THE BOOK – Playing The Percentages In Baseball

By Tango, Lichtman, Dolphin

 

2005 The Scouting Report, By the Fans, For the Fans

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Player Overall
Position-Neutral
Instincts FirstStep Speed Hands Release Strength Accuracy Ballots Agreement
Level
M Kotsay 87 95 90 73 88 90 76 92 31 0.82
E Chavez 78 87 78 61 90 86 68 69 33 0.75
M Ellis 73 79 71 68 79 82 50 76 24 0.73
B Crosby 71 73 74 67 66 76 75 67 28 0.83
J Payton 65 68 73 71 63 56 56 56 18 0.77
M Scutaro 60 53 58 58 70 71 44 66 24 0.81
C Thomas 58 51 76 82 51 48 37 41 14 0.76
J Kendall 52 76 59 63 64 39 12 14 26 0.64
N Swisher 49 40 52 52 46 48 58 48 26 0.78
D Johnson 46 51 40 38 56 45 46 44 20 0.71
A Melhuse 42 37 42 37 43 49 46 45 15 0.7
B Kielty 40 38 39 42 40 41 44 41 23 0.78
K Ginter 32 21 42 38 29 30 34 28 12 0.7
S Hatteberg 26 30 25 27 36 27 12 17 23 0.51


Final: Mar 24, 2006

The league average for each of the seven traits of fielding is fixed at 50, with one standard deviation equal to 20 points. This means that a player with a trait value of 70 is in the top 16% in the league.

A player's name in gray means the player received less than 3 votes. A player's name in red received less than 6 votes.

The higher the agreement level, the more that the fans agreed with each other in the balloting. The league average is .71. The league low is around .40.