A few years back we wrote an article on the importance of evaluating how teams hit lefthanded and right-handed pitchers.
In summary, we surmised it was important, yet keeping
in perspective, we demonstrated how the numbers can be greatly affected by...
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A few years back we wrote an article on the importance of evaluating how teams hit lefthanded and right-handed pitchers.
In summary, we surmised it was important, yet keeping
in perspective, we demonstrated how the numbers can be greatly affected by random
chance.
Hence we warned about becoming too dependant on deceptive statistics that are so
often fools gold.
We have very similar thoughts about comparing ballpark statistics for baseball
handicappers.
There are some stadiums that could be classified as “pitchers’ ballparks”
while others could reasonably be labeled more friendly to hitters.
Yet again, we have to give props to the four-letter evil empire ESPN.
In their fantasy
baseball section, they have a straight-forward “Park Factor” that compares that rate of stats
at home versus the rate of stats on the road.
A rate that is higher than 1.
000 favors the
hitter, with lower than 1.
000 favoring the pitcher.
Still, statistical reliability would assume the
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