Chronicles of the Lads

PMR, 3B
Here's Pinto. David is now giving us the data utilizing distance exclusively, so what we see here is only what I called the "Alternative Method" for past positions.

Per a comment I received, I'm also reducing the decimals. I used to have it carried out to four -- no real reason, I just figured more info was better, and if anyone wanted to use this, they could round it off any way they wanted. But I do agree that carrying it out to less looks better, and given the fact that this is all an estimate, anyway, I don't believe that any accuracy is lost.

                  Alternative Method
Player            Runs Above Average         
                 Total   Per 350 Opp         
Joe Crede         30.8      27.1
Pedro Feliz       22.5      20.1
Brandon Inge      21.0      15.3
Adrian Beltre     17.9      15.9
Freddy Sanchez    15.3      20.1
Scott Rolen       14.6      13.7
Mike Lowell       13.6      11.6
Ryan Zimmerman    13.6      13.0
David Bell        10.3      10.8
Morgan Ensberg     9.6      12.2
Maicer Izturis     8.4      17.2
Eric Chavez        7.0       6.9
Corey Koskie       5.6      10.7
Miguel Cabrera     5.2       5.3
Andy Marte         4.2      10.7
Nick Punto         3.8       6.3
Willy Aybar        2.7       9.3
Vinny Castilla     1.9       4.3
Chad Tracy         1.0       1.0
Hank Blalock       0.7       0.9
Melvin Mora       -0.5      -0.4
B.J. Upton        -1.4      -4.3
Mark DeRosa       -1.7      -6.1
Abraham Nunez     -1.9      -3.6
Troy Glaus        -2.3      -2.5
David Wright      -2.4      -2.3
Chipper Jones     -2.4      -3.4
Mark Teahen       -2.6      -3.1
Aramis Ramirez    -2.9      -3.0
Wilson Betemit    -3.7      -8.9
Alex Rodriguez    -7.0      -7.2
Tony Batista      -8.0     -22.6
Aubrey Huff       -8.6     -14.8
Rich Aurilia      -8.9     -27.7
E. Encarnacion   -10.8     -14.2
Aaron Boone      -11.4     -17.0
Garrett Atkins   -14.3     -13.3

Again, I'll compare this to runs derived from zone rating, despite the fact that zone rating does not count balls in the air for infielders:

Player            ZR-R   PMR-2   Diff
Aaron Boone        -4     -11      7
Adrian Beltre      11      18      7
Alex Rodriguez     -8      -7      1
Aramis Ramirez     -4      -3      1
Brandon Inge       20      21      1
Chad Tracy          0       1      1
Chipper Jones      -4      -2      2
David Wright      -10      -2      8
David Bell          0      10     10
E. Encarnacion    -10     -11      1
Eric Chavez         0       7      7
Freddy Sanchez      5      15     10
Garrett Atkins     -5     -14      9
Hank Blalock        1       1      0
Joe Crede           8      31     23
Maicer Izturis     -3       8     11
Mark Teahen        -7      -3      4
Melvin Mora        -4      -1      4
Miguel Cabrera    -12       5     17
Mike Lowell        14      14      0
Morgan Ensberg      9      10      1
Nick Punto          8       4      4
Pedro Feliz        11      23     12
Ryan Zimmerman      1      14     13
Scott Rolen         5      15     10
Troy Glaus         -7      -2      5

The correlation between the two methods for these players is .76, which is surpsingly high (to me, anyway).

Labels: David Pinto, fielding, probabilistic model of range