"What is the evidence, and what does it mean?" Bill JamesEquivalent Average, R27, Age, On-Base Percentage and Slugging Percentage for every 2005 Blue Jay (and Major League leaders).
Link to Jays page. Link to other Stat Reports.
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The 2005 Toronto Blue Jays
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Games Played By Position:
First Base: Eric Hinske 100, Shea Hillenbrand 67
Second Base: Orlando Hudson 130, John McDonald 32, Frank Menechino 26,
Aaron Hill 22
Shortstop: Russ Adams 132, Aaron Hill 16, John McDonald 5,
Frank Menechino 1
Third Base: Corey Koskie 76, Shea Hillenbrand 54, Aaron Hill 35,
Frank Menechino 9
Left Field: Reed Johnson 118, Frank Catalanotto 111, Gabe Gross 19
Center Field: Vernon Wells 155, Reed Johnson 9, Alex Rios 5
Right Field: Alex Rios 138, Reed Johnson 35, Gabe Gross 20
Catcher: Gregg Zaun 132, Ken Huckaby 35, Guillermo Quiroz 10,
Greg Myers 4, Andy Dominique 1
Starting Pitcher: Gustavo Chacin 34, Josh Towers 33, Ted Lilly 25,
David Bush 24, Roy Halladay 19, Scott Downs 13,
Dustin McGowan 7, Pete Walker 4, Chad Gaudin 3
Relief Pitcher: Scott Schoeneweis 80, Miguel Batista 71, Jason Frasor 67,
Justin Speier 65, Vinnie Chulk 62, Pete Walker 37,
Brandon League 20, Scott Downs 13, Dustin McGowan 6,
Shaun Marcum 5, Chad Gaudin 2, Matt Whiteside 2,
David Bush 1, Justin Miller 1
Designated Hitter: Eric Hinske 43, Aaron Hill 34, Shea Hillenbrand 33,
Frank Menechino 25, Corey Koskie 19, Frank Catalanotto 15,
John-Ford Griffin 4, Gabe Gross 2, Alex Rios 1
Manager: John Gibbons
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2005 in Context
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The Jays declined to offer arbitration to star 1st-baseman Carlos Delgado,
preferring un-_Moneyball_-like moves such as signing free agent 3B Corey Koskie
for his age 32-34 years and, after attempts to sign free agent RHP Matt Clement
failed, spending the remaining millions to sign seemingly marginal
LHP Scott Schoeneweis and trade for free-swinging 1B/3B Shea Hillenbrand.
The Jays still bounced back to win 13 more games than the troubled 2004 team:
Runs Scored Per 9 IP Runs Allowed Per 9 IP Winning Percentage
( 1) Boston 5.72 | ( 1) White Sox 3.93 | ( 1) White Sox 99-63 .611
( 2) NYYankees 5.57 | ( 2) Angels 3.95 | ( 2) Boston 95-67 .586
( 3) Texas 5.41 | ( 3) Cleveland 3.98 | ( 2) Angels 95-67 .586
( 4) Cleveland 4.89 | ( 4) Minnesota 4.07 | ( 2) NYYankees 95-67 .586
( 5) TORONTO 4.82 | ( 5) Oakland 4.08 | ( 5) Cleveland 93-69 .574
( 6) Oakland 4.79 | ( 6) TORONTO 4.39 | ( 6) Oakland 88-74 .543
( 7) Tampa Bay 4.75 | ( 7) Seattle 4.73 | ( 7) Minnesota 83-79 .512
( 8) Angels 4.68 | ( 8) Detroit 4.93 | ( 8) TORONTO 80-82 .494
( 9) Baltimore 4.60 | ( 9) NYYankees 4.96 | ( 9) Texas 79-83 .488
(10) Detroit 4.53 | (10) Baltimore 5.04 | (10) Baltimore 74-88 .457
(11) White Sox 4.52 | (11) Boston 5.07 | (11) Detroit 71-91 .438
(12) Kansas City 4.46 | (12) Texas 5.36 | (12) Seattle 69-93 .426
(13) Seattle 4.41 | (13) Tampa Bay 5.93 | (13) Tampa Bay 67-95 .414
(14) Minnesota 4.23 | (14) Kansas City 5.95 | (14) Kansas City 56-106 .346
Avg 4.81 Avg 4.73 1144-1124
Correcting the above for park factor, the Jays' offense was 9th in the league,
an improvement from last the previous year. It's unclear if the change of
hitting coach in April was much of a factor:
Team Equivalent Average:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
NYY BOS CLE TEX ANA OAK BAL TAM TOR DET KAN SEA CHW MIN
.277 .275 .271 .266 .262 .260 .260 .259 .258 .257 .254 .253 .253 .246
Correcting runs allowed for park factor, the Jays' pitching & defense
was by far the best in the A.L. East:
Opponents' Equivalent Average:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
CHW MIN OAK ANA TOR CLE SEA BOS NYY TEX DET BAL TAM KAN
.239 .242 .244 .245 .249 .249 .261 .262 .265 .265 .266 .270 .283 .285
SkyDome was renamed Rogers Centre and a new artificial grass "FieldTurf"
surface was installed, but the dome seemed to remain a hitters' park.
