<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"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?<\/p>\n
With the end of the regular season, I can analyze this using the Legend’s excellent stats. I looked at the performance of my regulars compared to their 2007 MLB performance. (2007 MLB = 2008 ABL) I’ll assume that TPB is accurate in reproducing replay stats. I’ll select OPS (On-Base plus Slugging) as my metric, and I’ll include batters with more than about 90 ABs.<\/p>\n
The Perfectos regulars lagged an average of 131 points below their MLB levels. Ouch! (Complete numbers are after the jump.) Rollins, Blalock, & Howard were all 200 points below. Ludwick & Castro weren’t much better. Only Pat Burrell managed to beat his MLB number.<\/p>\n
OK, it’s not surprising that the ABL numbers are lower, since the batters are facing the cream of MLB pitching in the ABL. Is Titusville’s lag seen on other ABL squads? I ran the numbers for a few teams, some good, some not so good. No one comes close to Titusville’s underperformance. They range from -67 for St. Augustine to -38 for Tallahassee.<\/p>\n
I looked for patterns, like sluggers doing worse than singles hitters, but I didn’t see anything.<\/p>\n
Could the Perfectos from the Phillies be hurting because they play in a small MLB park? Doesn’t seem so. Howard did awful in the ABL, but Burrell did good.<\/p>\n
So, maybe I’m wrong, but it sure seems like the Titusville batters got lousy rolls during the 2008 ABL season.<\/p>\n
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