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Estimated Pitch Counts The idea behind EPC is that, while actual pitch counts can be hard to find, box scores are fairly common, and you can come up with a reasonably close estimate of the number of pitches thrown from the information contained in a normal pitcher's line. In judging this, you have to remember that an exact pitch count number isn't as useful as we might like, because the effects of each additional pitch are not always the same. Therefore, for the formula to be accurate within around ten pitches on the low end and within fifteen pitches on the high end is acceptable; that means, for example, that it will generally place correctly within the right start category used by Baseball Prospectus. www.boydsworld.com /breadcrumbs/epcintro.html   (1049 words)

The Bull Pen - Pitch count paranoia The main reason why guys are pulled around 120 pitches or less nowadays, is the fact that they have been conditioned to only throw that many, therefore start to lose their 'stuff' and 'stamina' at that point in the ballgame. pitch counts are useful in-season, and can warn you of a bad start about to happen--but I think IP at the end of the year are more informative. Obviously pitch counts are only a part of a very complicated equation but I for one think it represents tremendous progess that people are talking about and posting about them. www.rotojunkie.com /forums/showthread.php?t=23461   (1166 words)

[No title] The basic pitch count estimator matches the model when the BIP rate is between 50% and 80%. Pitches per BIP = 2.5 x [(1 - BIP rate) ^ 0.08] + 1. Pitches per K = 1.9 x [(1 - BIP rate) ^ 0.07] + 3. www.tangotiger.net /pitchCountEstimator.html   (867 words)

Pitch Count - How Many Pitches o The pitching motion puts a large amount of strain on the throwing arm, particularly on the shoulder and elbow. Adjust pitch count down if you have a pitcher that isn't as strong and developed as other kids his age. Now there is no evidence that if a breaking pitch is taught properly it will cause damage to the arm, but many believe that a developing arm can not take the strain that is placed on the arm when throwing breaking balls. members.cox.net /tucsonnichols/pitch_count.htm   (1162 words)

May 21, 2002 - Analyzing PAP (Part One) Any effect from pitch counts is being overwhelmed by their own inability to maintain a high level of performance, as is evidenced by the erratic relationship between pitch counts and short-term decline for low endurance pitchers. The true estimate of very high pitch counts may have to wait for historical pitch count data, or a change in the game restoring the conditions of the dead-ball era, or at least the 1960's. Considering the effect on both the innings pitched (putting more strain on the bullpen) and extra runs allowed by the starting pitchers, this might amount to perhaps 20-25 runs over the course of a season, which would be expected to be about 2 to 2.5 games in the standings. www.baseballprospectus.com /news/20020521woolner.shtml   (3664 words)

BTF's Articles - Pitching coaches will never keep pitchers from getting hurt, but they should do what they can to minimize the risk of injury by pulling pitchers when they are not throwing with their normal mechanics. Pitch counts pretty clearly aren't as big a factor in pitcher injury as smoking is in cancer, but the mere existence of injuries among low pitch-count pitchers doesn't invalidate the claim. Note given how often they may pitch and warm up in a season and given that relievers tend to have both higher walk and strikeout rates, I'm not sure that, say, 3 relief appearances is that much different than a start in terms of pitch count. www.baseballthinkfactory.org /files/main/article/dont_fear_the_reaper   (8779 words)

Little League baseball softball. Baseball training instruction software. The Pitch Count allows you to not only track the number of pitches thrown, it also gives you the ability to get a concrete number on percentage of strikes thrown at any time. The advantage of Pitch Count is that in addition to displaying the total number of pitches thrown, it also displays the percentage of strikes thrown at any given time. Pitch Count will enable coaches not only to count pitches but also keep track of other critical statistics all at once without relying on multiple charts and players. www.wherestheplay.com /product19.php   (706 words)

Be A Better Hitter -- The Pitch Count On the 1-0 count, although you are ahead, it is early and the pitcher may take a chance with a different pitch. The pitch generally thrown at these higher levels is that particular pitcher’s "best" pitch (which is another good reason to study your opposing pitcher while you are in the on-deck circle). Approach these counts with the idea that you are going to hit the ball "the other way." One reason for this approach is that you will naturally track the ball a fraction of a second longer, giving you more time to decide if the pitch is going to be a strike. www.beabetterhitter.com /text/mental/pitchcount/pitchcount.htm   (1329 words)

Baseball: Philosophy - Pitch Count Now I don't know if it had anything to do with how many pitches they were allowed to throw or not, but the point is that young arms are developing and fragile and need to be taken care of. In the previous example the number of innings (although high) was a poor measure as compared to pitch count. The results of the survey found that the number of pitches thrown is more important than the number of innings thrown and "Number of pitches is more important than number of innings when determining rest requirements". www.qcbaseball.com /philosophy/pitch_count1.aspx   (686 words)