The park factors are based 50% on 2005 and 50% on the 3-year factors
for 2003-2005 (or 2004-2005 for KAN, DET, PHI and SDP) as derived from
the listings in the 2006 Bill James Handbook:
Park Factors ((PF-1)*100, hitters' parks first):
1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 8 10 11 12 12 14
TEX BOS TOR CHW MIN TAM OAK KAN NYY SEA DET BAL ANA CLE
6.8 4.3 2.8 1.8 1.5 .5 .5 -.5 -.5 -1.5 -2.3 -3.5 -3.5 -7.5
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'05 Hitters
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The average American League hitter has a .264 EqA (higher than the major league
average of .260 because of the DH rule). All of the Jays' regulars had an
EqA within 20 points of .264. There were no outstanding performances, but
no major sinkholes either:
Age EqA BA OBP SLG R27 EqR R RBI HR SB CS PA
F. Catalanotto 31 L LF .282 .301 .367 .451 5.76 63 56 59 8 0 2 471
Shea Hillenbrand 29 R DH .272 .291 .343 .449 5.30 83 91 82 18 5 1 645
Vernon Wells 26 R CF .268 .269 .320 .463 5.09 86 78 97 28 8 3 678
Eric Hinske 27 L 1B .265 .262 .333 .430 4.95 65 79 68 15 8 4 537
Gregg Zaun 34 S C .260 .251 .355 .373 4.71 57 61 61 11 2 3 512
Reed Johnson 28 R LF .257 .269 .332 .412 4.57 50 55 58 8 5 6 437
Orlando Hudson 27 S 2B .255 .271 .315 .412 4.48 56 62 63 10 7 1 501
Russ Adams 24 L SS .252 .256 .325 .383 4.38 58 68 63 8 11 2 542
Alex Rios 24 R RF .245 .262 .306 .397 4.07 55 71 59 10 14 9 519
Defensive specialist John McDonald was acquired from Cleveland before the
season for pitching prospect Tom Mastny, but then later sold to the Tigers
after rookie Aaron Hill had played too well to be sent down when Corey Koskie
returned from injury:
Age EqA BA OBP SLG R27 EqR R RBI HR SB CS PA
Corey Koskie 32 L 3B .259 .249 .337 .398 4.67 46 49 36 11 4 1 404
Aaron Hill 23 R 3B .257 .274 .342 .385 4.58 45 49 40 3 2 1 404
Frank Menechino 34 R IF .251 .216 .352 .345 4.32 19 22 13 4 0 1 179
John McDonald 30 R SS .247 .290 .340 .323 4.16 10 8 12 0 5 0 103
Gabe Gross 25 L OF .238 .250 .324 .348 3.78 10 11 7 1 1 1 102
Age EqA BA OBP SLG R27 EqR R RBI HR SB CS PA
J.F. Griffin 25 L DH .313 .308 .308 .692 7.48 2 3 6 1 0 0 13
Guillermo Quiroz 23 R C .178 .194 .256 .250 1.83 2 3 4 0 0 0 39
Ken Huckaby 34 R C .174 .207 .250 .253 1.73 4 8 6 0 0 0 92
Andy Dominique 29 R C .166 .000 .333 .000 1.55 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Greg Myers 39 L C -.121 .083 .154 .083 -.69 0 0 1 0 0 0 13
The Pitchers -.204 .000 .000 .000 -2.56 -2 1 0 0 0 0 19
Triples:
Reed Johnson 6, Alex Rios 6, Frank Catalanotto 5, Orlando Hudson 5,
Russ Adams 5, Aaron Hill 3, Vernon Wells 3, Shea Hillenbrand 2,
Eric Hinske 2, Gregg Zaun 1, Gabe Gross 1
Doubles (leaders):
Shea Hillenbrand 36, Eric Hinske 31, Vernon Wells 30, Frank Catalanotto 29,
Russ Adams 27, Aaron Hill 25, Orlando Hudson 25, Alex Rios 23
Times On Base (Hits + Walks + Hit By Pitch) (leaders):
Shea Hillenbrand 221, Vernon Wells 217, Gregg Zaun 182, Eric Hinske 179,
Russ Adams 176, Frank Catalanotto 173, Alex Rios 159, Orlando Hudson 158
Outs (AB-H+CS) (leaders):
Vernon Wells 456, Shea Hillenbrand 422, Alex Rios 364, Russ Adams 360,
Eric Hinske 356, Orlando Hudson 337, Gregg Zaun 328, Reed Johnson 297
Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio:
Ken Huckaby 3.8, Reed Johnson 3.7, Alex Rios 3.6, Shea Hillenbrand 3.0,
Eric Hinske 2.6, Orlando Hudson 2.2, Gabe Gross 2.1, Corey Koskie 2.0,
John McDonald 2.0, Vernon Wells 1.8, Frank Catalanotto 1.4,
Frank Menechino 1.3, Aaron Hill 1.2, Russ Adams 1.1, Gregg Zaun 1.0
Games Played (leaders):
Vernon Wells 156, Shea Hillenbrand 152, Eric Hinske 147, Alex Rios 146,
Reed Johnson 142, Russ Adams 139, Gregg Zaun 133, Orlando Hudson 131
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'05 Starting Pitchers
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Halladay was on pace for another Cy Young but missed the entire 2nd-half from
a broken leg. The Jays other high-paid starter (Ted Lilly) also had injuries.
Dave Bush was unluckiest in terms of run support. But with strong performances
from rookie Gustavo Chacin and control-pitcher Josh Towers, the starting
pitching was still the best part of the team:
Age W L ERA REqA CEqA DEqA dH IP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9
Roy Halladay 28 R 12 4 2.41 .198 .209 .230 -14 141.7 7.5 1.1 .7 6.9
Gustavo Chacin 24 L 13 9 3.72 .243 .256 .259 -1 203.0 9.4 3.1 .9 5.4
Josh Towers 28 R 13 12 3.71 .248 .255 .253 5 208.7 10.2 1.3 1.0 4.8
David Bush 25 R 5 11 4.49 .258 .258 .271 -8 136.3 9.4 1.9 1.3 5.0
Ted Lilly 29 L 10 11 5.56 .275 .277 .281 0 126.3 9.6 4.1 1.6 6.8
Scott Downs was an effective low-cost signing. Curveballing prospect
Chad Gaudin was acquired from the Rays for Kevin Cash before the season.
