Something wrong or statistical anomaly?

by DenverBears on May 27, 2006 6:35 AM MDT Comment 1 comment

Subtitle: Is Hurdle costing us too many runs?

I was looking over at the team stats and noticed that the rockies are 8th in the NL in OPS, but 14th in runs per game. An even bigger anomaly in the other direction is the Padres who are 15th in OPS (way below everyone but the Cubs), but are 10th in runs scored. Its possible that these numbers are just anomalous, but a couple of other stats caught my eye...

the rockies are first in sacrifice hits (way to go Clint) by a fairly large margin whereas the Padres are dead last. Is this a coincidence or is Clint hurting us? Hard to say, but I think it is interesting.
In fairness, however, the Padres have been really good in the stolen base department this year (39 of 42 attempts successful), so maybe this may explain part of it.

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Is Clint costing us runs?

yes

8 votes

no

1 votes

9 votes | Poll has closed

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Strange Numbers

All of the Rockies offensive numbers this year 'feel' strange.

I don't know if it is a fluke or a result of them being in the process of transitioning towards a small-ball type of offensive strategy.

I have been a proponent of finding a way to play the same at Coors as they do on the road (it hasn't only been our pitchers that have been hurt mentally by the split personality syndrome).

That said, the power hitters that we do have need to be able to reliably drive in runs and that hasn't been the case so far. We aren't going to get 4 or 5 homers in a game like we have at times in the past.

Any one who is good at digging up stats/splits/etc. know how the number of runners that we have stranded compares to the past, to our competition and especially how the heart of our order compares in terms of efficiency?

by MADness on May 27, 2006 11:27 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs