Re: Hmmmm. (801 Views)
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Alydar in California (IP Logged)
Date: November 21, 2002 06:20PM
JB wrote: "Because they show you hits, walks, and innings when they bring a pitcher in, and it's better than ERA. I'm sure there's a better stat, but I don't want to work that hard, and that stat correlates well with effectiveness. Maybe Bob Barry will run a few guys for us."
How do YOU judge effectiveness? To know that runners per inning correlates with effectiveness, you have to have a way of judging effectiveness, and if you do have a way of judging effectiveness, of what use is runners per inning?