Fireballing prospect Dustin McGowan also struggled in his first callup:
Age W L ERA REqA CEqA DEqA dH IP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9
Scott Downs 29 L 4 3 4.31 .255 .256 .260 -1 94.0 8.9 3.3 1.1 7.2
Dustin McGowan 23 R 1 3 6.35 .295 .277 .276 1 45.3 9.7 3.4 1.4 6.8
Chad Gaudin 22 R 1 3 13.15 .386 .405 .323 10 13.0 21.5 4.2 4.2 8.3
TORONTO 80 82 4.06 .249 .256 .263 -43 1446.0 9.2 2.8 1.2 6.0
Games Started:
Gustavo Chacin 34, Josh Towers 33, Ted Lilly 25, David Bush 24,
Roy Halladay 19, Scott Downs 13, Dustin McGowan 7, Pete Walker 4,
Chad Gaudin 3
Innings Pitched Per Game (IP/G):
Roy Halladay 7.5, Josh Towers 6.3, Gustavo Chacin 6.0, David Bush 5.5,
Ted Lilly 5.1, Scott Downs 3.6, Dustin McGowan 3.5, Chad Gaudin 2.6
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'05 Relief Pitchers
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A lot of the bullpen was effective (including Schoeneweis who thrived in short
outings against left-handed batters). The closer, however, had a mediocre
season:
Age W L ERA REqA CEqA DEqA dH IP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9
Justin Speier 31 R 3 2 2.57 .205 .216 .257 -14 66.7 6.5 2.0 1.4 7.6
Pete Walker 36 R 6 6 3.54 .228 .252 .272 -9 84.0 8.7 3.5 1.1 4.6
S. Schoeneweis 31 L 3 4 3.32 .231 .241 .240 1 57.0 8.5 3.9 .3 6.8
Jason Frasor 27 R 3 5 3.25 .233 .242 .253 -4 74.7 8.1 3.4 1.0 7.5
Vinnie Chulk 26 R 0 1 3.88 .243 .248 .270 -8 72.0 8.5 3.3 1.1 4.9
Miguel Batista 34 R 5 8 4.10 .256 .262 .260 2 74.7 9.6 3.3 1.1 6.5
Age W L ERA REqA CEqA DEqA dH IP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9
Shaun Marcum 23 R 0 0 .00 .000 .194 .240 -2 7.0 6.4 3.9 .0 3.9
Brandon League 22 R 1 0 6.56 .297 .300 .309 -1 35.7 10.6 5.0 2.0 4.3
Justin Miller 27 R 0 0 15.43 .411 .441 .451 0 2.3 19.3 .0 11.6 7.7
Matt Whiteside 37 R 0 0 19.64 .453 .428 .418 1 3.7 14.7 12.3 7.4 12.3
Relief Appearances:
Scott Schoeneweis 80, Miguel Batista 71, Jason Frasor 67, Justin Speier 65,
Vinnie Chulk 62, Pete Walker 37, Brandon League 20, Scott Downs 13,
Dustin McGowan 6, Shaun Marcum 5, Chad Gaudin 2, Matt Whiteside 2,
David Bush 1, Justin Miller 1
Saves:
Miguel Batista 31, Pete Walker 2, Jason Frasor 1, Scott Schoeneweis 1
Innings Pitched Per Game (IP/G):
Justin Miller 2.3, Pete Walker 2.0, Matt Whiteside 1.8, Brandon League 1.8,
Shaun Marcum 1.4, Vinnie Chulk 1.2, Jason Frasor 1.1, Miguel Batista 1.1,
Justin Speier 1.0, Scott Schoeneweis .7
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Where Are They Now?
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Delgado went to the Marlins and had an outstanding year:
Age EqA BA OBP SLG R27 EqR R RBI HR SB CS PA
Carlos Delgado FLA .325 .301 .399 .582 7.71 112 81 115 33 0 0 616
Jose Cruz LAD .308 .301 .391 .532 6.80 30 23 22 6 0 1 179
Michael Young TEX .298 .331 .385 .513 6.90 110 114 91 24 5 2 732
Felipe Lopez CIN .277 .291 .352 .486 5.67 86 97 85 23 15 7 645
Shawn Green ARZ .274 .286 .354 .477 5.62 84 87 73 22 8 4 655
John Olerud BOS .273 .289 .344 .451 5.39 24 18 37 7 0 0 192
Bobby Kielty OAK .265 .263 .350 .395 4.83 51 55 57 10 3 2 431
Josh Phelps TAM .264 .266 .328 .424 4.80 21 21 26 5 0 0 177
Jose Cruz ARZ .262 .213 .347 .436 4.99 29 23 28 12 0 1 245
Jayson Werth LAD .258 .234 .338 .374 4.35 45 46 43 7 11 2 394
Alex Gonzalez TAM .257 .269 .323 .410 4.50 44 47 38 9 2 1 381
Shannon Stewart MIN .250 .274 .323 .388 4.23 64 69 56 10 7 5 598
Jose Cruz BOS .226 .250 .308 .333 3.37 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
Cesar Izturis LAD .221 .257 .302 .322 2.97 40 48 31 2 8 8 474
Raul Mondesi ATL .214 .211 .271 .359 2.98 12 17 17 4 0 1 155
Age EqA BA OBP SLG R27 EqR R RBI HR SB CS PA
Jeff Kent LAD .302 .289 .377 .512 6.42 100 100 105 29 6 2 637
