Comments on: Frank Ponders http://skyking162.com/2005/10/frank-ponders/ baseball with a hint of lime Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:15:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Tom http://skyking162.com/2005/10/frank-ponders/#comment-17 Tom Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:10:48 +0000 http://skyking162.com/2005/10/frank-ponders/#comment-17 Here's a somewhat related piece of analysis I found - 2005 MLB teams sorted by percentage of runs scored off HRs. This of course is a percentage ranking, not a weighted percentage ranking, so low scoring teams that rely heavily on HRs will rank high and perhaps high scoring teams that get lots of HRs and doubles might not rank as high. Team RS RS-HR Pct TEX 865 413 47.7% CIN 820 364 44.4% NYA 886 390 44.0% CHA 741 314 42.4% CHN 703 296 42.1% ARI 696 288 41.4% CLE 790 321 40.6% BAL 729 293 40.2% ATL 769 300 39.0% BOS 910 348 38.2% MIL 726 275 37.9% NYN 722 269 37.3% HOU 693 257 37.1% DET 723 262 36.2% PHI 807 290 35.9% TBA 750 262 34.9% LAN 685 238 34.7% SLN 805 275 34.2% COL 739 246 33.3% SFN 649 213 32.8% OAK 772 252 32.6% MIN 688 219 31.8% ANA 761 240 31.5% PIT 680 211 31.0% TOR 775 238 30.7% SEA 699 212 30.3% SDN 684 206 30.1% FLO 717 215 30.0% KCA 701 200 28.5% WAS 639 166 26.0% First off, it's interesting (and not surprising) that the White Sox are 4th on this list. Small ball indeed. Second, while not overwhelming, it seems that most of the "good" teams fall in the top half/third of this list. Somewhat tangential, but I thought it was interesting. Here’s a somewhat related piece of analysis I found - 2005 MLB teams sorted by percentage of runs scored off HRs. This of course is a percentage ranking, not a weighted percentage ranking, so low scoring teams that rely heavily on HRs will rank high and perhaps high scoring teams that get lots of HRs and doubles might not rank as high.

Team RS RS-HR Pct
TEX 865 413 47.7%
CIN 820 364 44.4%
NYA 886 390 44.0%
CHA 741 314 42.4%
CHN 703 296 42.1%
ARI 696 288 41.4%
CLE 790 321 40.6%
BAL 729 293 40.2%
ATL 769 300 39.0%
BOS 910 348 38.2%
MIL 726 275 37.9%
NYN 722 269 37.3%
HOU 693 257 37.1%
DET 723 262 36.2%
PHI 807 290 35.9%
TBA 750 262 34.9%
LAN 685 238 34.7%
SLN 805 275 34.2%
COL 739 246 33.3%
SFN 649 213 32.8%
OAK 772 252 32.6%
MIN 688 219 31.8%
ANA 761 240 31.5%
PIT 680 211 31.0%
TOR 775 238 30.7%
SEA 699 212 30.3%
SDN 684 206 30.1%
FLO 717 215 30.0%
KCA 701 200 28.5%
WAS 639 166 26.0%

First off, it’s interesting (and not surprising) that the White Sox are 4th on this list. Small ball indeed.

Second, while not overwhelming, it seems that most of the “good” teams fall in the top half/third of this list.

Somewhat tangential, but I thought it was interesting.

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