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Graph of the Day: UZR's Error Component and Unearned Runs
Continuing with the theme this week of defensive metrics their interpretations, today's graph examines the ErrR, or Error Runs, component of UZR on a team level. We should expect a team's unearn...
Graph of the Day: Range Factor
Yesterday, I posted a graph that showed quite conclusively that Fielding Percentage is a meaningless statistic when talking about defensive impact on runs allowed. As commenter CoachOfEarl broug...
Graph of the Day: The Nate McLouth Factor
EDIT: Thanks for BobbyMac in the comments for pointing out a flaw in my data. It's not quite as much fun as the original results, but it's still pretty conclusive. Expect a couple more gra...
Graph of the Day: UZR Comparisons for 2008 NL Playoff Teams
Here is a quick look at the last season's four NL playoff teams comparing their UZR numbers. First here are the team totals: <!-...
Graph of the Day – Comparing Defensive Numbers for Shortstops that played from 2002 to 2008.
In the the comments section of an article I recently wrote on infielder aging curves, I got into a discussion with NoNameOnCard about projecting UZR using only players who have played a position for a...
Graph of the Day - 2008 Best and Worst Defensive Teams According to UZR Values
Using MGL's UZR defensive metric from Fangraphs for 2008, I took the top team, the Tampa Bay Rays (+74.2 UZR) and the bottom team, the Texas Rangers (-51.7 UZR) and mapped how each position contribute...
How Age Affects Infield Defense Using UZR Component Skills
In a previous article I looked at how the individual UZR components (Arm, Range, Errors) change as outfielders age. I have extended that study to include infield defense. I looked at players who play...
Graph of the Day: Seattle's Revamped Outfield
To many analysts, the Mariners overhaul of their outfield was one of the biggest moves of the off-season. The team replaced Raul Ibañez and a mishmash of Wladimir Balentien, Jeremy Reed,...
Behold, The Power of the Glove!
Now that Michael Young of the Texas Rangers has begrudgingly moved to third base, the team will give top prospect Elvis Andrus the opportunity to win the starting shortstop job for the 2009 season. Bu...
Saber-Friendly Blogging 101: Making Sense of Defense
Continuing with Sky's Saber-Friendly Blogging 101 Series, this installment will focus on an issue of baseball sabermetrics that is likely gaining popularity not only on the internet but major league f...
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