Jay Gibbons BAL .285 .277 .317 .516 5.55 77 72 79 26 0 0 518
Craig Wilson PIT .281 .264 .387 .421 5.71 31 23 22 5 3 0 238
Casey Blake CLE .267 .241 .308 .438 4.53 75 72 58 23 4 5 581
Ryan Freel CIN .263 .271 .371 .371 4.99 51 69 21 4 36 10 428
Chris Gomez BAL .259 .279 .359 .342 4.39 27 27 18 1 2 1 248
Prince Fielder MIL .256 .288 .306 .458 4.57 7 2 10 2 0 0 62
Chris Woodward NYM .253 .283 .337 .393 4.36 20 16 18 3 0 0 190
Jason Dubois CHC .249 .239 .289 .472 4.33 17 15 22 7 0 1 152
Jason Dubois CLE .242 .222 .300 .356 3.54 5 6 2 2 0 0 50
Mike Matheny SFG .238 .242 .295 .406 3.79 48 42 59 13 0 2 482
Todd Greene COL .237 .254 .299 .452 4.32 13 10 23 7 0 0 134
Adam Melhuse OAK .233 .247 .284 .381 3.52 10 11 12 2 0 0 102
Brent Abernathy MIN .229 .239 .316 .299 3.40 6 5 6 1 2 0 76
Ruben Sierra NYY .225 .229 .265 .371 3.18 16 14 29 4 0 0 181
Miguel Cairo NYM .222 .251 .296 .324 3.14 29 31 19 2 13 3 355
Alberto Castillo KAN .221 .210 .292 .310 3.05 9 13 14 1 1 0 113
Benito Santiago PIT .220 .261 .261 .391 3.10 2 1 0 0 0 0 23
Kevin Cash TAM .208 .161 .212 .387 2.65 3 4 2 2 0 0 33
Tomas Perez PHI .196 .233 .289 .277 2.45 11 17 22 0 1 0 173
Pat Borders SEA .167 .197 .221 .265 1.50 5 12 7 1 0 0 122
Tyrell Godwin WAS-.205 .000 .000 .000 -2.45 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Alberto Castillo OAK-.205 .000 .000 .000 -2.56 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Age EqA BA OBP SLG R27 EqR R RBI HR SB CS PA
Jason Bay PIT .316 .306 .402 .559 7.69 120 110 101 32 21 1 707
Larry Walker STL .294 .289 .384 .502 6.44 54 66 52 15 2 1 367
Justin Morneau MIN .255 .239 .304 .437 4.46 63 62 79 22 0 2 543
Pete Orr ATL .244 .293 .325 .380 4.12 16 32 8 1 7 1 157
Adam Stern BOS .177 .133 .188 .333 1.84 1 4 2 1 1 1 16
Age EqA BA OBP SLG R27 EqR R RBI HR SB CS PA
Troy Glaus ARZ .286 .258 .363 .522 6.24 89 78 97 37 4 2 634
Lyle Overbay MIL .277 .276 .367 .449 5.54 80 80 72 19 1 0 621
Bengie Molina LAA .275 .295 .336 .446 5.10 59 45 69 15 0 2 444
Jason Phillips LAD .230 .238 .287 .363 3.26 39 38 55 10 0 1 432
W L ERA REqA CEqA DEqA dH IP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9
Cliff Politte CHW 7 1 2.00 .183 .199 .249 -16 67.3 5.6 2.8 .9 7.6
Aquilino Lopez COL 0 0 2.25 .186 .148 .104 0 4.0 6.8 .0 .0 13.5
Roger Clemens HOU 13 8 1.87 .194 .201 .228 -26 211.3 6.4 2.6 .5 7.9
Aquilino Lopez PHI 0 1 2.13 .211 .273 .254 2 12.7 9.2 5.0 1.4 11.4
Scott Eyre SFG 2 2 2.63 .213 .208 .230 -7 68.3 6.3 3.4 .4 8.6
Chris Carpenter STL 21 5 2.83 .221 .218 .228 -11 241.7 7.6 1.9 .7 7.9
Kelvim Escobar LAA 3 2 3.02 .224 .217 .230 -3 59.7 6.8 3.2 .6 9.5
Esteban Loaiza WAS 12 10 3.77 .250 .257 .247 14 217.0 9.4 2.3 .7 7.2
Paul Quantrill SDP 1 1 3.41 .251 .261 .233 5 31.7 10.5 .6 .6 6.8
David Wells BOS 15 7 4.45 .253 .259 .249 15 184.0 10.8 1.0 1.0 5.2
Trever Miller TAM 2 2 4.06 .257 .279 .276 2 44.3 9.1 5.9 .8 7.1
Tanyon Sturtze NYY 5 3 4.73 .265 .259 .275 -7 78.0 8.8 3.1 1.2 5.2
Woody Williams SDP 9 12 4.85 .287 .284 .285 2 159.7 9.8 2.9 1.4 6.0
Mark Hendrickson TAM 11 8 5.90 .291 .282 .270 17 178.3 11.5 2.5 1.2 4.5
Paul Quantrill NYY 1 0 6.75 .299 .307 .282 6 32.0 13.5 2.0 1.4 3.1
Doug Creek DET 0 0 6.85 .310 .306 .308 0 22.3 10.9 2.8 2.8 7.3
Brandon Lyon ARZ 0 2 6.44 .315 .316 .286 7 29.3 13.5 3.1 1.8 5.2
Terry Adams PHI 0 2 12.83 .386 .370 .323 5 13.3 16.9 6.8 2.0 2.7
Paul Quantrill FLA 0 1 8.44 .392 .352 .336 1 5.3 13.5 8.4 1.7 1.7
W L ERA REqA CEqA DEqA dH IP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9
Felix Heredia NYM 0 0 .00 .000 .169 .251 -1 2.7 3.4 3.4 .0 6.8
Mike Timlin BOS 7 3 2.24 .200 .237 .220 8 80.3 9.6 2.2 .2 6.6
Brian Cooper SFG 0 1 3.06 .222 .222 .247 -2 17.7 7.6 4.1 .0 3.6
