I took the regular season stats from last season, identified each pitcher with his role (starter/reliever) and his arm (righty/lefty), then tabulated the results. The basic findings: Righties pitch 80% of innings. Righties start 80% of games. Starters pitch 73% of innings. The average start lasts 6.35 innings. The average relief appearance lasts 1.45 innings. [...]

I saw some cool charts over at Fungoes made with infogr.am, so thought I’d try it out. Here are the division races during last year’s regular season. It’s the same data that produced the charts in the yearbook.

Much better draft than last year. Higher picks, better pool. The pool was much better this year, particularly in terms of starters. Batters were stronger too. Here’s a quasi-scientific measurement, based on the number of “good” players, as measured by my runs-based system: 2012 2013 Good Batters 17 23 +35% Good Starters 9 14 +56% [...]

I was curious about the chances playoff teams have of getting to the Bambino Cup Finals and their chances of being crowned ABL champions. The playoff structure itself has a big impact, for example, the division champions have shorter roads to the cup. Of course, the relative strength of each team is very important, but [...]

1. Chesapeake Bay (8): CJ Wilson, Prince Fielder, Josh Hamilton, Aroldis Chapman, Jonathan Papelbon, Dan Uggla, Ryan Braun, Jay Bruce 2. Long Beach Island (7): David Price, Jose Bautista, Cole Hamels, Craig Kimbrel, Yadier Molina, David Wright, Matt Kemp 3. Orlando (5): Justin Verlander, Adrian Beltre, David Ortiz, Clayton Kershaw, Giancarlo Stanton 3. Syracuse (5): [...]

A list of all players ever on the Perfectos roster. (A rainy Sunday afternoon activity.)

Here’s a short demo video from the ABL League Office.

Hunter Pence Tommy Hanson Martin Prado Shaun Marcum Delmon Young Jose Veras Bill Hall Danny Valencia Asdrubal Cabrera Travis Snider Brandon Lyon John Jaso Michael Cuddyer Ricky Romero Matt Capps Tough draft. Hitting very scarce. Ended up with a weak platoon patchwork. Many picks are really for 2012. Counting on good 2011 MLB performances from [...]

The new yearbook is available. 137 sides of paper for a sawbuck or the PDF for a fin. Contains a history of the league, records, and a statistical review by yours truly.

Thought I might try to input all the Perfectos games into Chadwick. Some notes on the process.

Derek Jeter Jorge Posada Scott Feldman Doug Mathis Adam Lind David Robertson Ryan Raburn Tim Byrdak Mark DeRosa Leo Rosales Michael Cuddyer Rafael Betancourt Rick Porcello Julio Lugo Jeff Niemann

No huge changes to the rating process this year, though I did make two fairly significant changes: better matchup data & a better representation of the average batter/pitcher. I rated a total of 219 batters and 196 pitchers.

Ranking figures for 2010 keeps. For batters, a positive change is an improvement. 2009 2010 change ==== ==== ====== Howard 144 165 +21 Ramirez 122 133 +10 Zobrist 136 144 + 8 Hawpe 123 123 0 Victorino 105 105 0 Utley 134 128 – 6 Rollins 101 84 -17 Soto 113 68 -45 Rollins & [...]

During the 2009 season Perfectos batters faced more than twice as much left-handed pitching as in the previous season. Why the big difference? 2008 2009 —— —— Lefty Innings Pitched: 9.6% 24.1% Lefty Starts: 5.6% 19.4% Lefty Appearance in Game: 30.6% 61.1%

Installed Skype on Windows. A guide for potential ABL use. Download & install Skype. Create a Skype account. Call echo123, which is an automated test number that allows one to test the computer’s microphone & speaker. Download the Dice Roller & install it. (It may prompt you to download & install Java from Sun’s site.) [...]

Are the ABL reliever usage limits realistic? One way to try to answer this is to ask the question: “What percentage of 2008 MLB relief appearances would have violated the 2009 ABL rules?” If the answer is “0%,” then I’d say the ABL rules are too lenient in allowing relievers to pitch a lot. At [...]

Not sure if this is going to work the way I want…

Geovany Soto, C Aramis Ramirez, 3B Edison Volquez, SP Brian Bruney, RP Ben Zobrist, IF/OF Damaso Marte, RP BJ Ryan, closer Mike Lincoln, RP Jorge Cantu, 3B/1B JC Romero, RP Clint Barmes, IF Ubaldo Jimenez, SP Kevin Slowey, SP Geoff Geary, RP Chris Davis, 1B/3B

The 2009 ABL schedule just came out, so I can calculate the probabilities of Deeps being home runs. Listed below are the probabilities based on the 2009 and 2008 ABL schedules for Titusville. Going from Busch III to Philly makes a big difference. A 5-power hitter is almost twice as likely to get a HR [...]

As the regular season progressed, it seemed clear that several of the Titusville batters were underperforming. Rollins, Blalock, & Howard were all hovering around the Mendoza line. Run production was near the bottom of the league. What was going on? With the end of the regular season, I can analyze this using the Legend’s excellent [...]