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Monday, March 22, 2010
Teixeira and UZR (again)
The important thing is my key to remembering how to spell his name. Think of Old MacDonald had a farm, e-i, e-i, o. So, e-i, e-i, a. TEIXEIRA. Got it?
Now:
But to say 15 first basemen suddenly were better than Teixeira underscores the argument that sabermetrics are blind to the game’s subtleties.
But, that’s not what UZR is saying. It’s not saying that they were “suddenly better”. What do you do with batting stats after two months of the season? That’s EXACTLY how much weight to place on a first baseman’s full-season UZR.
The problem is not UZR, it’s people seeing numbers and trying to interpret them.
So, Tex is the sole blip in an otherwise good looking list of guys in three-year UZR. Here’s the list of the 18 1B with the most playing time in the last 3 years:
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