Basebology (The Study of Baseball): Does Manny kill Yankee pitching?

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Does Manny kill Yankee pitching?

Manny Being Manny is an insane 52 of 110 (.473) against the Yankees since the start of the 2006 season with 12 homers and 35 RBI in 32 games. He has 53 homers and 153 RBI against the Yankees in his career.

Later in the same post:

He’s .320/.408/.615 in 193 career games against the Yankees and .319/.397/.597 at Yankee Stadium. A .408 career OPB against one team? That is not a small sample size, either.

Two points:

Believe it or not, the evidence from the first selection still constitutes a small sample. One hundred and ten at-bats is not enough to sufficiently eliminate the statistical noise present from random variations.
Manny is a career .313/.409/.593 hitter. He's hit a few more singles against the Yankees, certainly nothing that would cause us to suspect that he kills them.

Manny kills everyone. It is a treat to watch him bat (and field too, but for different reasons). This is not a Yankee related phenomenon.

2 comments:

Robert Lynch said...: I have to say, I'm pretty well amazed by Manny's career numbers. I honestly thought when I started reading that the conclusion would be: I guess maybe Manny does own the Yanks, not Manny does that to every.; April 17, 2008 at 8:32 PM
dubbschism said...: it's worth noting that in 06 and 07, the yankees pitching staff was 4th and 6th in the league in BAA.; April 24, 2008 at 9:34 AM

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ARP
Adjusted Runs Prevented

ARP measures the amount of runs that a relief pitcher prevented from scoring above what an average relief pitcher would have prevented. ARP is adjusted for the situation in which the pitcher was used.

ISO
Isolated Power

ISO is the ratio of extra bases that a player has accumulated to the number of at bats he has received. ISO is essentially a player's SLG minus his batting average. This has the effect of giving a player credit only for extra base hits. ISO is not a useful measure of player value on its own, but is a very effective measure of a player's extra base ability.

OBP
On Base Percentage

OBP is the ratio of the number of times a player reached base safely to the number of opportunities he had to reach base. It effectively measures a player's skill at not making outs. Since outs are a teams most precious commodity, OBP measures perhaps the most valuable and fundamental skill a player can have.

OPS
On Base Plus Slugging Percentage

OPS is a crude metric that simply sums a player's on base and slugging percentages. It is probably the most popular non-traditional measure of overall batting performance due to its simplicity. However, it has drawn criticism from performance analysts for its inaccuracy relative to other advanced metrics and because it works by adding two numbers with different denominators together to produce a conceptually meaningless quantity. It is best used as a quick and dirty estimator of batting prowess.

SLG
Slugging Percentage

SLG is the ratio of total bases that a player has accumulated to the number of at bats he has received. It is essentially a weighted batting average that gives a player more credit for extra base hits.

UZR
Ultimate Zone Rating

UZR is a defensive metric that uses play-by-play data to determine how good a player's defense is. On Fangraphs, it is denominated in runs saved above average.

VORP
Value Over Replacement Player

VORP measures the amount of runs that a player contributed above what a "replacement player" at the same position would produce. VORP considers only offensive contributions.

WARP
Wins Above Replacement Player

WARP measures the amount of wins that a player contributed above what a "replacement player" at the same position would produce. WARP considers both offensive and defensive contributions.

WXRL
Win Expectancy added above Replacement adjusted for Lineup

WXRL measures the amount of wins that a relief pitcher contributed above what a "replacement player" would produce. WXRL differs from WARP because it is adjusted for both the game situation in which the pitcher was used and the hitters that the pitcher faced.

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Does Manny kill Yankee pitching?

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