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Monday, August 04, 2008

Poz: The Zieglers

By Tangotiger, 02:33 PM

Joe Posnanski strikes again:

One way to measure a pitcher’s dominance might be simply to look at two ratios — ground-ball-to-fly-ball and strikeouts-two-walks. Would that give us a list of the best pitchers? So, I multiplied those two numbers, multiplied the whole thing by 10 to give it a nice big feel, and I like the list. The statistic definitely needs some tinkering, but this is a good starting point.

Brad Ziegler, in case you are wondering, scored a 103.6 Ziegler number, which is fabulous. Here, though, are the best pitchers in baseball by the Zieglers…

And here’s Joe’s Ziegler article.



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