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Baseball Glossary at Baseball Tips.com For 1996, the established hit level would be found by adding 1993 hits, two times 1994 hits, and three times 1995 hits, and dividing by six. By this method, if your "need hits" and your "projected remaining hits" are the same, your chance of reaching the goal is 50 percent. Therefore, zone rating should not be interpreted simply as the percentage of balls hit into a player's zone that the fielder was able to turn into outs (if that were the proper definition, it obviously would be impossible for a player to post a zone rating anywhere close to 1.000). www.baseballtips.com /glossary.html   (3312 words)

Bill James - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Judging a player's qualifications for the Hall of Fame based on his career's similarity to other HOFers. Extra bases on hits is calculated with the formula (Doubles)+(Triplesx2)+(Homerunsx3). James was a strong critic of the Dowd Report, which was the most thorough investigation (commissioned by baseball commissioner Bart Giamatti) on the gambling activities of Pete Rose. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_James   (1696 words)

Chuck Klein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He became an instant success as the starting right fielder and left-handed hitting slugger for the lowly Phillies team. Unlike most sluggers, Klein was a competent baserunner, topping the senior circuit in 1932 in stolen bases and had 15 triples, good for third in the league. The same year he converted in the last player to lead in homers and steals in the same season, when he paced the National League with 38 and 20. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chuck_Klein   (756 words)

Philliesflow -- a fan's Philadelphia Phillies blog Utley was hit on the foot by a pitch. One of the hits went for extra-bases, a home run by Carlos Delgado, which was the only extra-base hit of the game for the Mets. Here's a look at the NL teams, how many bases they have stolen this season, how many times they have been caught, and their stolen bases minus caught stealings with different values assigned to the times they were caught stealing. www.philliesflow.com   (10263 words)

Schilling hits 90 - Extra Bases NEW YORK - Curt Schilling finally hit 90 mph on the radar gun in the fourth inning on a... NEW YORK - Curt Schilling finally hit 90 mph on the radar gun in the fourth inning on a pitch to Jorge Posada. Meanwhile, the Sox are searching for their first hit here in the fifth. www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2007/08/schilling_hits.html   (92 words)

CSFBL: Computer Simulated Fantasy Baseball League The chance is based on hit location, the power of the hitter, the size of the stadium, the speed of the runner, the base he'd be tagging up to, and the manager's tendency for aggressive baserunning. Retirement is based on a player's "value" (an internal weighted calculation of current and potential ratings) and age. The choice for key players is based on a player's value - which is compiled by their current ratings, future potential, age, and other intangible factors, and is a big factor in a player's salary. www.csfbl.com /news20020103.asp   (5749 words)

Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Babe Ruth He hit 54 home runs, smashing his year-old record, batted.376, and led the league in runs (158), RBI's (137), walks (148), and his slugging average of 847 was a major league record for over 80 years (Barry Bonds eclipsed it with a.860 mark in 2001). His batting, on-base and slugging averages all fell dramatically (to a still-impressive.315/.434/.672), but for the first time since he became a full-time outfielder, he failed to win the home run title, hitting 35, two fewer than Tilly Walker of the Philadelphia Athletics. Later, in 1943, in another charity game at Yankee Stadium, he pinch hit, drew a walk, but tore cartilage in his knee when running the bases, and this would be the last time he would play in a formal game. www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Babe_Ruth   (8737 words)

Hardwood Maple Baseball Bats For Great Hitting You can be sure that the greatest hitters in the game, from Ty Cobb to Ted Williams and Pete Rose in the modern era, have grown into their game prowess by swinging high quality hardwood maple baseball bats. However unlike aluminum bats which can ‘deaden’ gradually over time, the ‘good news’ is that your maple baseball bat typically breaks only when it loses the key inner structure and hardness. At far lower cost, a great Sam Bat brand or Akadema maple baseball bat allow a hitter to own and experiment with different grip and barrel sizes, in the ongoing effort to improve and perfect his or her swing. www.wise4living.com /sbaseball/maple-bat.htm   (552 words)

