Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19
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@yankblan said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
It's always funny when people make all-encompassing statements like "whoa X was way better than Y but never saw Y play and rely on stats. I know nerds, some/most of which I respect have made their cases for why this or that stat is overvalued, and yes I understand that RBIs is dependant on circumstances, but there's a reason why you put X in the 3rd/4th spot in the lineup and not 7th. Take any stat and I can give you a for and counter for each one. I could tell, for example, with the way the game is played now and the Ks for hitters being irrelevant because a stathead said so, yet this ignores a basic principle of baseball: if the ball is hit, there are a gazillion probabilities.
And I did mention you have to use the era in context. Aubrey Huffs in his era are a dime a dozen; Joe Carters were not. Howard Johnson won the NL HR title in 1991 for crying out loud! Cecil Fielder was mind boggling back then. Parks were big, the juicers were fewer, the ball wasn't as lively. To boil it down to a single metric is fun for arguments on forums but not definitive by any means. But hey, it's a Twitter world where it's one or the other, what do I know.
Wrc+ adjusts for era with your said "dime a dozen" hitters, Joe Carter wasn't special in his time, also players are hit based on stats that aren't rbis and they happen to get more opportunities from hitting where they are
Your favorite team's gm doesn't use rbis, it's not a good stat
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Never said anything about special, but to say average is nonsense. It's either you're HoF worthy or trash. And thanks for repeating what I said about RBIs, I specifically referred to the lineup order.
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@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
That’s why wRC+ is the better stat. It tells us who is truly the better hitter. Base stats don’t take enough factors into account.
And no, I don’t believe in just using wRC+.
OPS and OPS+ both have a lot of value as well.Also, all star appearances tell nothing about who is the better hitter. Just like RBI tells nothing about a hitters ability.
Not disagreeing, but it tells me how the player was regarded amongst his peers. Lile I said Carter was considered one of the best players of his best position, but Huff never was.
Like I said, I watched them both play and would have never considered Huff better.
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@yankblan said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
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@mjfc_363 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
There were numerous players that did not get a Sig card. Eric Davis, Matt Kemp, Jason Giambi, Brett Boone, Alan Trammel, Vida Blue, Kenny Lofton to name a few. Yet they saw fit to give Sig cards to players like Travis Hafner, Matt Carpenter, Rick Ankiel, Kerry Wood, Aubrey Huff??? Doesn’t make much sense.
All of the guys you mentioned that didn’t get an SS card already had 90+ overall cards though. Sure, they definitely could’ve still gotten one, other players with 90+ overall cards still got SS cards. I’m sure SDS just didn’t feel the need to give those guys juiced up cards, for one reason or another.
On the other hand, every guy you mentioned that did get an SS card either didn’t get any other diamond cards, or only had a lower diamond card (Wood).
I’m sure circumstance played a major role as well. I doubt Hafner gets an SS card if the All-Star Game isn’t in cleveland. Rick Ankiel is just a novelty. Aubrey Huff was just to give the Rays another SS card, since they lack legends. Carpenter because one of the head DD guys is a big Cardinals fan apparently lol
So maybe the Giambi, Davis, Lofton group should have gotten SS while the comically bad Huff, Hafner, Carpenter group should’ve got the seasonal cardOh and more importantly Sig Joe Carter. Even the most depraved fan cannot possibly think Racist Huff is more deserving
Still stuck on the Joe Carter Sig? LOL He will be remembered for his clutch not for his average MLB career.
You mean the Joe Carter that from 86 to 97 (12 seasons) was a sure bet/averaged 30 HRs/100 RBIs in an era that saw very few 40 HRs+ hitters? That "average" Joe Carter? He's basically a RH Fred McGriff. You have to put him in context of his era.
Except Fred McGriff hit 493 career HRs with a .284 career batting average and had a .509 slugging.
Joe Carter hit 396HRS with a .259 career batting average and had a .464 slugging. Joe carter was good at best and once again, he will be remembered for one of the most historic clutch home runs of all time, and that's about it. He definitely won't be remembered for his very below average fielding ability and below average contact.At the end of the day, no matter if you saw them play or not stats are stats and those stats will be used to judge how a players career was.
