This is actually quite stunning. It's amazing that B-R isn't called out on this stuff more. (I dunno, maybe it is.) Since the bWAR peeps stress "well, you can't compare across seasons", we'll stay within the same season this time. Sandy Koufax: 8.1 bWAR in 335.67 innings. Per IP: 0.024.....ERA+ 160..... 26-8, 2.04 ERA Jim Bunning:... 8.0 bWAR in 291 innings...... Per IP: 0.027.....ERA+ 132..... 19-9, 2.60 ERA Jim Maloney:... 8.2 bWAR in 255.33 innings. Per IP: 0.032.....ERA+ 148..... 20-9, 2.54 ERA The Dodgers won 97 games, the Phillies 86 and the Reds 89... all pretty good. We got the Dod ..read more

This is actually quite stunning. It's amazing that B-R isn't called out on this stuff more. (I dunno, maybe it is.) Since the bWAR peeps stress "well, you can't compare across seasons", we'll stay within the same season this time. Sandy Koufax: 8.1 bWAR in 335.67 innings. Per IP: 0.024.....ERA+ 160..... 26-8, 2.04 ERA Jim Bunning:... 8.0 bWAR in 291 innings...... Per IP: 0.027.....ERA+ 132..... 19-9, 2.60 ERA Jim Maloney:... 8.2 bWAR in 255.33 innings. Per IP: 0.032.....ERA+ 148..... 20-9, 2.54 ERA The Dodgers won 97 games, the Phillies 86 and the Reds 89... all pretty good. We got the Dodg ..read more

Keeping this going, care of bluesky5: TOP TEN PLAYERS AND PITCHERS BY DECADE: 1870s PROJECT RULES —In this project we will be ranking our top 10 position players and top 10 pitchers (relievers and starters combined) by decade. —A decade in this project will be years 0-9 so this round consists of the years 2010-19. —Players outside the N.L. and A.L. are eligible. American and foreign; majors, minors, independents, your buddy from high school. —A player can be top ten in both categories i.e. Shohei Ohtani, Clint Hartung or John Montgomery Ward. —We will begin with the 2010s and work back to th ..read more

I met a gent over in FB who is doing some pretty aggressive analysis of starters. He likes OPS+ a lot (moreso than ERA+) in coming up with adjusted W-L. He's allowed to, although I would not agree. He's not a Nolan Ryan disciple per se, but he's coming up with a whopping +68 wins for him. That is, NR 'should have' been 392-226, based on his OPS+. <Stop Laughing Now> He asserts that Ryan had 21 seasons of below team average run support, 3 above average, and 3 neutral. (I've studied this extensively. It's more like 18 seasons below and 8 above.) He's basing it on this chart <at the bot ..read more

Hello, I am wondering if this is a good idea. My son is playing spring Little League and doing well. We thought about having him do travel ball last fall but he plays competitive soccer year round, and there would have been too many conflicts. At his soccer club there are other kids who play baseball. So, I thought why not just create a travel ball team for the fall that consists of kids in the same boat - ie kids who practice and play soccer year round and don't want to have scheduling conflicts. This way we can set our practices around the soccer practices. Sure, we might not win many games ..read more

As I was doing a deep dive on historic players, I came across an odd statistic, leading the league in both a good and a bad statistic. In 5 seasons, pitchers have pulled the trick in history of leading the league in losses and either of the best ERA, FIP, or WHIP. 1951 National League 1944 National League 1929 National League 1889 National League 1878 National League Can you name these players ..read more

Younse know the routine. One after another, we get the almost daily posts with just two topics -- strikeouts and no-hitters, no-hitters and strikeouts. (Occasionally, we also get an accompanying photo of NR pitching his fist to Robin Ventura). They get plenty of pushback by a lot of savvy peeps, so that's not a problem. Back and forth is good. I don't care what people post. They just need to prepare for the onslaught of thoughtful retorts. But, I finally had to make my own post in order to, shall we say give some fans pause. Here it is ..read more

Welcome to the BBF Ranking Game version 2.0. Please go to the Proposal thread and review the complete rules and rankings for this project. We are creating an all-time ranking of players based on the wisdom of the BBF crowd. This project is tweaking the results from the original BBF Ranking Game to better reflect our consensus as to who are the greatest players. This is the thread for Election no. 108. The rules are super-simple: Vote for the nine (9) best players in the poll To be clear, you should not sanction players for “bad” behavior. So, no penalties for gambling, PED’s, bat corking ..read more

Unless something horrible had happened like the Kingdom roof collapsing on fans and killing dozens (which I use to start my print on Demand book "Completed Game") It's impossible to imagine the sides. Come to an agreement that would save the 1994 season once it began. Let's say the best-case scenario happens and the 1994 postseason is saved due to a January/February strike and lockout, with the Feds getting involved in June - panicking over possible losses9n both sides means camps open in July and we get a 48 or 54-game schedule. (48 games within the division goes well with a 4 or5 team divis ..read more

Post here about the 2024 Diamondbacks ..read more