379 - NetShrine Discussion Forum Another record I'd consider unapproachable is the 623 bases that Ruth accumulated in 1921 (that is: times-on-base + extra bases on hits + stolen bases). That year, Ruth was on base 353 times, which is the 3rd most ever, and had 253 extra bases on hits and 17 stolen bases. His 457 total bases on hits that season is still the record. www.netshrine.com /vbulletin2/showthread.php?t=6373   (576 words)

OPS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) If a player gets as many walks as hits (which almost never happens) and his total of extra bases from hits equals his total of hits (not much more likely than Rich Garces winning the Boston marathon), then OPS would be weighted 50% BA, 25% BB, and 25% power. Because hits are more common than walks and singles are more common than extra base hits, OPS is typically 70-80% batting average. While a lineup has an effect on a player’s ability to get hits, walks, runs, and runs batted in, a leadoff hitter on one team would probably be a leadoff hitter on another team and a cleanup hitter on one team would hit in the heart of the order on another team. home.comcast.net /~jhbaseballpages/OPS.htm   (1194 words)

Sports: Mistakes cost Ridgewood in 3-2 loss Letting a runner take an extra base because a hit wasn't cleanly fielded by an outfielder (she scored). Twice in the second inning Ram runners tried to take extra bases on hits and were thrown out, killing promising rallies. She left runners on second and third base in the fourth and sixth innings, and got out of a no-out, bases-loaded jam in the sixth by retiring Ridgewood's 2-3-4 hitters on two groundout force plays at home and a strikeout. www.sptimes.com /Sports/50898/Mistakes_cost_Ridgewo2.html   (983 words)

deseretnews.com | Stingers manage only 7 hits, just 1 for extra bases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) But the not-hitting thing hurts even more when there are men on base, and that was what they experienced Tuesday. He gave up three straight two-out hits in the first inning to account for the Sidewinders' first run, and then he gave up hits to three of the first four hitters in the second inning in falling behind 3-0. They loaded the bases with nobody out in the second inning, but Tucson starter Bill Murphy got the next three hitters — two on strikeouts — to quell that uprising. deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600146621,00.html   (489 words)

ESPN.com: Gary Sheffield Career Notes Hit the franchise's first pinch-hit homer with a game-winning blast off Cincinnati's Jeff Brantley on July 20... Had four extra bases hits (double, triple, two homers) April 10 vs. the Padres... Led the league in hitting (.330), finished third in home runs (33), and fifth in RBI (100)... espn.go.com /mlb/profiles/notes/4268.html   (890 words)

The Baseball Analysts: Extra Base Hits It's a well-known fact that runners get a head start when there is a full count on the batter and the difference between runners attempting the extra base with a full count and without is remarkably consistent from year to year. Assume that Ortiz hit a single or a double in with Johnny Damon on first ten times and Damon took the extra base seven of those times. Once those numbers are adjusted for the park, the count, and the number of outs, we can total the number of extra bases we would have expected each batter to advance the baserunners based on the ATTr of the runners when that batter was not up. baseballanalysts.com /archives/2005/10/extra_base_hits.php   (1879 words)

Bonds still finds ways   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) It cleared the bases and turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 lead, which the Giants would never relinquish in front of 39,561 at AT&T Park. He gave up three consecutive base hits, including an RBI single to left field by Bonds that made it 5-2. After Pedro Feliz hit a one-out, RBI single to give San Francisco a four-run lead, Batista was pulled. www.azcentral.com /sports/diamondbacks/articles/0429dbacks0429.html   (737 words)

