05-25-2010, 07:00 PM
<!--quoteo(post=98284:date=May 25 2010, 04:55 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ May 25 2010, 04:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Butch isn't kidding though...I've never heard of anyone proposing such a stat, but if you pulled it off, it'd be a <i>huge</i> deal. I, for one, would be mesmerized reading a treatment of such a stat.
One problem, though. It might be fundamentally on shaky ground. You'd be saying that a run scored in the 7th inning is more important that a run scored in the second inning, when in reality, they're counted exactly the same. I can't see a math-inclined person swallowing that.
I don't know. I could be wrong. Even stat-heads talk about relief pitchers throwing in the "high-leverage" innings, and to a fan (like me), they DO seem like more important innings.
It's kind of a quagmire, isn't it?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes it is.
My thinking is that there would have to factors that valued runs differently if they created a lead, extended a lead (to a point), narrow a gap, force extra innings, etc.
One problem, though. It might be fundamentally on shaky ground. You'd be saying that a run scored in the 7th inning is more important that a run scored in the second inning, when in reality, they're counted exactly the same. I can't see a math-inclined person swallowing that.
I don't know. I could be wrong. Even stat-heads talk about relief pitchers throwing in the "high-leverage" innings, and to a fan (like me), they DO seem like more important innings.
It's kind of a quagmire, isn't it?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes it is.
My thinking is that there would have to factors that valued runs differently if they created a lead, extended a lead (to a point), narrow a gap, force extra innings, etc.