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John Dewan's Stat of the Week
Are K-Rod's saves tougher than Thigpen's were in 1990?
September 05, 2008 Los Angeles Angel Francisco Rodriguez, aka K-Rod, is about to break Bobby Thigpen's all-time save record of 57 saves set with the Chicago White Sox in 1990. The record stood for quite a while—over 17 years. Is that because it was easier back then to register saves and now it's gotten tougher? [...]
What’s the toughest save in baseball?
August 29, 2008 My partner at ACTA, Greg Pierce, and I were talking about relief pitchers. We wondered what would be the absolute toughest save situation a relief pitcher could encounter. We decided that it would be a save situation in the ninth inning or later where the pitcher enters with the bags loaded, nobody out, [...]
Are long at-bats more productive than short ones?
August 22, 2008 It seems obvious. Work the count. Make the pitcher labor. Foul off those two-strike pitches. As you go deeper in the count, it's going to work in the batter's favor. Or does it? The numbers beg to differ. Here are the major league averages for long and short at-bats (Short defined as three [...]