The Ultimate Babe Ruth Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference Through the first half of the season, the Orioles were the best team in the league, and by July 4 they had a record of 47 wins and 22 losses, 25 games over.500; but their finances were not in such a good shape. In addition to hitting 54 home runs, smashing his year-old record, he hit.376 (4th in the league), drove in 137 runs and scored 150 (both best in the league) and his 150 walks contributed to him getting on base in more than half his plate appearances. He stole 14 bases and his slugging percentage (a monumental.847) set a record that would not be beaten for over 80 years (Barry Bonds eclipsed it in 2001). www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Babe_Ruth   (3158 words)

Beyond the Box Score :: All Stories Since a stolen base when the game is close and/or late is more important than a SB in other situations, it raises the issue of whether or not some players can "pick their spots" and do more of their stealing when it really matters. The same is probably true for pitchers since the number of runs they allow is very well predicted by the OBP (on-base percentage) and SLG (slugging percentage) they allow (see "Do Pitchers Give Up their Expected Number of Runs Based on OPS?"). If the answer were yes, it means that a.010 increase in OBP (on-base percentage) on a team that hits 240 HRs in a season would add just as many runs to a team that hits only 100 HRs (assuming everything else being equal). www.beyondtheboxscore.com /user/Cyril%20Morong   (1641 words)

EBE = Extra-Bases Emanuele The Team Ontario 17s centre fielder again had an extra-base hit in the bottom of the seventh to key a final-inning, rally at the Perfect Game Northeast Showcase. In the opener, Emanuele hit a solo homer into the left field bullpen to break up a scoreless tie and give Team Ontario an opening game win over Perfect Game Orange. In game two, with Team Ontario trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Emanuele hit a booming triple off the 400-foot sign in centre field to drive in a run and later scored as Ontario rallied for four runs and a 5-4 victory. www.canoe.ca /SlamBaseballCanadaNews/010819_emanuele-can.html   (373 words)

Majewski, Bergmann shining in NY-Penn League Majewski signed with the Baltimore Orioles and is playing for the Aberdeen Ironbirds, where he picked up where he left off at Rutgers, hitting for power and average. The rookie outfielder is batting.320 for the Ironbirds, with 24 hits in his 75 at bats. Of his 24 hits, nine have gone for extra bases hits. newstranscript.gmnews.com /news/2002/0821/Sports/111.html   (167 words)

Papi hits No. 53 - Extra Bases David Ortiz hit his 53d home run, on a 3-and-2 pitch from Blue Jays lefty Gustavo Chacin, to give the... David Ortiz hit his 53d home run, on a 3-and-2 pitch from Blue Jays lefty Gustavo Chacin, to give the Sox a 1-0 lead in the first. The home run was Ortiz's 32d on the road, which ties the AL record for home runs on the road set by Babe Ruth when he was with the Murderers' Row Yanks of 1927. www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2006/09/papi_hits_no_53.html   (89 words)

Winning Record for Middle School Squad Leading the team in hitting this year was John Muscarella (.640), Fred Benyo (.476), Doug Chaputian (.464), Chris Jenney (.444), Tom Lobben (.385), John Kearney (.333), Akil Edwards (.333), Roger Defranco (.333), Serik Slobodskoy (.333) and Jesse Savaran (.333). According to Coach Bill Melillo, the.408 team batting average is the highest team average at North Shore Middle School in the past 24 years. Of the 87 hits this past season, 20 went for extra bases. www.antonnews.com /roslynnews/2000/06/23/sports   (282 words)

Sim Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) The 3rd round can be hit and miss depending on the overall talent level available, but in most cases you generally get a decent prospect. Abe will try to pinch hit for a player when he finds someone that plays the same exact position as the guy currently in the lineup and he is at all younger than the current player. Whenever a runner is on base, Abe will look at your settings for these 5 sections, factor in your weights, and calculate a probability that the runner will steal. www.simdynasty.com /rulebook.jsp   (12318 words)