Aaron Small NYY 10 0 3.20 .222 .237 .254 -7 76.0 8.4 2.8 .5 4.4
Gary Majewski WAS 4 4 2.93 .237 .249 .256 -3 86.0 8.4 3.9 .2 5.2
John Wasdin TEX 3 2 4.28 .245 .245 .256 -4 75.7 9.2 2.4 1.1 5.2
David Weathers CIN 7 4 3.94 .249 .242 .250 -3 77.7 8.2 3.4 .8 7.1
Doug Davis MIL 11 11 3.84 .251 .247 .255 -7 222.7 7.9 3.8 1.1 8.4
Giovanni Carrara LAD 7 4 3.93 .257 .255 .270 -6 75.7 7.7 4.5 .7 6.7
Jose Mesa PIT 2 8 4.76 .265 .276 .275 1 56.7 9.7 4.1 1.1 5.9
Cory Lidle PHI 13 11 4.53 .267 .257 .246 14 184.7 10.2 1.9 .9 5.9
Steve Trachsel NYM 1 4 4.14 .268 .265 .279 -2 37.0 9.0 2.9 1.5 5.8
Gary Glover MIL 5 4 5.57 .284 .277 .261 7 64.7 10.3 2.8 1.4 8.1
Sean Douglass DET 5 5 5.56 .285 .271 .279 -3 87.3 9.5 3.4 1.3 5.7
Al Leiter NYY 4 5 5.49 .287 .275 .266 4 62.3 9.5 5.5 .6 6.5
Steve Karsay TEX 0 1 7.47 .312 .310 .258 6 15.7 14.9 2.9 1.1 5.2
Steve Karsay NYY 0 0 6.00 .312 .303 .217 3 6.0 15.0 3.0 .0 7.5
Al Leiter FLA 3 7 6.64 .315 .302 .297 3 80.0 9.9 6.8 1.0 5.9
Dave Gassner MIN 1 0 5.87 .321 .260 .270 0 7.7 10.6 1.2 1.2 2.3
Ben Weber CIN 0 0 8.03 .324 .322 .254 6 12.3 14.6 6.6 .0 5.8
Ryan Glynn OAK 0 4 6.88 .326 .322 .299 3 17.0 12.7 3.7 2.6 7.9
Scott Cassidy SDP 1 1 6.57 .329 .306 .290 2 12.3 10.9 2.2 2.2 8.8
Frank Castillo FLA 0 1 10.38 .372 .286 .273 0 4.3 8.3 10.4 .0 8.3
Carlos Almanzar TEX 0 0 14.40 .394 .406 .358 2 5.0 18.0 12.6 3.6 5.4
Kerry Ligtenberg ARZ 0 0 13.97 .401 .351 .333 2 9.7 14.9 3.7 3.7 4.7
Scott Cassidy BOS 0 0 40.50 .601 .520 .235 2 .7 54.0 .0 .0 .0
W L ERA REqA CEqA DEqA dH IP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9
Rich Harden OAK 10 5 2.53 .214 .204 .226 -13 128.0 6.5 3.0 .5 8.5
Eric Gagne LAD 1 0 2.70 .217 .227 .217 1 13.3 6.8 2.0 1.4 14.9
Jesse Crain MIN 12 5 2.71 .219 .221 .272 -22 79.7 6.9 3.3 .7 2.8
Ryan Dempster CHC 5 3 3.13 .231 .245 .238 4 92.0 8.1 4.8 .4 8.7
Jeff Francis COL 14 12 5.68 .272 .274 .257 25 183.7 11.2 3.4 1.3 6.3
W L ERA REqA CEqA DEqA dH IP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9
B.J. Ryan BAL 1 4 2.43 .206 .219 .206 5 70.3 6.9 3.3 .5 12.8
Matt Clement BOS 13 6 4.57 .256 .252 .252 3 191.0 9.0 3.2 .8 6.9
A.J. Burnett FLA 12 12 3.44 .258 .241 .240 3 209.0 7.9 3.4 .5 8.5
Brian Tallet CLE 0 0 7.71 .325 .359 .380 -1 4.7 11.6 5.8 3.9 3.9
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2005 American League Leaders
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No Jays made the 2005 hitters' leaderboard. Alex Rodriguez won the MVP award:
Top 14 Hitters by EqA (minimum 404 plate appearances):
EqA BA OBP SLG R27 EqR R RBI HR SB CS PA
Travis Hafner CLE .342 .305 .408 .595 8.40 117 94 108 33 0 0 578
Alex Rodriguez NYY .340 .321 .421 .610 8.93 142 124 130 48 21 6 715
Jason Giambi NYY .332 .271 .440 .535 8.42 98 74 87 32 0 0 545
V. Guerrero LAA .327 .317 .394 .565 7.87 110 95 108 32 13 1 594
David Ortiz BOS .324 .300 .397 .604 8.29 127 119 148 47 1 0 713
Manny Ramirez BOS .318 .292 .388 .594 7.92 113 112 144 45 1 0 650
Brian Roberts BAL .312 .314 .387 .515 7.01 109 92 73 18 27 10 635
Mark Teixeira TEX .308 .301 .379 .575 7.51 120 112 144 43 4 0 730
Jhonny Peralta CLE .308 .292 .366 .520 6.51 96 82 78 24 0 2 569
Richie Sexson SEA .307 .263 .369 .541 6.83 109 99 121 39 1 1 656
Gary Sheffield NYY .305 .291 .379 .512 6.82 108 104 123 34 10 2 675
Jonny Gomes TAM .305 .282 .372 .534 6.86 66 61 54 21 9 5 406
Victor Martinez CLE .304 .305 .377 .475 6.29 99 73 80 20 0 1 621
Paul Konerko CHW .304 .283 .375 .534 6.90 106 98 100 40 0 0 664
Halladay was 2nd in 'wins above replacement' (more than Cy Young winner
Bartolo Colon) despite only pitching half of a season:
Top 14 Starting Pitchers by REqA (minimum 128.3 innings pitched):
W L ERA REqA CEqA DEqA dH IP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9
