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THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

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Thursday, April 19, 2007

The Mariners Play Boring Baseball

By Tangotiger, 11:10 AM

In the greatest feature column in America, a new thing we learn is that the Mariners have not been involved in any close game, according to Studes’ definition.  This can be better expressed with Leverage Index.  The average LI is 1.00.  The Mariner hitters’ average LI is 0.71, their starters are 0.83, and their relievers are 0.31.  Heck, their closer has an LI of 0.18!

All this of course is small sample sizitis.  Eventually, the Mariners will be involved in some thrillers.  The Yankees for example are playing in thrilling baseball games, with an LI of around 1.2


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