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Friday, April 01, 2011

Umpire Call Database

By Tangotiger, 03:27 PM

Courtesy of Millsy.

• Sabermetrics • Data

#1 Ryan JL (see all posts) 2011/04/03 (Sun) @ 03:51

How very cool. So, among the umpires represented in all 4 years…

% of outside pitches called balls, top 5:
Name N %
Gerry Davis 21135 0.8661
Paul Schrieber 19591 0.8636
Tim McClelland 21148 0.8614
Jerry Crawford 16663 0.8614
Derryl Cousins 21181 0.8599

...bottom 5:

Jeff Nelson 19291 0.8449
Brian Gorman 20476 0.8442
Brian Runge 20028 0.8435
Tim Welke 20540 0.8428
Doug Eddings 20701 0.8374