2012 Dodger Lucky Bastards Stat Boy T-Shirt Collection

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I think JohnM from the Tragic Illness chat room is the prototypical Stat Kid. He readily admits if he had to scout a player he might not be able to tell a catcher from a pitcher but he spends every day telling everyone what's what when it comes to teams, trades and the value of every single professional player according to his nerd matrix.


I laughed for 15 minutes after reading this post. Count the number of subjective choices and generalizations that have to be made by an accountant - I mean non-playing stat guy - yet he talks about it as if it's iron clad science that should absolutely tell you who is good and who isn't. Ready?


JohnM 1423 pts

I'd just like to say, I agree with phattonez7  that SIERA is better than FIP. SIERA takes into account the strikeout pitchers induce weaker contact than non strikeout pitchers. It also takes into account that K pitchers give up less HR/FB. It also adds that K pitchers can induce grounders at a higher rate in double play situations because situational pitching is possible if the pitcher has dominant stuff. Also walks don't hurt low walk pitchers as much because they are capable of limiting future baserunners. Also groundball pitchers generally have a lower BABIP on grounders in play because the give up more grounders. It works the same for flyballs in that fly ball pitchers usually have less HR/FB. SIERA is more specific than FIP, in that it doesn't generalize things and acknowledges that different types of pitchers have different results.