Schrodinger`s Bat: Defense and Pitch Classification by Dan Fox

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Catfish Stew: Game 10: Awesome A's 2Bs
Published 4/10/2008 at Baseball Toaster
Interesting result from Baseball Prospectus today: Dan Fox's has ranked all fielders from 1957-2007 using his new fielding stat, SFR. The top three second basemen are all Athletics: Name Span Balls SFR Rate Dick Green 1963-1974 4281 102.0 1.18 Mark Ellis 2002-2007 2680 67.7 1.18 Mike Gallego 1986-1997 2117 50.5 1.16 Mark Lemke 1988-1998 3602 90.2 1.15 Jose Oquendo 1986-1995 2473 45.2 1.11 That's highly unusual. Green, Ellis and Gallego are/were all fantastic fielders, but it makes you wonder if there's some kind of hidden park factor going on here. Which would make sense if we ...

Baseball Prospectus | Schrodinger’s Bat: Defense and Pitch Classification
Published 4/11/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
... —The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Friday, April 11, 2008 Baseball Prospectus | Schrodinger’s Bat: Defense and Pitch Classification Some interesting stuff from one of my favorite Baseball Prospectus writers, Dan Fox. ...

Prospectus Preview: Monday`s Games to Watch by Caleb Peiffer
Published 4/14/2008 at Baseball Prospectus
Today's Full Slate of Games Matchup : Red Sox (7-6) at Indians (5-7), 7:05 ET Probable Starters : Jon Lester (16 IP , 13 H , 8 R , 7/10 K/ BB ) vs. Jake Westbrook (16.1 IP , 13 H , 5 R , 7/1 K/ BB ) PECOTA Projection : Boston, 91-71 (2 nd AL East); Cleveland, 91-71 (tied for 1 st AL Central) Hit List Rankings : Red Sox, #14; Indians, #25 Prospectus : Last year's participants in the ALCS face off for the first time this season in the opener of a two-game series at Jacobs Field. Lester pitched in relief in two games of last year's ...

Get Your SFR Data!
Published 4/16/2008 by Dan Agonistes at Dan Agonistes
... So I realized that I hadn't mentioned that in my column last week (no subscription required) I extended SFR for infielders to include 1986-1987 and 2000-2002. So now I have results for infielders for: ...

You Can't Make This Stuff Up
Published 4/17/2008 by Charlie at Bucs Dugout: Front Page Posts
... New Pirate hire Dan Fox's recent research - and by "recent," I mean "published last week" - suggests (if I understand it correctly) that Luis Rivas is something like the fourth-worst defensive second base regular of the past 50 years.  ...