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#1 NickStevens

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Posted 16 May 2022 - 02:46 PM

BSL: Orioles MiLB Storylines Flying Under The Radar

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Posted 16 May 2022 - 02:57 PM

Regarding Stallings...I've long had a theory that sort of held up to a very cursory initial statistical investigation, but nothing remotely rigorous.  

 

Groundball pitchers tend to have higher HR/FB.

 

The rationale is that a ball hit in the air off a heavy groundball pitcher is more likely to have been a mistake or bad pitch than a ball hit in the air off of a neutral or flyball pitcher.  A while back I plotted the GB% and HR/FB% for the entire league and it seemed like the extremes supported the basic idea.


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Posted 16 May 2022 - 05:46 PM

Regarding Stallings...I've long had a theory that sort of held up to a very cursory initial statistical investigation, but nothing remotely rigorous.  

 

Groundball pitchers tend to have higher HR/FB.

 

The rationale is that a ball hit in the air off a heavy groundball pitcher is more likely to have been a mistake or bad pitch than a ball hit in the air off of a neutral or flyball pitcher.  A while back I plotted the GB% and HR/FB% for the entire league and it seemed like the extremes supported the basic idea.

I found the same thing when I used to study such things.


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Posted 17 May 2022 - 10:37 AM

That makes a ton of sense and never even thought about that.


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