THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Scouting, with size

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/does-size-matter/

I don’t have much to say.  Selection bias abound, and Kirby being half the sample gives me reason to pause.  I also can’t tell how many players and PA are in each sample.  I think the selection criteria should have been modified so that you have an equal number of players and PA in all groups.

That said, it’s always interesting to take a look at the correlation (though not necessarily causation) of size to performance.