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Baseball Prospectus - : Evaluating Defense (March 1, 2004)

Posted 6:11 p.m., March 2, 2004 (#30) - Taps
Something that has been mentioned before, but surely it's possible that Rolen in particular just had a bad year with the glove, having little to do with injuries? Many otherwise excellent hitters have bad (for them) years at the plate (Tony Gwynn, 1990 & 1991, for example) and many otherwise excellent pitchers have bad (for them) years on the mound (Roger Clemens, 1993 & 1999, for example). Why not fielding?

And to re-ask a question from cricketing baseballer that I don't see an answer for (I could just have missed it), why are people so dead-set against range factors? James goes to some length to point out that it's not the end-all of defensive metrics, but rather a simple-to-figure improvement over fielding average.

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