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Friday, August 11, 2006
Batter Pitcher Matchups
As readers of The Book know, this has little meaning. Even so, lots of fun:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/bvp.cgi?n1=raineti01&n2=hershor01
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#2 Sean Forman (see all posts) 2006/08/14 (Mon) @ 06:24
It’s new. I added it last week.
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Is this new? While it has no strategic use as Tango says, I have always looked for easy access to this kind of data. When managers inexplicably change their lineup or rest or play a certain player, I have always wondered if it is because of batter/pitcher matchup data. Now I can check.
BTW, the two most prevalent myths in baseball, by far and away, among commentators, fans, players, managers, etc., is, one, hot and cold streaks, and two, batter/pitcher matchups.