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Thursday, September 09, 2010
Where are teams putting their best and worst infielder?
I looked at the Fans Scouting Report, identified the regular at each position, and determined the position of the best infielder (between 2B, SS, 3B).
Best infielder:
SS: 15 teams
3B: 3 teams
2B: 2 teams
no clear leader: 10 teams
Worst infielder:
3B: 10 teams
2B: 5 teams
SS: 5 teams
no clear leader: 10 teams
This is what it looks like in terms of W/L record:
SS: 15-5, 10 middle = 0.667 win%
2B: 2-5, 23 middle = 0.450 win%
3B: 3-10, 17 middle = 0.383 win%
If we compare just 2B to 3B, 12 teams have the better fielder at 2B and 8 at 3B (with 10 teams as no clear leader)
So, based on Fans response, it looks like the 2B is a bit ahead of the 3B. If you were to construct run values where the average is zero, it would be something like this:
4: SS
-1: 2B
-3: 3B