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seamheads.com - 10/27/2008

“Ballparks of the Deadball Era”: Baltimore’s Oriole Park IV

— seamheads.com — The following article on Oriole Park IV in Baltimore is extracted from the recently published book Ballparks... of the Deadball Era ( by Ron Selter from McFarland & Co.) ORIOLE PARK IV Baltimore American League: 1901-1902 There were four wooden ballparks in ... (more) “Ballparks of the Deadball Era”: Baltimore’s Oriole Park IV

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Baltimore Orioles

Al Reyes

Philadelphia Phillies

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detroittigertales.com - 10/22/2008

Runs created by position - part 2

— detroittigertales.com — Today, I'll continue my series of articles on runs created with shortstops, third basemen and center fielders.... Part 1 on catchers, first basemen and second basemen can be found here: part 1 After finishing first among AL center fielders with 7.8 ... (more) Runs created by position - part 2

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Detroit Tigers

Al Reyes

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Limited usefulness of batting average
THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball — Patriot: Here are three AL players: BA OBA SLG .223 .326 .393 .225 .319 .400 .275 .326 .400 Some people still believe that if you have two players with equal OPS, but one has a higher BA, that the one with the higher BA is more valuable. They believe this despite the fact that more sophisticated run estimators show them to be of nearly identical value, with an edge for the lower BA if anything (with the caveat that we are considering a normal environment in the modern major leagues). This is illustrated ...

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Amazin' Avenue — ... 3, Honolulu Sharks 2 Greg Veloz went 2-for-4 with a double. Jordan Abruzzo went 0-for-4. Josh Stinson pitched four scoreless innings, striking out five while walking two and allowing two singles. Junior Guerra allowed an unearned run in the bottom of the ninth to earn the loss. MetsGeek RaysGeek has Rays-centric content on the team and the pitchers they'll face. Neat meanderings piece at Walk Like A Sabermetrician, lots of good nuggets in there. I like this one: ...