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…mehr
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.
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.
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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
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
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