Keith Woolner, who was administrator for the other Red Sox list for
years, wrote for BP and now works for the first-place Indians, did an
in-depth study on catcher defense, in BP and in a chapter ("Is Mike
Matheny a catching genius?") of the book "Baseball by the Numbers."
Interesting stuff, and the conclusion:"One of the most controversial results from the sabermetric community is the lack of evidence supporting big differences in catcher defensive ability, other than differences in controlling the running games ... the further we look into the realm of catcher performance, the fewer places the elusive realm of catcher influence has to hide. There is no objective evidence that the catchers considered to be the best at their craft actually improve pitcher efficiency, increase strike rates, induce more misses and fouls, or do anything else to reduce batters' offensive output." Steve O On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> wrote: > That's not consistent. You're saying Tek is five runs better than the > generic catcher defensively? Per game? > > Beckett's ERA with Paul Lo Duca, Mike Redmond and noted poor pitch > caller Pudge Rodriguez: 3.46. > > Steve O > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >> Those numbers are consistent with Beckett's Tek vs. Non-Tek numbers over the >> past four years. To say catchers don't matter is silly. >> >> On Apr 22, 2011 5:14 PM, "Ray Salemi" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> This is a low sample size issue. >>> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
