively, the listed numbers are
  (PF-1)*100.  For example, the park factor of 1.054 would be listed as 5.4.
  To get the park factor (PF) from the listed number, divide it by 100 and add 1.

Hitting Stats Glossary:
 Group1: hitters with 9 most plate appearances (more if tie for 9th in PA)
 Group2: remaining hitters
 L/R/S:  bats Left, Right, or Switch
 EqA: Equivalent Average, in formula above, R9 = R27 * ERPAdj (R27 defined below,
       ERPAdj defined above), AvgR9 = 4.85 / 1.04 (estimate of Major League 
       average from 2002 American League average, 1.04 accounts for DH rule)
  BA: Batting Average, (H/AB), inaccurate measure of batting ability (ignores
      power, walks, stealing, park factor, league average), use EqA instead
 OBP: On-Base Percentage, (H+BB+HBP)/(AB+BB+HBP+SF)
 SLG: Slugging Average, (H+D+2T+3HR)/AB
 R27: estimate of how many runs a lineup of that player would score in a game,
      i.e. ERP per 27 outs, in 2002, 25.8*ERP/(AB-H+CS), average roughly 4.85
 R27Display: R27 * ERPAdj -- this report's R27 columns are actually R27Display
 EqR: Equivalent Runs, park-adjusted Estimated Runs Produced scaled so that
      100 represents excellence every year, EqR=(ERPAdj*ERP/PF)*(4.50/AvgR9),
      AvgR9 same as in hitter EqA, results similar to Clay Davenport's
   R: Runs Scored
 RBI: Runs Batted In, inaccurate measure of run production, use EqR instead
   D: Doubles,  T: Triples,  HR: Home Runs,  AB: At Bats,  BB: Walks
  SB: Stolen Bases,  CS: Caught Stealing,  HBP: Hit By Pitch
  PA: Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SF)

Pitching Stats Glossary:
 Starting Pitcher = at least one-third of appearances were starts
 Group1: starting pitchers with 5 most starts
 Group2: remaining starters
 Group3: relief pitchers with 5 most relief appearances
 Group4: remaining relievers
   W: Wins,  L: Losses,  L/R: Left-hander or Right-hander
 ERA: Earned Run Average (9*ER/IP), ER = Earned Runs allowed
  RA: Run Average (9*R/IP), R = total Runs allowed
 R27: ERP per 27 outs (9*ERP/IP, ERP estimated as below)
 R27Display: R27 * ERPAdj -- this report's R27 columns are actually R27Display
  IP: Innings Pitched
 DRA: R27 when replacing Hits with 0.300 * (estimatedAB - HR - K) + HR,
      and adding the change in Hits to Outs recorded
  dH: the difference in Hits (see DRA)
      (the (not quite true) theory is that this number should be 0,
       assuming an average quality defense, so a positive difference 
       is "unlucky", a negative difference is "lucky")
REqA: Opponents' Equivalent Average based on RA  (.260 is average)
CEqA: Opponents' Equivalent Average based on R27 (.260 is average)
DEqA: Opponents' Equivalent Average based on DRA (.260 is average)
 H/9: Hits Allowed per 9 innings
BB/9: Walks allowed per 9 innings
HR/9: Home Runs allowed per 9 innings
 K/9: Strikeouts per 9 innings (9*K/IP)
 ERP: Estimated Runs Produced against pitcher, estimated as follows:
       AB: At Bats, estimated as 3*IP*(25.8/27)+H-CS, CS estimated as below
       D: Doubles, estimated as .23*(H-HR) (based on 2002 AL average)
       T: Triples, estimated as .10*D in 2002
       SB: Stolen Bases, estimated as .057*(H+BB+HB-D-T-HR) in 2002
       CS: Caught Stealing, estimated as .47*SB in 2002
       ERP = 0.16*(3H+2D+4T+6HR+2BB+2HB+SB-0.623(AB-H+CS))

---NL---

General:
 ERPAdj: ratio of league's Runs to ERP, always close to 1.0, .962 in 2002

Hitting Stats Glossary:
 EqA: Equivalent Average, in formula above, R9 = R27 * ERPAdj (R27 defined below,
       ERPAdj defined above), AvgR9 = 4.49 * 1.04 (estimate of Major League 
       average from 2002 National League average, 1.04 accounts for no DH rule)
 R27: estimate of how many runs a lineup of that player would score in a game,
      i.e. ERP per 27 outs, in 2002, 25.6*ERP/(AB-H+CS), average roughly 4.49

Pitching Stats Glossary:
 ERP: Estimated Runs Produced against pitcher, estimated as follows:
       AB: At Bats, estimated as 3*IP*(25.6/27)+H-CS, CS estimated as below
       D: Doubles, estimated as .22*(H-HR) (based on 2002 NL average)
       T: Triples, estimated as .11*D in 2002
       SB: Stolen Bases, estimated as .061*(H+BB+HB-D-T-HR) in 2002
       CS: Caught Stealing, estimated as .47*SB in 2002
       ERP = 0.16*(3H+2D+4T+6HR+2BB+2HB+SB-0.623(AB-H+CS))

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Sources
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Most raw data is from Doug Steele's web site, 
  http://home.rmi.mindspring.com/~doug/2002.html
 and is unofficial.
Games by position derived from data on the USA Today web site
 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/sba/sba02gp.htm
Equivalent Average and Equivalent Runs are in the same spirit as described by
 Clay Davenport in Baseball Prospectus 1997 Edition, Gary Huckabay, Clay
 Davenport, Rany Jazayerli, Chris Kahrl, Joseph S. Sheehan, 
 http://www.baseballprospectus.com/
Estimated Runs Produced is described by Paul Johnson in the The Bill James
 Baseball Abstract 1985.
DEqA and dH are inspired by the Defense Independent Pitching Stats work
 of Voros McCracken (http://www.baseballstuff.com/fraser/articles/dips.html)
 but my calculations contain differences.
I cannot guarantee that no errors were made in processing or presenting this 
information.

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mailto:stephent@magma.ca                   Ottawa, Ontario
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Last Updated: 2002 Oct 2

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