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@yankblan said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
Never said anything about special, but to say average is nonsense. It's either you're HoF worthy or trash. And thanks for repeating what I said about RBIs, I specifically referred to the lineup order.
I specifically adressed your lineup order statement by calling out that RBIs are not the reason the #3 or #4 hitters are where they are, no one has called him trash either. If you can find me one response saying "Joe Carter is trash" I won't argue anymore
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I wasn't calling you out specifically, it just seems that people talk in definitive statements. But to the lineup part, we ARE saying the same thing, in that you put your best combination of hitter/power in that spot to drive in runs, meaning it's a combination of ability and opportunity. Same for Runs, it's a combination of ability to get on base, ususally speed and or baserunning to be able to get the odd extra base (1st to 3rd, stolen base or tag) and opportunity of being sent in by good hitters behind him. I thought you would have deduced that but you said pretty much the same thing.
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@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
That’s why wRC+ is the better stat. It tells us who is truly the better hitter. Base stats don’t take enough factors into account.
And no, I don’t believe in just using wRC+.
OPS and OPS+ both have a lot of value as well.Also, all star appearances tell nothing about who is the better hitter. Just like RBI tells nothing about a hitters ability.
Not disagreeing, but it tells me how the player was regarded amongst his peers. Lile I said Carter was considered one of the best players of his best position, but Huff never was.
Like I said, I watched them both play and would have never considered Huff better.
Again, that’s the beauty of the stats we have now. They show the true value of players much better than the “eye test”
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@yankblan said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
I wasn't calling you out specifically, it just seems that people talk in definitive statements. But to the lineup part, we ARE saying the same thing, in that you put your best combination of hitter/power in that spot to drive in runs, meaning it's a combination of ability and opportunity. Same for Runs, it's a combination of ability to get on base, ususally speed and or baserunning to be able to get the odd extra base (1st to 3rd, stolen base or tag) and opportunity of being sent in by good hitters behind him. I thought you would have deduced that but you said pretty much the same thing.
At this point the only way to argue Carter is better than Huff is to ignore sabermetrics. I'm with you here, it is hard to wrap my head around that Carter was that bad of a player. I at no time felt he was a HOF player, but would have thought him better than Huff.
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@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
That’s why wRC+ is the better stat. It tells us who is truly the better hitter. Base stats don’t take enough factors into account.
And no, I don’t believe in just using wRC+.
OPS and OPS+ both have a lot of value as well.Also, all star appearances tell nothing about who is the better hitter. Just like RBI tells nothing about a hitters ability.
Not disagreeing, but it tells me how the player was regarded amongst his peers. Lile I said Carter was considered one of the best players of his best position, but Huff never was.
Like I said, I watched them both play and would have never considered Huff better.
Again, that’s the beauty of the stats we have now. They show the true value of players much better than the “eye test”
That or sabermetric values are overrated. Not saying I believe that, but there are always alternative explanations for things.
In the case of Carter, he is probably worth less to his team because his mentality was to put the ball in play rather than to just get on base. Which would indicate high RBI vs low BB total. I will always contest that there is a place for that kind of mentality. I think all stats only tell part of the picture. The stats say everyone who can get on base probabilities are they are going to score runs. But life doesn't always work that way, I think you need a guy like Carter who is going to put the ball in play with a runner on base rather than try and draw a walk.
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
That’s why wRC+ is the better stat. It tells us who is truly the better hitter. Base stats don’t take enough factors into account.
And no, I don’t believe in just using wRC+.
OPS and OPS+ both have a lot of value as well.Also, all star appearances tell nothing about who is the better hitter. Just like RBI tells nothing about a hitters ability.
Not disagreeing, but it tells me how the player was regarded amongst his peers. Lile I said Carter was considered one of the best players of his best position, but Huff never was.
Like I said, I watched them both play and would have never considered Huff better.
Again, that’s the beauty of the stats we have now. They show the true value of players much better than the “eye test”
As long as you value more than any one whole stat. That seems to be where this argument gets hung up.
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@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
That’s why wRC+ is the better stat. It tells us who is truly the better hitter. Base stats don’t take enough factors into account.
