I suspect that is not true. I suspect team average correlates to runs scored. It has to.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Thu Sep 03 11:03:18 2009 Subject: Re: Where are the bats? This makes sense. Batting average correlates poorly to runs scored. Ray On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]> wrote: And as a team they're third in runs in the AL behind the Yankees and Angels, so the lineup is still pretty respectable. When Martinez and Lowell is in the lineup, Drew hits eighth, so that's pretty deep. -- Matt --- On Thu, 9/3/09, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Where are the bats? To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 10:58 AM I think it's just more evidence that batting average is a useless number. It's like trying to measure weight with a ruler. You can guess based on the result but you can be easily fooled. This Sox are doing OK with OPS. Two Sox are in the top 10 in the AL. Select up to 5 players <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/spacer_999999.gif> <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/stats/5picks.gif> Picks left <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> Player <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> TEAM <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> POS <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> SF <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> SH <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> HBP <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> IBB <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> GDP <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> TPA <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> NP <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> XBH <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> SB% <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> GO <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> AO <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> GO/AO <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> OPS <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> 1. J Mauer <http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=408045> MIN C 5 0 2 8 11 476 2003 49 80.0 132 93 1.54 1.046 <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> 2. K Youkilis <http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=425903> BOS 1B 3 0 13 6 9 487 2145 57 75.0 76 104 0.82 .986 <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> 3. M Cabrera <http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=408234> DET 1B 1 0 5 7 17 546 1982 57 66.7 139 109 1.43 .964 <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> 4. K Morales <http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=434778> LAA 1B 8 0 1 7 12 510 2024 69 20.0 126 125 1.10 .951 <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> 5. B Zobrist <http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=450314> TB 2B 3 1 2 4 6 481 1985 48 83.3 99 105 1.00 .936 <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> 6. A Lind <http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=452252> TOR DH 1 0 3 6 13 552 2230 72 50.0 147 111 1.44 .925 <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> 7. M Teixeira <http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=407893> NYY 1B 3 0 9 7 10 590 2280 67 100.0 127 152 0.90 .920 <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> 8. J Bartlett <http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=430583> TB SS 3 4 3 2 3 455 1761 44 82.8 80 116 0.72 .917 <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> 9. J Bay <http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=424726> BOS OF 3 0 8 3 9 533 2138 58 85.7 94 108 0.95 .916 <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> 10. J Morneau <http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=408047> MIN 1B 6 0 3 12 11 553 2036 60 0.0 133 140 1.03 .913 <http://mlb.mlb.com/images/trans.gif> 11. J Kubel <http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=430585> MIN DH 2 0 1 9 8 462 1841 49 50.0 114 94 1.30 .910 On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:01 AM, William Marino <[email protected] <http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > wrote: Okay, living in Virginia and all, I don't read the Globe sports page (by the way, its the only section still worth reading) that often, but here I am on Cape and looking at the baseball stats. What strikes me more than anything is that there are no Sox players in the top ten in batting average. I am used to seeing at least two and usually three. -- Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in Just 12 Weeks" www.leadingafteralayoff.com <http://www.leadingafteralayoff.com/> -- Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in Just 12 Weeks" www.leadingafteralayoff.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
