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Graph of the Day: Active 500 HR Hitters

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That's the season home run totals for the five active members of the 500 HR club, sorted from most to least.  The best seven years of ARod's and Griffey's careers are nearly identical, and other than the first few years of Manny's and Thome's careers, their home run totals are almost the same.

Here's the same information, but with seasons in chronological order:

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I'd love to see the correlation of HRs to WAR

More specifically – how precipitously does their value drop when their HRs drop

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by Jack Moore on May 28, 2009 2:26 PM EDT reply actions  

yes

me too

St. Louis Cardinals... defying win expectancy since 2008

by vivaelpujols on May 30, 2009 1:59 AM EDT up reply actions  

This doesn't apply to Adrian Gonzalez yet,

but if he was on a team like the Red Sox or a team like that, would his WAR be higher?

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by trademaker on May 28, 2009 7:39 PM EDT reply actions  

If his skillset is typical and doesn't doesn't translate differently than the average skillset to other parks, then he'd have same WAR.

But if, for example, he hits a ton of warning track fly balls in PETCO or would be better than usual at using the green monster, then he would be more valuable as a Red Sock than Padre. For WAR, overall park factors account for the different run-scoring environments (that is, in PETCO, fewer runs are scored, but fewer runs are needed to win games).

Although, how much does fielding ability affected by parks? Switching from pitchers’ parks to hitters’ parks, a +10 SS would be less valuable. Would that player moving parks give him more chances in hitters’ parks, making him more like a +11 or +12 fielder over a full season?

I feel like that’s a more complicated answer than needed. Short answer: No, with qualifications.

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on May 28, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

Thank You

That cleared WAR up for me.

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by trademaker on May 28, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

I have been wondering

how do you become a writer on a site like this?

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by trademaker on May 28, 2009 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sky can answer this better but...

We look for talented writers wherever we can find them – personal blogs, FanPosts, etc.

Don’t let the stats-heavy work of some of us scare you. The key thing is being able to analyze baseball and to provide support for your points. That generally means we use numbers, but you don’t need to create your own stats in order to write here.

There’s a lot of areas people can cover – from cutting-edge Pitch F/X stuff, to in-depth statistical studies, to analysis of the latest news, to awesome saber on-ramp articles, to prospect studies, to you name it.

If you’re interested in writing and don’t want to set up your own place to write, than start posting FanPosts (which I see you’ve done).

by Dan Turkenkopf on May 29, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

I sent trademaker an email and had this to say:
As for becoming a writer for an SBNation website, my suggestion is to demonstrate you have something to add to the conversation on a consistent basis. One way to do that is to start your own blog (try Blogger.com or Wordpress.com). Another is to start as a valuable commenter in an SBN community, then start adding valuable content via FanShots and FanPosts, perhaps focusing on a niche that isn’t currently discussed, like prospects. Many SBN communities have strong, unique cultures so I’d be careful not to step on toes at the beginning – consider yourself a visitor until you know how things work at a certain site.

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on May 29, 2009 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions  

Speaking of that

Petco really hurts gonzolez

St. Louis Cardinals... defying win expectancy since 2008

by vivaelpujols on May 30, 2009 2:00 AM EDT up reply actions  

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