And no, I don’t believe in just using wRC+.
OPS and OPS+ both have a lot of value as well.Also, all star appearances tell nothing about who is the better hitter. Just like RBI tells nothing about a hitters ability.
Not disagreeing, but it tells me how the player was regarded amongst his peers. Lile I said Carter was considered one of the best players of his best position, but Huff never was.
Like I said, I watched them both play and would have never considered Huff better.
Again, that’s the beauty of the stats we have now. They show the true value of players much better than the “eye test”
That or sabermetric values are overrated. Not saying I believe that, but there are always alternative explanations for things.
In the case of Carter, he is probably worth less to his team because his mentality was to put the ball in play rather than to just get on base. Which would indicate high RBI vs low BB total. I will always contest that there is a place for that kind of mentality. I think all stats only tell part of the picture. The stats say everyone who can get on base probabilities are they are going to score runs. But life doesn't always work that way, I think you need a guy like Carter who is going to put the ball in play with a runner on base rather than try and draw a walk.
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
That’s why wRC+ is the better stat. It tells us who is truly the better hitter. Base stats don’t take enough factors into account.
And no, I don’t believe in just using wRC+.
OPS and OPS+ both have a lot of value as well.Also, all star appearances tell nothing about who is the better hitter. Just like RBI tells nothing about a hitters ability.
Not disagreeing, but it tells me how the player was regarded amongst his peers. Lile I said Carter was considered one of the best players of his best position, but Huff never was.
Like I said, I watched them both play and would have never considered Huff better.
Again, that’s the beauty of the stats we have now. They show the true value of players much better than the “eye test”
As long as you value more than any one whole stat. That seems to be where this argument gets hung up.
The only people who think sabermetrics are wrong or overrated are people that believe a player was better than he truly was. Often times, metrics prove players were not as good as people remember, and that makes people upset.
You said yourself that you’re old, so it’s only natural you wouldn’t really understand. Humans are stubborn and don’t like new ideas, even if they’re better.
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@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
The problem with comparing Carter to Huff is they played in two different eras of baseball. Huff played on a time when all offensive numbers across the board were increased. I'm not saying Carter was better, but look at Huffs stats compared to his contemporaries and Carters stats compared to his contemporaries, then tell me how much better Huff is?
Huff has a career 111 wRC+. Carter has a career 102 wRC+.
Huff had four 130+ wRC+ seasons, with one being 144. Carter never had a 130 season, and only had 120 three times, his highest being 125.
Using wRC+, we can see that Huff was better compared to the league average when he played, than Carter was to the league average when he played.
Still trying to understand wRC+ does that take expansion into account?
It’s easier if you just read this.
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2012/10/30/3567746/sabermetrics-101-wrc@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
The problem with comparing Carter to Huff is they played in two different eras of baseball. Huff played on a time when all offensive numbers across the board were increased. I'm not saying Carter was better, but look at Huffs stats compared to his contemporaries and Carters stats compared to his contemporaries, then tell me how much better Huff is?
Huff has a career 111 wRC+. Carter has a career 102 wRC+.
Huff had four 130+ wRC+ seasons, with one being 144. Carter never had a 130 season, and only had 120 three times, his highest being 125.
Using wRC+, we can see that Huff was better compared to the league average when he played, than Carter was to the league average when he played.
Still trying to understand wRC+ does that take expansion into account?
It’s easier if you just read this.
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2012/10/30/3567746/sabermetrics-101-wrcI get it. Totally counter intuitive to what I saw watching both eras, Carter was an all star popular player who teams and fans loved. Huff was solid player who played at a time when there was a lot of far better players.
Which you can see by his 0 all star appearances vs Carter who was a 5 time all star. See I see the two players having the same SLG but Huff being in an offensive era as being worse. But since Carter didnt walk as much as Huff he looks way less valuable. Is SLG an end all be all stat, no, but I think you should look at all stats. I am old I am never going to believe that there is any one stat that says a guy is a good or bad player. It's clear from our discussion that you believe that.
That isn’t old. That is smart.
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@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
That’s why wRC+ is the better stat. It tells us who is truly the better hitter. Base stats don’t take enough factors into account.