Software Download: Pitch PPC is a professional pitching chart that tracks pitch location, pitch count, balls/strikes and pitch velocity by type of pitch and inning. Mound time is recorded as well as, a pitch count alarm that will notify you when a pitcher has exceed his recommended pitch count. Pitch ID generates unlimited questions in every major and harmonic minor key in 15 levels of graduated difficulty. www.sharewareconnection.com /titles/pitch.htm   (3605 words)

Bonderman won't always push his pitch-count limit - 5/5/03 Jeremy Bonderman's pitch counts: Ah, the pitch-count police were donning their riot gear after last Tuesday's game against Baltimore at Comerica Park. Pitch counts and how they affect young arms have become a fashionable piece of linkage. In fact, they get hot when pitch counts are mentioned, because they say the last thing they're going to do is risk any pitcher's arm, let alone someone with Bonderman's skills. www.detnews.com /2003/tigers/0305/05/c05-154636.htm   (789 words)

SPORTS AND BREMERTONIANS Uribe bunted the second pitch along the first-base line, where Nelson came off the mound and tried to throw as he was falling down and threw it past Sexson and down the rightfield line. Ichiro fouled off nine pitches with two strikes on him before finally walking on the fifteenth pitch of the at-bat, which was inside with Ichiro's tucked-in half-swing that probably could have gone the other way. Bloomquist looped an 0-2 pitch to Mench in rightfield. bremertonians.blogspot.com   (13726 words)

Comprehensive Pitch Count Report 2002 Between actual pitch counts and my pitch count estimator, I can come up with reasonable approximations of the PAP count for virtually every college pitcher who saw significant amounts of action this year. My initial pitch count study from last year, which contains the definition of the PAP. In the interests of fairness to the coaching profession as a whole, here are a few PAP counts that I found admirable. www.boydsworld.com /breadcrumbs/2002_ncaa_pap.html   (952 words)

ESPN.com: MLB - Head of umpires' union averages lowest pitch-count   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Hirschbeck is averaging 272 pitches per nine innings, according to STATS Inc., which supplies box scores for The Associated Press and examined statistics through Monday. There were 17 increases, 54 decreases and three umps whose pitch counts stayed essentially the same. Alderson says high pitch counts can be an indication umpires aren't applying the strike zone as defined in the rule book. espn.go.com /mlb/news/2001/0717/1227377.html   (404 words)

Pitch Count I know that most of you are already impatient with this speech, but plese consider the possibility that the sports medicine people and the pro coaches are in agreement on this issue for a reason. If it works, I'll be developing 7 pitchers, with the possiblity that one of the relievers or the closer could be ready to start by the time the tournament comes around. Late in the year, when the pitch counts are higher, this system could work for a 6-game tournament, if the starters were sharp enough to average 15 or fewer pitches per inning. infosports.net /baseball/camp/pitching/53.htm   (727 words)

Z message is clear: Pitch counts count A week after allowing Zambrano to throw 127 pitches in a loss at U.S. Cellular Field, Baker pushed his workhorse to a 123-pitch level before the cramps forced him to leave in the seventh. That's 250 pitches in a week, the sort of load that raised questions about Baker's overuse of Wood and Prior last season and revives the ongoing argument of whether Dusty is burning out his talented studs. He is too competitive to care about pitch counts, and at 6-5 and 245 pounds, he thinks he's durable enough to support the workload. www.suntimes.com /special_sections/rivalry/cst-spt-jay03.html   (1061 words)

USATODAY.com - Umpires file grievance over pitch-count tracking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Major league umpires, claiming their credibility is at stake, have filed a grievance to stop management from ordering them to reduce the number of pitches in games. According to the umpires and confirmed by Sandy Alderson, executive vice president for baseball operations, the commissioner's office is computing pitch-count averages to determine which umpires have not been calling strikes as defined in the rule book. Alderson said pitch counts can determine whether an umpire has a smaller strike zone than he should. www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/stories/2001-07-15-umps-grievance.htm   (306 words)

The Official Forum - News: Umpires complain of pressure -- from owners "The pitch count, whether or not it is coupled with a direct instruction to call more strikes, interferes with an umpires' duty to exercise independent judgment on each pitch," Gibson's letter said. Pitch count has nothing DIRECTLY to do with whether a pitch is in or out of the zone. Baseball had said high pitch counts can be an indication umpires aren't applying the strike zone as defined in the rule book, but they are not a determining factor. www.officialforum.com /printthread.php?threadid=2659   (3735 words)