Roy Halladay TOR 12 4 2.41 .198 .209 .230 -14 141.7 7.5 1.1 .7 6.9
Johan Santana MIN 16 7 2.87 .214 .207 .224 -16 231.7 7.0 1.7 .9 9.2
Jarrod Washburn LAA 8 8 3.20 .229 .259 .269 -7 177.3 9.3 2.6 1.0 4.8
Kevin Millwood CLE 9 11 2.86 .234 .249 .258 -7 192.0 8.5 2.4 .9 6.8
Mark Buehrle CHW 16 8 3.12 .235 .237 .241 -3 236.7 9.1 1.5 .8 5.7
Kenny Rogers TEX 14 8 3.46 .235 .244 .252 -7 195.3 9.4 2.4 .7 4.0
Jon Garland CHW 18 10 3.50 .235 .240 .262 -24 221.0 8.6 1.9 1.1 4.7
John Lackey LAA 14 5 3.44 .237 .250 .236 18 209.0 9.0 3.1 .6 8.6
Joe Blanton OAK 12 12 3.53 .238 .240 .267 -28 201.3 8.0 3.0 1.0 5.2
Bartolo Colon LAA 21 8 3.48 .240 .243 .255 -11 222.7 8.7 1.7 1.1 6.3
Carlos Silva MIN 9 8 3.44 .240 .251 .261 -9 188.3 10.1 .4 1.2 3.4
Jose Contreras CHW 15 7 3.61 .241 .240 .259 -20 204.7 7.8 3.3 1.0 6.8
Freddy Garcia CHW 14 8 3.87 .241 .245 .256 -11 228.0 8.9 2.4 1.0 5.8
Gustavo Chacin TOR 13 9 3.72 .243 .256 .259 -1 203.0 9.4 3.1 .9 5.4
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
Huston Street OAK 5 1 1.72 .182 .192 .222 -10 78.3 6.1 3.0 .3 8.3
Cliff Politte CHW 7 1 2.00 .183 .199 .249 -16 67.3 5.6 2.8 .9 7.6
Mariano Rivera NYY 7 4 1.38 .186 .174 .204 -9 78.3 5.7 2.1 .2 9.2
Neal Cotts CHW 4 0 1.94 .191 .197 .225 -8 60.3 5.7 4.3 .1 8.7
Mike Timlin BOS 7 3 2.24 .200 .237 .220 8 80.3 9.6 2.2 .2 6.6
J. Duchscherer OAK 7 4 2.21 .204 .209 .225 -6 85.7 7.0 2.0 .7 8.9
Dustin Hermanson CHW 2 4 2.04 .205 .215 .249 -10 57.3 7.2 2.7 .6 5.2
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Theory Stuff, 2005
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Pythagoras figures the Jays were just 2 wins back of the Yanks and Red Sox,
based on actual runs scored and allowed, but, according to the _Bill James
Handbook 2006_, if you look at 'runs created' for and against, the Yanks
would be expected to win 97, the Red Sox 93, and the Jays just 83, suggesting
that the actual records were not so misleading after all:
Pythagorean WPct Extra Wins
( 1) CLE 96-66 .594 | ( 1) CHW 8
( 2) ANA 93-69 .576 | ( 2) NYY 5
( 3) OAK 93-69 .573 | ( 3) BOS 5
( 4) CHW 91-71 .563 | ( 4) TAM 2
( 5) BOS 90-72 .555 | ( 5) ANA 2
( 6) NYY 90-72 .553 | ( 6) BAL 0
( 7) TOR 88-74 .543 | ( 7) MIN -1
( 8) MIN 84-78 .518 | ( 8) TEX -3
( 9) TEX 82-80 .504 | ( 9) CLE -3
(10) SEA 76-86 .467 | (10) DET -4
(11) DET 75-87 .461 | (11) KAN -4
(12) BAL 74-88 .458 | (12) OAK -5
(13) TAM 65-97 .400 | (13) SEA -7
(14) KAN 60-102 .371 | (14) TOR -8
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, 2005
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Runs Scored Per 9 IP Runs Allowed Per 9 IP Winning Percentage
( 1) Cincinnati 5.15 | ( 1) Houston 3.80 | ( 1) St. Louis 100-62 .617
( 2)Philadelphia 5.06 | ( 2) St. Louis 3.95 | ( 2) Atlanta 90-72 .556
( 3) St. Louis 5.01 | ( 3) NYMets 4.06 | ( 3) Houston 89-73 .549
( 4) Atlanta 4.79 | ( 4) Washington 4.15 | ( 4)Philadelphia 88-74 .543
( 5) Colorado 4.69 | ( 5) Atlanta 4.20 | ( 5) Florida 83-79 .512
( 6) Milwaukee 4.54 | ( 6) Milwaukee 4.36 | ( 5) NYMets 83-79 .512
( 7) NYMets 4.53 | ( 7) Cubs 4.46 | ( 7) San Diego 82-80 .506
( 8) Florida 4.47 | ( 8) San Diego 4.49 | ( 8) Milwaukee 81-81 .500
( 9) Cubs 4.39 | ( 9)Philadelphia 4.55 | ( 8) Washington 81-81 .500
(10) Los Angeles 4.32 | (10) Florida 4.57 | (10) Cubs 79-83 .488
(11) Houston 4.32 | (11)SanFrancisco 4.64 | (11) Arizona 77-85 .475
(12) Arizona 4.30 | (12) Los Angeles 4.76 | (12)SanFrancisco 75-87 .463
(13) Pittsburgh 4.26 | (13) Pittsburgh 4.82 | (13) Cincinnati 73-89 .451
(14) San Diego 4.23 | (14) Arizona 5.29 | (14) Los Angeles 71-91 .438
(15)SanFrancisco 4.04 | (15) Colorado 5.47 | (15) Colorado 67-95 .414
(16) Washington 3.94 | (16) Cincinnati 5.58 | (15) Pittsburgh 67-95 .414