And no, I don’t believe in just using wRC+.
OPS and OPS+ both have a lot of value as well.Also, all star appearances tell nothing about who is the better hitter. Just like RBI tells nothing about a hitters ability.
Not disagreeing, but it tells me how the player was regarded amongst his peers. Lile I said Carter was considered one of the best players of his best position, but Huff never was.
Like I said, I watched them both play and would have never considered Huff better.
Again, that’s the beauty of the stats we have now. They show the true value of players much better than the “eye test”
That or sabermetric values are overrated. Not saying I believe that, but there are always alternative explanations for things.
In the case of Carter, he is probably worth less to his team because his mentality was to put the ball in play rather than to just get on base. Which would indicate high RBI vs low BB total. I will always contest that there is a place for that kind of mentality. I think all stats only tell part of the picture. The stats say everyone who can get on base probabilities are they are going to score runs. But life doesn't always work that way, I think you need a guy like Carter who is going to put the ball in play with a runner on base rather than try and draw a walk.
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
That’s why wRC+ is the better stat. It tells us who is truly the better hitter. Base stats don’t take enough factors into account.
And no, I don’t believe in just using wRC+.
OPS and OPS+ both have a lot of value as well.Also, all star appearances tell nothing about who is the better hitter. Just like RBI tells nothing about a hitters ability.
Not disagreeing, but it tells me how the player was regarded amongst his peers. Lile I said Carter was considered one of the best players of his best position, but Huff never was.
Like I said, I watched them both play and would have never considered Huff better.
Again, that’s the beauty of the stats we have now. They show the true value of players much better than the “eye test”
As long as you value more than any one whole stat. That seems to be where this argument gets hung up.
The only people who think sabermetrics are wrong or overrated are people that believe a player was better than he truly was. Often times, metrics prove players were not as good as people remember, and that makes people upset.
You said yourself that you’re old, so it’s only natural you wouldn’t really understand. Humans are stubborn and don’t like new ideas, even if they’re better.
Again treat me as old and slow, but how has sabermetrics been proven to be the end all be all way of evaluating how good a player is?
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@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
Which you can see by his 0 all star appearances vs Carter who was a 5 time all star.
Congratulations! You found the one stat (All-Star appearances) even more irrelevant than RBIs!
I am old I am never going to believe that there is any one stat that says a guy is a good or bad player. It's clear from our discussion that you believe that.
That's the thing about WAR. It takes ALL stats into account, adjusting for park effects and era. Even though you're getting a single number, that number is arrived at by looking at numerous stats and compiling them down.
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@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
That’s why wRC+ is the better stat. It tells us who is truly the better hitter. Base stats don’t take enough factors into account.
And no, I don’t believe in just using wRC+.
OPS and OPS+ both have a lot of value as well.Also, all star appearances tell nothing about who is the better hitter. Just like RBI tells nothing about a hitters ability.
Not disagreeing, but it tells me how the player was regarded amongst his peers. Lile I said Carter was considered one of the best players of his best position, but Huff never was.
Like I said, I watched them both play and would have never considered Huff better.
Again, that’s the beauty of the stats we have now. They show the true value of players much better than the “eye test”
That or sabermetric values are overrated. Not saying I believe that, but there are always alternative explanations for things.
In the case of Carter, he is probably worth less to his team because his mentality was to put the ball in play rather than to just get on base. Which would indicate high RBI vs low BB total. I will always contest that there is a place for that kind of mentality. I think all stats only tell part of the picture. The stats say everyone who can get on base probabilities are they are going to score runs. But life doesn't always work that way, I think you need a guy like Carter who is going to put the ball in play with a runner on base rather than try and draw a walk.
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
That’s why wRC+ is the better stat. It tells us who is truly the better hitter. Base stats don’t take enough factors into account.
And no, I don’t believe in just using wRC+.
OPS and OPS+ both have a lot of value as well.Also, all star appearances tell nothing about who is the better hitter. Just like RBI tells nothing about a hitters ability.
Not disagreeing, but it tells me how the player was regarded amongst his peers. Lile I said Carter was considered one of the best players of his best position, but Huff never was.
