THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Dwight Evans: “I agree with WPA, Carbo’s HR had more impact than Fisk’s!”

By Tangotiger, 10:25 AM

Or words to that effect:

Bernie Carbo’s home run was bigger than Fisk’s. I’m not taking anything away from Pudge. His home run was great — it was a game-winner — but the game was tied. Carbo’s home run came in the eighth inning with us down by three runs. It was huge. It was the second biggest home run I ever saw, right ahead of Fisk’s.

According to WPA, Carbo’s homerun added 0.44 wins, while Fisk’s added 0.36.

Evans said that Dave Henderson’s is #1, and it added 0.73 wins to that game.

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#1 Devon (see all posts) 2011/12/13 (Tue) @ 13:43

This is the best/coolest/awesomest baseball news I’ve read this week.

#2 Tangotiger (see all posts) 2011/12/13 (Tue) @ 14:45

Yeah, it’s great! Someone gives me lip about WPA, all I gotta say is: “Go argue with Dewey. He gets it.”

#3 Tangotiger (see all posts) 2011/12/14 (Wed) @ 16:47

Post from: Hanrahan, T

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we remember game-winners more, but the key hits are often the forgotten ones in the middle. Who had the biggest world-series probability added hit ever? Answer: Hal Smith, 1960, game 7. Yeah, how many fans would give ya THAT one??
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#4 pierre (see all posts) 2011/12/15 (Thu) @ 09:36

I imagine there are a fair amount of people about my age living in the Northeast for whom the Carbo home run is the most exciting thing they ever saw on TV.

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