See earlier posts on this. I took hitting for power, average, speed and fielding into account. Being good at all of them is what matters. Balance mattered, too. I came up with various measurements for all of these. It would be better to be 10% better than average in all four than 40% better in just one and average in the rest. Where possible and appropriate, stats were adjusted for the league average and park effects. Longevity also mattered in some cases. Mays was first in many cases. If not, he was very close to the top. Here are the earlier studies.
Who Was The Greatest "All-Around" Player Ever? Another Quantitative Attempt
Who Was The Greatest "All-Around" Player Ever? Another Quantitative Attempt (Part 2)
Who Was The Greatest "All-Around" Player Ever? Another Quantitative Attempt (Part 3)
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Great New Resource, Saber Archive
Click here to go to the sight. It is searchable by topic and author. Looks like it has at least 150 articles. Tom Tango says "Out of all efforts I’ve seen to create a SABR library, this is the best one I’ve seen."
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Some Clutch Correlations
For all players with 5000+ PAs from 1987-2001. 71 players.
The correlation between non-close & late (CL) AVG and the difference between it and actual CL AVG is -.076. So the better hitters see an even bigger dropoff than the lesser hitters, although the effect is slight. For SLG it was -.443. So the guys with higher SLGs normally see a big dropoff in CL cases. Maybe because they are facing good relievers or don't often have the platoon advantage.
The correlation between non-close & late (CL) AVG and the difference between nonCL SLG and actual CL SLG is -.078. The correlation between non-close & late (CL) SLG and the difference between nonCL AVG and actual CL AVG is -.309. So sluggers see a big drop in their AVG when it is CL.
The correlation between non-runners on base (ROB) AVG and the difference between it and actual ROB AVG is -.229. For SLG it was -.053. Not a surprise since that this is low because the correlation between ROB SLG and non-ROB SLG is very high (.936).
The correlation between non ROB AVG and the difference between non ROB SLG and actual ROB SLG is -.154. The correlation between non ROB SLG and the difference between non ROB AVG and actual ROB AVG is -.134. So sluggers see a big drop in their AVG when it is CL.
The correlation between non-runners in scoring position (RISP) AVG and the difference between it and actual RISPAVG is -.292. For SLG it was -.279.
The correlation between non RISP AVG and the difference between non RISP SLG and actual RISP SLG is -.284. The correlation between non RISP SLG and the difference between non RISP AVG and actual RISP AVG is -.158.
AVG
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
OPS
|
|
Total-CL
|
0.817
|
0.928
|
0.884
|
0.89
|
Total-RISP
|
0.842
|
0.928
|
0.932
|
0.93
|
CL-RISP
|
0.767
|
0.893
|
0.86
|
0.87
|
CL-NONCL
|
0.739
|
0.896
|
0.847
|
0.85
|
RISP-NONRISP
|
0.728
|
0.846
|
0.881
|
0.871
|
NONE ON-ROB
|
0.781
|
0.882
|
0.936
|
0.919
|
RISP2(W/2 OUTS)-TOTAL
|
0.609
|
0.829
|
0.774
|
0.783
|
RISP2-NONRISP2
|
0.535
|
0.786
|
0.728
|
0.736
|
RISP2-CL
|
0.599
|
0.826
|
0.747
|
0.762
|
ROB-TOTAL
|
0.931
|
0.971
|
0.98
|
0.977
|
MAY-NONMAY
|
0.903
|
Major
|
league
|
totals
|
1991-2000
|
||
AVG
|
OBP
|
SLG
|
OPS
|
OBP/with NO IBB
|
|
Total
|
0.266
|
0.334
|
0.416
|
0.75
|
0.329
|
ROB
|
0.272
|
0.346
|
0.422
|
0.768
|
0.334
|
NONE ON
|
0.261
|
0.322
|
0.411
|
0.735
|
0.322
|
RISP
|
0.267
|
0.359
|
0.414
|
0.773
|
0.334
|
NONRISP
|
0.266
|
0.325
|
0.416
|
0.741
|
0.325
|
CL
|
0.256
|
0.334
|
0.388
|
0.722
|
0.317
|
NONCL
|
0.268
|
0.334
|
0.421
|
0.755
|
0.329
|
The correlation between non-close & late (CL) AVG and the difference between it and actual CL AVG is -.076. So the better hitters see an even bigger dropoff than the lesser hitters, although the effect is slight. For SLG it was -.443. So the guys with higher SLGs normally see a big dropoff in CL cases. Maybe because they are facing good relievers or don't often have the platoon advantage.
The correlation between non-close & late (CL) AVG and the difference between nonCL SLG and actual CL SLG is -.078. The correlation between non-close & late (CL) SLG and the difference between nonCL AVG and actual CL AVG is -.309. So sluggers see a big drop in their AVG when it is CL.
The correlation between non-runners on base (ROB) AVG and the difference between it and actual ROB AVG is -.229. For SLG it was -.053. Not a surprise since that this is low because the correlation between ROB SLG and non-ROB SLG is very high (.936).
The correlation between non ROB AVG and the difference between non ROB SLG and actual ROB SLG is -.154. The correlation between non ROB SLG and the difference between non ROB AVG and actual ROB AVG is -.134. So sluggers see a big drop in their AVG when it is CL.
The correlation between non-runners in scoring position (RISP) AVG and the difference between it and actual RISPAVG is -.292. For SLG it was -.279.
The correlation between non RISP AVG and the difference between non RISP SLG and actual RISP SLG is -.284. The correlation between non RISP SLG and the difference between non RISP AVG and actual RISP AVG is -.158.
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