Okay, I did my math wrong.

SLG would be 580 and OBS would be 862


On Dec 18, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Charles Battikha wrote:

> Another stat for Jacoby....
> 
> If you take into account 70 steals/12 caught stealing, you have
> 
> BA:    285
> OB:    334
> SLG:  468
> OBS:  802
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 18, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Ray Salemi wrote:
> 
>> It's actually worse than Power/Speed.  It's hitting speed. 
>> 
>> here are the BA/OBA/SLG/OPS numbers for both from last year.
>> 
>> Ellsbury:
>> 
>> .301 .355    .415    .770    
>> 
>> Gonzalez:
>> .277 .407    .551    .958
>> 
>> No contest.
>> 
>> Gonzalez gets on base more often and hit's the ball further.
>> 
>> Ray
>> 
>> PS.  This is a great example of the limitations of batting average.
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Matt & Olga McSorley 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> We've devolved into the scout/stat argument again. Here is the real issue in 
>> making the decision to trade Ellsbury for Adrian Gonzalez:
>>  
>> Power>Speed.
>>  
>> -- Matt
>> 
>> From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Fri, December 18, 2009 11:46:29 AM
>> Subject: Re: Dealing Ellsbury?
>> 
>> I am ashamed.
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Chain of Command was a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode.....c'mon 
>> people.
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Stat's are valuable"  First time I've ever heard you utter that phrase on 
>> this list.
>> 
>> And who doesn't want to hear about Deep Space Nine?  (That was an obscure 
>> reference. Good job!)
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> If you’re going to use my name, then please don’t speak for me and say that 
>> I dismiss stats completely.  I fully admit they are valuable and my point, 
>> yet again, is that some people look only at the stats.  Why can’t someone 
>> say that they like the way a guy plays.  Based on Pedroia’s statiscal body 
>> size and weight, he shouldn’t have been given a chance.  Thank God there are 
>> scouts who see beyond stats. Or will you argue that weight and height are 
>> not stats?
>> 
>>  
>> How can you possibly say that objective counting says that Ellsbury doesn’t 
>> get to as many balls?  And who the heck wants to hear about Star Trek Deep 
>> Space Nine during a baseball discussion?  How many players compared to 
>> Ellsbury in centerfield have to play in a ballpark with a friggin triangle 
>> and a center field that is laid out just like Fenway Park?  Because of all 
>> the variables in baseball, you can’t draw concrete conclusions.  You’re 
>> entitled to your opinion, but you should not tell me my opinion and then 
>> argue against it.  Stats are valuable, but they are only a piece of what I 
>> use to form my opinions.  I believe that others on here talk stats all the 
>> time and I don’t use anything but stats to form their opinions.  Or am I to 
>> believe that the few people on here who think Ellsbury isn’t as good a 
>> centerfielder as JD Drew is a rightfielder must be smarter than … say … 95% 
>> of the fans of baseball?
>> 
>>  
>> John
>> 
>>  
>> From: [email protected] 
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Salemi
>> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:47 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Dealing Ellsbury?
>> 
>>  
>> I think Bill James would be unhappy to hear his name used this way.
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:05 AM, William Marino <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I will take a good scout, with a proven track record, over Bill James any 
>> day of the week.
>> 
>> 
>> I got to see Bill James speak at the Museum of Science and I asked him a 
>> question about this topic. I asked him if teams go through all this 
>> statistical analysis, but then make the decision based on the opinion that 
>> "he has a pretty swing."
>> 
>> Bill James actually batted me down a bit in his answer.  He said that he 
>> felt this question of stats vs. scouts was a false question.  He believes 
>> that while stats are valuable, and need to be used, that scouts have 
>> thousands of hours of experience and also know what they are talking about.
>> 
>> John's mistake has been to dismiss stats completely, as he did earlier in 
>> the thread.  Stats provide insight.  They especially provide insight to 
>> those of use who do not have thousands of hours watching ballplayers and who 
>> don't watch them every day.  Fans are especially prone to only remember 
>> plays that support their opinion.
>> 
>> John claims that Ellbury gets to more balls than most players, but objective 
>> counting says Ellsbury doesn't.  In this case, intuition has to give way to 
>> counting.  I'm sorry, but no amount of intuition will make the number four 
>> into the number five (even if you are being tortured by a Cardassian 
>> sadist).  
>> 
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