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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Performance by men on base / bases empty, by era, by pitcher role

By Tangotiger, 09:56 AM

I looked at the bases empty / runners on scenario broken by era (1950-1968, 1969-1992, 1993-2010), and by starter/relief.  For relievers, they have the same performance empty / runner in the first two era, and they had a worse performance with men on base 1993-2010.  For starters, the performance with men on base has been getting worse each era.  In Runs Created terms, comparing runners on to bases empty: it’s 2% worse performance 1950-1968, 3% worse 1969-1992, 4% worse 1993-2010.

Data:

woba     pa    years_id    bases_occ_id    resp_pit_start_fl
 0.319     272050    1950_1968    
Empty    F
 0.315     538103    1969_1992    
Empty    F
 0.329     553059    1993_2010    
Empty    F

 0.319     267218    1950_1968    Runners On    F
 0.315     533341    1969_1992    Runners On    F
 0.332     528893    1993_2010    Runners On    F

 0.318     799761    1950_1968    
Empty    T
 0.319     1509179    1969_1992    
Empty    T
 0.339     1227416    1993_2010    
Empty    T

 0.321     580945    1950_1968    Runners On    T
 0.323     1079051    1969_1992    Runners On    T
 0.345     917575    1993_2010    Runners On    T

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