Like I said, I watched them both play and would have never considered Huff better.
Again, that’s the beauty of the stats we have now. They show the true value of players much better than the “eye test”
As long as you value more than any one whole stat. That seems to be where this argument gets hung up.
The only people who think sabermetrics are wrong or overrated are people that believe a player was better than he truly was. Often times, metrics prove players were not as good as people remember, and that makes people upset.
You said yourself that you’re old, so it’s only natural you wouldn’t really understand. Humans are stubborn and don’t like new ideas, even if they’re better.
So in making the case for objective metrics, you use subjective logic like "you're old so you don't understand" and "Humans are stubborn and don't like new ideas". Both of those statements rely on experience and anecdotal data and can not be objectively proven.
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@SaveFarris said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
Which you can see by his 0 all star appearances vs Carter who was a 5 time all star.
Congratulations! You found the one stat (All-Star appearances) even more irrelevant than RBIs!
I am old I am never going to believe that there is any one stat that says a guy is a good or bad player. It's clear from our discussion that you believe that.
That's the thing about WAR. It takes ALL stats into account, adjusting for park effects and era. Even though you're getting a single number, that number is arrived at by looking at numerous stats and compiling them down.
Wow did I say AS meant anything other than a popularity contest? Or that Carter was better for it. What it shows for the time is who people thought was better.
What you guys are saying is ignore any indication of what your eyes or the eyes of everyone around that person at that time say and just look at his on base percentage. I'm sorry I think that is just as faulty as looking at batting average and being done.
How good a player was, how valuable a player was can not be measured with 1 stat no matter how hard you try. I think sabermetrics are extremely valuable and tell me way more about a player than any one attribute, but there is still not one end all be all stat that says player A is better than player B.
To me this sounds like another useless argument that is going to go nowhere.
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@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
That’s why wRC+ is the better stat. It tells us who is truly the better hitter. Base stats don’t take enough factors into account.
And no, I don’t believe in just using wRC+.
OPS and OPS+ both have a lot of value as well.Also, all star appearances tell nothing about who is the better hitter. Just like RBI tells nothing about a hitters ability.
Not disagreeing, but it tells me how the player was regarded amongst his peers. Lile I said Carter was considered one of the best players of his best position, but Huff never was.
Like I said, I watched them both play and would have never considered Huff better.
Again, that’s the beauty of the stats we have now. They show the true value of players much better than the “eye test”
That or sabermetric values are overrated. Not saying I believe that, but there are always alternative explanations for things.
In the case of Carter, he is probably worth less to his team because his mentality was to put the ball in play rather than to just get on base. Which would indicate high RBI vs low BB total. I will always contest that there is a place for that kind of mentality. I think all stats only tell part of the picture. The stats say everyone who can get on base probabilities are they are going to score runs. But life doesn't always work that way, I think you need a guy like Carter who is going to put the ball in play with a runner on base rather than try and draw a walk.
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
That’s why wRC+ is the better stat. It tells us who is truly the better hitter. Base stats don’t take enough factors into account.
And no, I don’t believe in just using wRC+.
OPS and OPS+ both have a lot of value as well.Also, all star appearances tell nothing about who is the better hitter. Just like RBI tells nothing about a hitters ability.
Not disagreeing, but it tells me how the player was regarded amongst his peers. Lile I said Carter was considered one of the best players of his best position, but Huff never was.
Like I said, I watched them both play and would have never considered Huff better.
Again, that’s the beauty of the stats we have now. They show the true value of players much better than the “eye test”
As long as you value more than any one whole stat. That seems to be where this argument gets hung up.
The only people who think sabermetrics are wrong or overrated are people that believe a player was better than he truly was. Often times, metrics prove players were not as good as people remember, and that makes people upset.
You said yourself that you’re old, so it’s only natural you wouldn’t really understand. Humans are stubborn and don’t like new ideas, even if they’re better.
So in making the case for objective metrics, you use subjective logic like "you're old so you don't understand" and "Humans are stubborn and don't like new ideas". Both of those statements rely on experience and anecdotal data and can not be objectively proven.