Avg 4.50 Avg 4.57 1286-1306
Team Equivalent Average:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
CIN STL PHI FLA SDP ATL LAD NYM MIL HOU CHC PIT WAS ARZ COL SFG
.271 .270 .266 .266 .265 .263 .261 .261 .260 .256 .255 .254 .253 .250 .249 .248
Opponents' Equivalent Average:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
HOU STL NYM ATL PHI MIL CHC WAS SFG COL PIT FLA SDP LAD ARZ CIN
.243 .245 .250 .250 .255 .255 .256 .258 .262 .265 .267 .268 .271 .272 .272 .280
Park Factors ((PF-1)*100, hitters' parks first):
1 2 3 4 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 16
COL PHI ARZ ATL CIN CHC STL MIL SFG PIT HOU NYM LAD FLA WAS SDP
15.3 5.3 4.3 2.3 2.3 1.8 .8 .5 .3 -.3 -.8 -1.0 -6.0 -6.5 -6.5 -10.8
Pythagorean WPct Extra Wins
( 1) STL 98-64 .608 | ( 1) ARZ 11
( 2) ATL 91-71 .560 | ( 2) SDP 5
( 3) HOU 91-71 .559 | ( 3) SFG 4
( 4) NYM 89-73 .549 | ( 4) WAS 4
( 5) PHI 89-73 .548 | ( 5) FLA 4
( 6) MIL 84-78 .519 | ( 6) STL 2
( 7) CHC 80-82 .493 | ( 7) ATL -1
( 8) FLA 79-83 .491 | ( 8) PHI -1
( 9) WAS 77-85 .476 | ( 9) CHC -1
(10) SDP 77-85 .473 | (10) HOU -2
(11) CIN 75-87 .463 | (11) CIN -2
(12) LAD 74-88 .456 | (12) COL -3
(13) PIT 72-90 .444 | (13) LAD -3
(14) SFG 71-91 .437 | (14) MIL -3
(15) COL 70-92 .430 | (15) PIT -5
(16) ARZ 66-96 .406 | (16) NYM -6
Top 16 Hitters by EqA (minimum 404 plate appearances):
EqA BA OBP SLG R27 EqR R RBI HR SB CS PA
Derrek Lee CHC .337 .335 .418 .662 9.20 134 120 107 46 15 3 691
Albert Pujols STL .333 .330 .430 .609 8.83 130 129 117 41 16 2 700
Carlos Delgado FLA .325 .301 .399 .582 7.71 112 81 115 33 0 0 616
Brian Giles SDP .322 .301 .423 .483 7.17 115 92 83 15 13 5 674
Jason Bay PIT .316 .306 .402 .559 7.69 120 110 101 32 21 1 707
Miguel Cabrera FLA .316 .323 .385 .561 7.20 119 106 116 33 1 0 685
Chipper Jones ATL .313 .296 .412 .556 7.69 71 66 72 21 5 1 432
Lance Berkman HOU .310 .293 .411 .524 7.27 90 76 82 24 4 1 565
Todd Helton COL .306 .320 .444 .534 8.20 92 92 79 20 3 0 624
Morgan Ensberg HOU .306 .283 .388 .557 7.04 101 86 101 36 6 7 624
Moises Alou SFG .305 .321 .400 .518 7.03 76 67 63 19 5 1 490
Nick Johnson WAS .304 .289 .408 .479 6.50 85 66 74 15 3 8 547
Ken Griffey CIN .302 .301 .369 .576 7.01 88 85 92 35 0 1 555
David Wright NYM .302 .306 .388 .523 6.77 103 99 102 27 17 7 657
Jeff Kent LAD .302 .289 .377 .512 6.42 100 100 105 29 6 2 637
Adam Dunn CIN .299 .247 .387 .540 6.86 103 107 101 40 4 2 670
Top 16 Starting Pitchers by REqA (minimum 128.3 innings pitched):
W L ERA REqA CEqA DEqA dH IP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9
Roger Clemens HOU 13 8 1.87 .194 .201 .228 -26 211.3 6.4 2.6 .5 7.9
Andy Pettitte HOU 17 9 2.39 .211 .217 .235 -18 222.3 7.6 1.7 .7 6.9
Jorge Sosa ATL 13 3 2.55 .213 .247 .263 -11 134.0 8.2 4.3 .8 5.7
Pedro Martinez NYM 15 8 2.82 .217 .206 .231 -24 217.0 6.6 1.9 .8 8.6
Chris Carpenter STL 21 5 2.83 .221 .218 .228 -11 241.7 7.6 1.9 .7 7.9
John Smoltz ATL 14 7 3.06 .226 .228 .237 -10 229.7 8.2 2.1 .7 6.6
Roy Oswalt HOU 20 12 2.94 .226 .242 .238 8 241.7 9.0 1.8 .7 6.9
Dontrelle Willis FLA 22 10 2.63 .227 .230 .238 -8 236.3 8.1 2.1 .4 6.5
John Patterson WAS 9 7 3.13 .233 .243 .250 -6 198.3 7.8 2.9 .9 8.4
Jake Peavy SDP 13 7 2.88 .234 .230 .238 -7 203.0 7.2 2.2 .8 9.6
Carlos Zambrano CHC 14 6 3.26 .234 .225 .247 -24 223.3 6.9 3.5 .8 8.1
Tim Hudson ATL 14 9 3.52 .238 .255 .262 -6 192.0 9.1 3.0 .9 5.4
Brandon Webb ARZ 14 12 3.54 .239 .242 .241 3 229.0 9.0 2.3 .8 6.8
Brett Myers PHI 13 8 3.72 .240 .245 .253 -7 215.3 8.1 2.8 1.3 8.7
Ben Sheets MIL 10 9 3.33 .241 .232 .240 -5 156.7 8.2 1.4 1.1 8.1
Tom Glavine NYM 13 13 3.53 .242 .252 .251 3 211.3 9.7 2.6 .5 4.5
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
