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Saturday, March 24, 2007

UZR for hitters

By Tangotiger, 03:44 PM

Protrade checks in with the UZR version for hitters:
http://www.protrade.com/content/DisplayArticle.html?sp=Sfd06ae48-d89d-11db-8683-5577a9d16e8f
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070322&content_id=1854282&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

The main issue is getting enough parameters to distinguigh a Beltran hit to location x,y that was “hard hit” from a Neifi Perez’s hit to location x,y that was “hard hit”.  On top of which, you really need to know the fielding alignment.  In short, it’s a good first try, but the parameters required need to be extended.

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