I mean, it’s not wrong though. It’s been shown many times throughout history that people prefer to stick with ideas they already know, and don’t like change even if it’s for the better. Older people tend to not understand new technology as well as younger people that have grown up with it. There’s nothing wrong about that.
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@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@SaveFarris said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
Which you can see by his 0 all star appearances vs Carter who was a 5 time all star.
Congratulations! You found the one stat (All-Star appearances) even more irrelevant than RBIs!
I am old I am never going to believe that there is any one stat that says a guy is a good or bad player. It's clear from our discussion that you believe that.
That's the thing about WAR. It takes ALL stats into account, adjusting for park effects and era. Even though you're getting a single number, that number is arrived at by looking at numerous stats and compiling them down.
Wow did I say AS meant anything other than a popularity contest? Or that Carter was better for it. What it shows for the time is who people thought was better.
What you guys are saying is ignore any indication of what your eyes or the eyes of everyone around that person at that time say and just look at his on base percentage. I'm sorry I think that is just as faulty as looking at batting average and being done.
How good a player was, how valuable a player was can not be measured with 1 stat no matter how hard you try. I think sabermetrics are extremely valuable and tell me way more about a player than any one attribute, but there is still not one end all be all stat that says player A is better than player B.
To me this sounds like another useless argument that is going to go nowhere.
The point is that people might have thought he was good back then, before we were actually able to measure a player’s value.
We know now that he wasn’t as good as people thought, not even close. The stats aren’t wrong just because they contradict what you’ve always thought in your mind. You’re the one that’s wrong, not the stats.
And like SaveFerris said, WAR and wRC+ factor in many different stats into one clean and easy to understand stat. While they are individual stats, they’re different than base stats like Avg and OBP in that they take many more factors into account to give a more accurate and whole measure of a player’s ability.
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@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@SaveFarris said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
Which you can see by his 0 all star appearances vs Carter who was a 5 time all star.
Congratulations! You found the one stat (All-Star appearances) even more irrelevant than RBIs!
I am old I am never going to believe that there is any one stat that says a guy is a good or bad player. It's clear from our discussion that you believe that.
That's the thing about WAR. It takes ALL stats into account, adjusting for park effects and era. Even though you're getting a single number, that number is arrived at by looking at numerous stats and compiling them down.
Wow did I say AS meant anything other than a popularity contest? Or that Carter was better for it. What it shows for the time is who people thought was better.
What you guys are saying is ignore any indication of what your eyes or the eyes of everyone around that person at that time say and just look at his on base percentage. I'm sorry I think that is just as faulty as looking at batting average and being done.
How good a player was, how valuable a player was can not be measured with 1 stat no matter how hard you try. I think sabermetrics are extremely valuable and tell me way more about a player than any one attribute, but there is still not one end all be all stat that says player A is better than player B.
To me this sounds like another useless argument that is going to go nowhere.
The point is that people might have thought he was good back then, before we were actually able to measure a player’s value.
We know now that he wasn’t as good as people thought, not even close. The stats aren’t wrong just because they contradict what you’ve always thought in your mind. You’re the one that’s wrong, not the stats.
And like SaveFerris said, WAR and wRC+ factor in many different stats into one clean and easy to understand sta0t. While they are individual stats, they’re different than base stats like Avg and OBP in that they take many more factors into account to give a more accurate and whole measure of a player’s ability.
Again looking for the proof of how I am wrong. I am not saying I am right. But I need more evidence that says sabermetric stats are the end all be all of evaluating players?
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@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@SaveFarris said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
Which you can see by his 0 all star appearances vs Carter who was a 5 time all star.
Congratulations! You found the one stat (All-Star appearances) even more irrelevant than RBIs!
I am old I am never going to believe that there is any one stat that says a guy is a good or bad player. It's clear from our discussion that you believe that.
That's the thing about WAR. It takes ALL stats into account, adjusting for park effects and era. Even though you're getting a single number, that number is arrived at by looking at numerous stats and compiling them down.
Wow did I say AS meant anything other than a popularity contest? Or that Carter was better for it. What it shows for the time is who people thought was better.
What you guys are saying is ignore any indication of what your eyes or the eyes of everyone around that person at that time say and just look at his on base percentage. I'm sorry I think that is just as faulty as looking at batting average and being done.
