Re: Stats Gone Wild! Plus Triple-Play Bonus

On Wed, 14 May 2008 08:03:10 -0700 (PDT), Richard R. Hershberger
wrote:

>On May 14, 9:19 am, "art...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <art...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>> Boy, they sure didn't know the value of OPS in those days. Both teams
>> had lead off hitters with under .700 OPS? and Pepitone batting
>> cleanup?
>
>OPS was popularized by John Thorn and Pete Palmer in 1984.  Obviously
>the slugging side of that was appreciated, at least informally, since
>Ruth's day.  The idea that getting walks is a player trait, and not
>just an occasional random event, developed more slowly.  I doubt that
>it would have occured to any manager in 1972 to base a lineup on this.
>
>This doesn't explain Pepitone batting cleanup.  My guess is that the
>explanation for that lies in his 1971 BA of .307.  He had also had
>years where he hit in the high twenties home runs, peaking at 31 in
>1966.  He was only 31 years old in 1972, but near the end of his
>career.  It may be that no one had yet noticed this.

Hmmm.  I've been managing to follow this thread up until this point,
but I can't recall what OPS might be, nor "batting cleanup".  Please
enlighten me.

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Peter

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