Well, it's not random. But the correlation is poor, especially when compared to team OPS.
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:08 AM, William Marino <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. 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