Andrew Goldblatt

Major League Umpires' Performance, 2007-2010

A Comprehensive Statistical Review

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Produktbeschreibung

Thirty years into baseball's sabermetric revolution, relatively little attention has been paid to the impact of a major league umpire's ball-and-strike judgment on game results. This welcome study corrects this omission by profiling more than ninety current umpires, summarizing their professional history, and charting their performance at home plate from 2007 through 2010. Annual and four-season rankings place the umpires according to four categories: runs per nine innings, walks per nine innings, strikeouts per nine innings, and strikeout-to-walk ratio. The statistical analysis reveals that the home plate umpire's influence on a game can be huge, both in terms of runs scored and the distribution of walks and strikeouts. By introducing umpires as individuals and encouraging a rational discussion of their work, this examination depicts umpires as dynamic actors whose impact on the game can be measured, analyzed, and enjoyed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780786460588
• ISBN-10: 078646058X
• Artikelnr.: 33171336

Autorenporträt

Andrew Goldblatt is an administrative specialist in the Office of Risk Management at the University of California-Berkeley and lives in Berkeley, California. He is the author of another baseball book and two non-baseball books.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
Introduction     
The Umpires     
Appendices
1. Highest and Lowest Runs per Nine Innings (R/9), 2007     
2. Highest and Lowest Runs per Nine Innings (R/9), 2008     
3. Highest and Lowest Runs per Nine Innings (R/9), 2009     
4. Highest and Lowest Runs per Nine Innings (R/9), 2010     
5. Highest and Lowest Walks per Nine Innings (BB/9), 2007     
6. Highest and Lowest Walks per Nine Innings (BB/9), 2008     
7. Highest and Lowest Walks per Nine Innings (BB/9), 2009     
8. Highest and Lowest Walks per Nine Innings (BB/9), 2010     
9. Highest and Lowest Strikeouts per Nine Innings (K/9), 2007     
10. Highest and Lowest Strikeouts per Nine Innings (K/9), 2008     
11. Highest and Lowest Strikeouts per Nine Innings (K/9), 2009     
12. Highest and Lowest Strikeouts per Nine Innings (K/9), 2010     
13. Highest and Lowest Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (K/BB), 2007     
14. Highest and Lowest Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (K/BB), 2008     
15. Highest and Lowest Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (K/BB), 2009     
16. Highest and Lowest Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (K/BB), 2010     
17. Runs per Nine Innings (R/9), 2007-2010     
18. Walks per Nine Innings (BB/9), 2007-2010     
19. Strikeouts per Nine Innings (K/9), 2007-2010     
20. Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (K/BB), 2007-2010     
Index