Baker: Pitch-count police going too far To Baker, pitch counts have become a nemesis he continually has to fight off as a matter of perception. I have always been conscious of it, but I have different pitch counts per player. ''The only thing is, though, that if it continues the way it is [in limiting pitch counts], you're going to need 14 pitchers [rather than the usual 11]. www.suntimes.com /special_sections/rivalry/cst-spt-kiley04.html   (617 words)

Umps misread pitch-count edict, commissioner's rep says Sandy Alderson, the executive vice president of baseball operations, said his labor lawyers were preparing a response to the grievance filed Saturday by the umpires' union, which said pitch-count pressure was threatening "the integrity of the game." "All I've said is there is a fairly strong correlation between the misapplication of the strike zone and a high pitch count," Alderson said. The injury occurred when he was hit by a pitch from Houston's Octavio Dotel on Sunday. www.freep.com /sports/baseball/horn17_20010717.htm   (369 words)

Pitch-count limits Use thes tables as a starting point, and adjust the count up or down as appropriate for your pitcher and conditions. a leader in research and education about pitching performance and safety. Because players need to build up to their maximum limits gradually over several weeks, just as the pros do during spring training, we have suggested lower limits for the early stages of the season. raincreekbooks.home.mindspring.com /pitchcount.htm   (75 words)

Addict Baseball and Football Forum - Britt not burned by pitch count Southpaw threw 150 pitches in 1983 ALCS Game 4 Prior finished with 116 pitches over seven innings on that particular night, but imagine what sort of grief Baker would have received if the young right-hander’s pitch total had grown to 150. The talented All-Star, who pitched from 1978-'85 with the White Sox and posted a 70-60 record with 39 complete games before a degenerative hip condition prematurely ended his career, has his sights set on coaching at the Major League level. Burns worked as the pitching coach for Triple-A Toledo in the Detroit organization this past season and will move to Lakeland in the Florida State League for the 2004 season. www.addictsports.com /baseball/showthread.php?t=29291   (1311 words)

PITCH COUNT - Youth Baseball Knowledge Base For me. it is simply knowing my pitchers, whether at house of AAU level; thus, it varies with the kid. I keep a pitching chart that tells me #balls/strikes per batter and per inning. One of my "signs" that a kid is close to done is a 50-50 ratio. infosports.net /baseball/arch/1151.htm   (153 words)

OOTP Developments Forums - Pitch Count Advance I am currently in an on-league and I have played my 1st game and was about to play my second and I CANNOT advance the day due to the fact that it is password protected. I look at my reliever Shawn Chacon's pitch cound it says that his pitch count is at 35 for that day which makes sence cause he just pitched that day. I cannot sim the day to advance the pitch cound due to password protection. www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=71022   (181 words)

WebBall: Safe Pitch Count   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Most leagues base their rest rules on innings pitched but as we all know an inning can be anything from 3 pitches to several dozen. The better measure is pitch count - and every outing, no matter how short, requires some recovery time. Once you reach a certain number of pitches, you need that much rest/recovery time. www.webball.com /safety/pitches.html   (121 words)

Maddux' Pitch Count When questioned about taking out Maddux so early, he responded the decision was based on two things: Maddux told Mazzone he had one good inning left, so Mazzone and Cox decided not too push it; and Maddux had a high pitch count. Maddux' Pitch Count -- urban33 -- 10 Oct 01, 7:45 am Pitch count -- StevieY -- 10 Oct 01, 11:18 am www.sharpsportsbetting.com /boards/free/mlb/index.cgi/noframes/read/239   (290 words)

PITCH COUNT For the 10th time in 13 years, the Tigers used their first draft pick on a pitcher, taking Kyle Sleeth No. 3 overall. None of the 10 pitches for the Tigers. Entering Tuesday, the group had a major league record of 106-119 with 28 saves. www.freep.com /sports/tigers/tbox4_20030604.htm   (112 words)

PocketPPC Free Download-PPC is a professional pitching chart.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Pocket PC pitching chart that tracks pitch location, pitch count, balls/strikes and pitch velocity by type of pitch and inning. Data can quickly be exported to the desktop version of Professional Pitching. When the event approaches a reminder notice will pop up to remind you of the event. www.justdosoft.com /PocketPPC-11686.html   (539 words)

PocketPPC - Pocket PC pitching chart that tracks pitch location, pitch count, balls/strikes and pitch velocity by type ... PocketPPC - Pocket PC pitching chart that tracks pitch location, pitch count, balls/strikes and pitch velocity by type of pitch and inning. Free download from Shareware Connection - Pocket PC pitching chart that tracks pitch location, pitch count, balls/strikes and pitch velocity by type of pitch and inning. Shareware Connection periodically updates pricing and software information from third-party sources, so some information may be slightly out-of-date. www.sharewareconnection.com /pocketppc.htm   (354 words)

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