SABRmetrics - Secondary Average Secondary Average, or SEC, is a sabermetric tool used to gauge a player’s ability to produce extra bases independent of batting average (The total of a player's extra bases on hits, walks, and stolen bases expressed as a percentage of at bats). The success or failure of a SB attempt obviously influences the bases gained total of the batter, thereby directly impacting his value to the team in relation to its ability to score runs, so it should be counted. Ditto a player’s ability to draw BB and reach base for his teammates to knock him in. www.athomeplate.com /secondary.shtml   (1299 words)

RealGM Baseball: Extra Bases Archives Ryan Howard hit 19 HR's on Monday and just like usual, no Phillies were on base for any of them. However recently, he has hit gold and is one of the better general managers in all of baseball. The disparity in the number of runs scored was overshadowed by the disparity in the number of hits: 24-1. www.realgmbaseball.com /src_extrabases_archives.php   (2095 words)

Baseball Musings: Pitchers and Extra-Base Hits It was pointed out that extra-base hits against pitchers had more to do with the pitcher than the defense. Thirty one percent of the hits off Brian were for extra bases last year. Base Blogging A resource for sports and baseball bloggers. www.baseballmusings.com /archives/014136.php   (1918 words)

RealGM Baseball: Extra Bases - Pierre To Wrigley Breakdown The Alabama native also collected 181 hits including 19 doubles and 13 triples in 656 plate appearances. Pierre is a great contact hitter and has the ability to bunt for base hits. He also wreaks havoc on the base paths, stealing 40+ bases in each of his five complete Major League seasons. realgmbaseball.com /src_extrabases/24/20051207/...   (667 words)

NJCU Sports News Stiller had a RBI double to left-center in the first that scored Thomas, for his first extra-base hit of the year. Carlos Rosado (Newark, NJ/St. Benedict's Prep) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded for the ninth run. But NJCU left the bases loaded in the inning, and a total of 14 runners stranded overall for the second consecutive game. www.njcu.edu /athletics/baseball/bbrel042302.html   (675 words)

Stats Geek: New statistic -- Isolated Power -- shows just how isolated the Pirates are   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) It's doubtful that a guy who almost never walks (just two after 29 games) can sustain a.352 on-base average, but Wilson's.339 batting average is enough to have him lead shortstops in both categories. Kendall's ability to get on base (.354 OBA this season;.384 career) makes him a fine leadoff man, but there have to be more long balls behind him. Both the Wilsons and Mackowiak are currently hitting for more extra bases than in previous seasons. www.post-gazette.com /pg/04132/314391.stm   (697 words)

Women's Softball Hit.242 with nine extra bases hits and 19 RBI... Had three hits and drove in a run vs. Mesa State in Mar 13... Got her first shutout of the season as she struck out five in the Mountain Lions 8-0 win over Mesa State on Mar 14... www.uccs.edu /~athletic/bio.php?id=61   (204 words)

BBTF's Newsblog Discussion :: The Baseball Analysts: Click: Extra Base Hits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Obviously infield singles advance baserunners one base and outfield hits advance runners the extra base some percentage of the time. IIRC, what I found when I did this kind of analysis is that while power hitters hit the ball further and the outfielders generally play a little deeper against them, they also hit the ball harder, thus giving the baserunners less time to take the extra base. All in all, it tends to be a wash. The correlation in Click's study may be solely due to the infield singles. www.baseballthinkfactory.org /files/newsstand/discussion/33162   (448 words)

Babe Ruth biography, information, news, pics (pictures), links and products (sports: NY Yankees, George Herman Ruth) He hit 35 home runs and drove in 99, but the suspensions and some injuries led him to playing in only 110 games. Eventually he regained his lost weight and managed to get somewhat on track, but finished with a.290 average and 25 home runs in 98 games, and except for the last couple years at the end of his career, the 1925 season was easily Ruth's worst season in the majors. He batted.373, with 218 hits, 52 doubles, 18 triples, 47 home runs, 175 RBI's, slugged at.765, and was voted A.L. In time, the 1927 Yankees would send six players to the Baseball Hall of Fame. www.popstarsplus.com /sports_baberuth.htm   (10296 words)

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