How good a player was, how valuable a player was can not be measured with 1 stat no matter how hard you try. I think sabermetrics are extremely valuable and tell me way more about a player than any one attribute, but there is still not one end all be all stat that says player A is better than player B.
To me this sounds like another useless argument that is going to go nowhere.
The point is that people might have thought he was good back then, before we were actually able to measure a player’s value.
We know now that he wasn’t as good as people thought, not even close. The stats aren’t wrong just because they contradict what you’ve always thought in your mind. You’re the one that’s wrong, not the stats.
And like SaveFerris said, WAR and wRC+ factor in many different stats into one clean and easy to understand sta0t. While they are individual stats, they’re different than base stats like Avg and OBP in that they take many more factors into account to give a more accurate and whole measure of a player’s ability.
Again looking for the proof of how I am wrong. I am not saying I am right. But I need more evidence that says sabermetric stats are the end all be all of evaluating players?
How stubborn can you be? Sabermetrics literally take other stats, add in adjustment factors, and give us a single stat. That is why they are much better than base stats.
Without sabermetrics, we wouldn’t be able to tell whether a guy that hits .340 with no power is better than a guy that hits 50 HR with a low average. They allow us to compare those players and see who is the better overall offensive player.
Clearly you would prefer to stick to your outdated ways, which is why you keep trying (and failing) to prove metrics wrong. You can’t teach somebody that doesn’t want to be taught I guess.
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@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@DriveByTrucker17 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@SaveFarris said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
@nflman2033 said in Aaron Judge did not get a single flashback in MLB 19:
Which you can see by his 0 all star appearances vs Carter who was a 5 time all star.
Congratulations! You found the one stat (All-Star appearances) even more irrelevant than RBIs!
I am old I am never going to believe that there is any one stat that says a guy is a good or bad player. It's clear from our discussion that you believe that.
That's the thing about WAR. It takes ALL stats into account, adjusting for park effects and era. Even though you're getting a single number, that number is arrived at by looking at numerous stats and compiling them down.
Wow did I say AS meant anything other than a popularity contest? Or that Carter was better for it. What it shows for the time is who people thought was better.
What you guys are saying is ignore any indication of what your eyes or the eyes of everyone around that person at that time say and just look at his on base percentage. I'm sorry I think that is just as faulty as looking at batting average and being done.
How good a player was, how valuable a player was can not be measured with 1 stat no matter how hard you try. I think sabermetrics are extremely valuable and tell me way more about a player than any one attribute, but there is still not one end all be all stat that says player A is better than player B.
To me this sounds like another useless argument that is going to go nowhere.
The point is that people might have thought he was good back then, before we were actually able to measure a player’s value.
We know now that he wasn’t as good as people thought, not even close. The stats aren’t wrong just because they contradict what you’ve always thought in your mind. You’re the one that’s wrong, not the stats.
And like SaveFerris said, WAR and wRC+ factor in many different stats into one clean and easy to understand sta0t. While they are individual stats, they’re different than base stats like Avg and OBP in that they take many more factors into account to give a more accurate and whole measure of a player’s ability.
Again looking for the proof of how I am wrong. I am not saying I am right. But I need more evidence that says sabermetric stats are the end all be all of evaluating players?
How stubborn can you be? Sabermetrics literally take other stats, add in adjustment factors, and give us a single stat. That is why they are much better than base stats.
Without sabermetrics, we wouldn’t be able to tell whether a guy that hits .340 with no power is better than a guy that hits 50 HR with a low average. They allow us to compare those players and see who is the better overall offensive player.
Clearly you would prefer to stick to your outdated ways, which is why you keep trying (and failing) to prove metrics wrong. You can’t teach somebody that doesn’t want to be taught.
But sabermetrics weighs certain stats as being more important than others, how was that determined. Was that subjective?
Seriously I am asking you to explain this to me, not sure how more open minded I can be. I am not on here saying you are wrong. I just dont mindlessness believe things because they are what has become socially acceptable not without proof.
Also not sure where I tried to prove anything. Please pull that up and show me so I can see you know how to prove something wrong.