Billy Wagner PHI 4 3 1.51 .182 .178 .216 -13 77.7 5.2 2.3 .7 10.1
Kyle Farnsworth ATL 0 0 1.98 .185 .196 .244 -6 27.3 4.9 2.3 1.3 10.5
Derrick Turnbow MIL 7 1 1.74 .187 .213 .235 -7 67.3 6.5 3.2 .7 8.6
J. Isringhausen STL 1 2 2.14 .192 .220 .245 -7 59.0 6.6 4.1 .6 7.8
Al Reyes STL 4 2 2.15 .192 .197 .232 -10 62.7 5.5 2.9 .7 9.6
Dan Wheeler HOU 2 3 2.21 .196 .212 .239 -9 73.3 6.5 2.3 .9 8.5
Scott Linebrink SDP 8 1 1.83 .199 .216 .234 -6 73.7 6.7 2.8 .5 8.6
Jose Valverde ARZ 3 4 2.44 .204 .213 .219 -2 66.3 6.9 2.7 .7 10.2
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Glossary
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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, .995 in 2005
ERPDisplay: ERP * ERPAdj -- this report's ERP columns are actually ERPDisplay
Age: as of July 1, 2005
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 775 runs, allowed 705 runs,
and pitched 1446.0 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 (4.77 in 2005)
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 = 4.77 / 1.04 (estimate of Major League
average from 2005 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 2005, 25.8*ERP/(AB-H+CS), average roughly 4.77
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
EqA: Equivalent Average against pitcher, based on ERA, RA and R27:
in EqA formula, let R9 = (1.09*ERA)/6 + (RA)/3 + (.995*R27)/2
and AvgR9 = American League average runs per 9 IP (4.77 in 2005),
not as accurate a stat as hitter EqA, but better than just ERA
BA: Batting Average against pitcher, AB estimated as per below
OBP: On-Base Percentage against pitcher (estimated as (H+BB+HB)/(AB+BB+HB))
SLG: Slugging Average against pitcher (uses below estimates of D and T)
HR: Home Runs allowed, H: Hits allowed, BB: walks, HB: Hit Batters
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 .22*(H-HR) (based on 2005 AL average)
T: Triples, estimated as .10*D in 2005
SB: Stolen Bases, estimated as .056*(H+BB+HB-D-T-HR) in 2005
CS: Caught Stealing, estimated as .42*SB in 2005
ERP = 0.16*(3H+2D+4T+6HR+2BB+2HB+SB-0.623(AB-H+CS))
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General:
ERPAdj: ratio of league's Runs to ERP, always close to 1.0, .958 in 2005
Hitting Stats Glossary:
EqA: Equivalent Average, in formula above, R9 = R27 * ERPAdj (R27 defined below,
ERPAdj defined above), AvgR9 = 4.54 * 1.04 (estimate of Major League
average from 2005 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 2005, 25.6*ERP/(AB-H+CS), average roughly 4.54
Pitching Stats Glossary:
EqA: Equivalent Average against pitcher, based on ERA, RA and R27:
in EqA formula, let R9 = (1.08*ERA)/6 + (RA)/3 + (.958*R27)/2
and AvgR9 = National League average runs per 9 IP (4.54 in 2005),
not as accurate a stat as hitter EqA, but better than just ERA
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 .23*(H-HR) (based on 2005 NL average)
T: Triples, estimated as .10*D in 2005
SB: Stolen Bases, estimated as .055*(H+BB+HB-D-T-HR) in 2005
CS: Caught Stealing, estimated as .41*SB in 2005
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://www.dougstats.com/2005.html and is unofficial.
Park factor data is derived from The Bill James Handbook 2006.
Games by position mostly derived from data on the USA Today web site
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/sba/sba05gp.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 but my calculations contain differences.
I cannot guarantee that no errors were made in processing or presenting this
information.
--
Stephen Tomlinson http://www.stephent.com/jays/
mailto:stephent@magma.ca Ottawa, Ontario
"What is the evidence, and what does it mean?" (Bill James)
Last Updated: 2006 June 3
Comments are welcome at comments@stephent.com.