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Graph of the Day: Derek Jeter and Old Yankee Stadium
Derek Jeter's HR totals the last 3 years (2009 excluded): 14, 12, 11. So far, through 45 fewer games than 2008, Jeter already has 12 HRs. Much has been made about the homer-increasing effect of the New Yankee Stadium. Let's take a look at where the 10 HRs Jeter has hit at the new park map out at...
Graph of the Day: Raul Ibanez, Citizen's Bank Park, and Safeco Field
As has been much discussed in the Sabermetric blogosphere, the Philadelphia Phillies made the questionable decision to sign Raul Ibanez to a 3 year, 31 million dollar deal while simultaneously letting a similar player in the younger Pat Burrell walk without even offering arbitration. Raul,...
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 unearned runs (Runs - Earned Runs, of course) to correlate strongly to Error Runs on a team level. In order...
Graph of the Day: The Worst Teams In Baseball, By Position
Using Runs Below Average (combining wRAA and UZR), these are the teams that are worst at each individual position. To find runs below average, the teams composite production at each position is added up. These can be found under the Teams tab on FanGraphs, by clicking on each position. Catcher...
Graph of the Day: Notable Mid-season Deals
With the trading season upon us again, today's Graph of the Day looks at some of the more memorable mid-season deals. The graphs shows the player's worth by WAR for the acquiring team in the season he was traded. These are not apples to apples comparisons because not all were traded at the same...
Graph of the Day: Shortest Home Runs By Standard Distance
On Sunday, I posted the longest home runs hit this year, adjusted for atmospheric effects. Today, I'll post the accompaniment to that graph. Here are the shortest home runs to date, by a much more diverse group than the mashers who hit the long bombs: Chase Utley, Adam Kennedy, Adam LaRoche,...
Graph of the Day: Historical All Star Results
Today begins the saddest three days of the summer - the three days with no real baseball games. Yes, we've got the Home Run Derby, and the All Star Game, but despite the hype, they just aren't as meaningful or fun as a regular season game (yes, even one between the Padres and the Nationals). Of...
Graph of the Day: Frank "Home Run" Baker and Production in the Dead Ball Era
The 1910s were certainly a much different era of baseball than the one we're currently experiencing. Nobody accuses anybody of using steroids. .400 seasons are relatively common. The save doesn't exist, and the relief pitcher barely does. Possibly the biggest difference is the lack of the home...
Graph of the Day: Harden and Greinke Fastball Locations
I happened to notice a difference in fastball locations between Zack Greinke and Rich Harden. Does Harden go up and out of the zone more by design, since he really throws two pitches? Greinke has a wide arsenal at his disposal. The gray box is the approximate region of the strike zone, which...
Graph of the Day: Cy, Walter, Roger, Grover Cleveland, Lefty
Wins Above Replacement numbers from Rally's Wonderful updated WAR Index. The seasons are sorted from best to worst, left to right. I could have went on and on, including Spahn, Seaver, Feller, Mathewson, etc. Turns out that Cy Young guy does deserve to have an award named after him.
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