tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601679244189532906.post8710754352085289805..comments2023-10-20T10:39:34.144-04:00Comments on Baseball & The Boogie Down: Pettitte Cruises, Yanks Burn Rays 5-0Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601679244189532906.post-2811931072667462062008-07-09T12:13:00.000-04:002008-07-09T12:13:00.000-04:00Pettitte career 1st half ERA 4.11second half ERA: ...Pettitte career 1st half ERA 4.11<BR/><BR/>second half ERA: 3.53<BR/><BR/>You were right about that.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://statisticianmagician.mlblogs.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601679244189532906.post-13368950046049418982008-07-09T12:05:00.000-04:002008-07-09T12:05:00.000-04:00I believe that people let what they see take over ...I believe that people let what they see take over for statistics sometimes. Derek Jeter is the only SS that most Yankees fans see on a regular basis, therefore it is difficult to compare him to the other 29 starting SS's in the league when one doesn't have the proper sample size. Range isn't always so obvious. If a player doesn't get to a ball a lot of fans will just say that it wasn't in reach, not placing any blame on the player. But what they don't realize is that there may be 15 SS's who make that play because they have much better range, but the fans won't see them enough to realize this. John Dewan's metrics have been saying that Jeter has been one of the worst fielding SS's in the game for several years now. Check it out: http://www.fieldingbible.com/<BR/><BR/>The "Plus/minus" tab is where the stats are located. <BR/><BR/>Defensive stats probably aren't great, but I feel that they have some legitimacy.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I do think Jeter is a Hall of Famer, just for the record.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://statisticianmagician.mlblogs.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601679244189532906.post-5868849265355229302008-07-09T10:08:00.000-04:002008-07-09T10:08:00.000-04:00J-Booggie, sweet blog!Heres mine!http://thefinalse...J-Booggie, sweet blog!<BR/><BR/>Heres mine!<BR/><BR/>http://thefinalseason.blogspot.com/Yankee Stadium Crew:https://www.blogger.com/profile/06784997980127883970noreply@blogger.com