Gustavo Chacin? may have that first name wrong.
One year wonder.
If not Chacin I have a second guess ready.
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One year wonder.
If not Chacin I have a second guess ready.
Frank Tanana.
Him and Ryan were an electric K pair when he started. Then he became a soft thrower over time.
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And lots of strikeouts. He held the single season record for whiffs in a season for many years. Bobby also taught his son how to be an asshole.
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I included Phelps' minor league stats for a reason. He has elite .OPS stats for a career platoon DH. He had very pedestrian numbers against southpaws.
Ken Phelps' platoon splits.
I'm not a fan of the .OPS stat, as it effectively credits batting average twice. I think On Base Percentage plus Isolated Power, (ie: Slugging Pct minus Batting Average), is a more useful stat.
My ideal formula for batters would be:
Total Bases + Walks + Hit by Pitch + Stolen Bases - 1.5* Caught Stealing - GIDP/ Plate Appearances - Sacrifice Hits and Sacrifice Flies.
A .400 average with this stat means the player averages 4 bases acquired for each 6 outs made. On average, teams score one run for each 4.2 bases acquired, so a whole team of guys with this .400 average would score about 4.5 runs per game.
I once wrote to the Elias Sports Bureau, trying to acquire statistics for doubles and triples allowed by pitchers, but they told me they only sell that kind of information. I had intended to determine a pitching stat which would determine which batter's offensive performance most closely resembles each pitcher's defensive performance. I wanted to determine On Base Percentage and Slugging Percentage allowed, then match those figures with the batter who has the most similar offensive statistics.
If, for example, Max Scherzer makes every batter look like Lars Nootbar, and Mitch White makes every batter look like Freddie Freeman, it says a lot more than ERA or WHIP.
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I wrote to Bill James once, with a study about left handed pitchers who switched leagues. My hypothesis was that they had markedly improved performance in the 1-2 seasons after the move, but they reverted to their former performance levels or dropped after that, depending on their age. I believed that it took a while for the players in the other league to adjust to the pitcher's repertoire. Look at Koosman's numbers for 1978 and 1979.
I received a signed letter from Bill, in which he thanked me for my submission, but didn't understand the point I was trying to make. I had included a second study, for which Bill pointed out that Roger Clemens' surname does not include a T.
Duh.
I would have expected a reply like that to come from shack.
If he wasn't a good glove no hit shortstop, the only other explanations would be that he had married the team owner's ugly daughter, or he owned photographs of the owner in bed with a goat. That would be inconsistent with him having played for multiple teams late in his career.
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We can tell that he's a European player because he finished 6th in Calder Trophy voting at age 23.
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Pierre Larouche held the record for most points scored in a season of Junior Hockey, (251 points in 67 games, 1973-74), for 10 years, until Mario Lemieux scored 282. The previous record holder was Guy Lafleur, (209 points in 62 games, 1970-71).
Three other Quebec Major Junior Hockey League players, (Michel Deziel, Réal Cloutier, and Jacques Cossette), eclipsed Lafleur's record that year, and Jacques Locas also surpassed 200 points scored, (206). It should come as no surprise that the first Goaltender chosen from the QMJHL in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft was a 7th rounder, (Pick #125); Reggie Lemelin, who had a 5.28 GAA in 1973-74.
Michel Deziel played in one NHL playoff game, with no statistics. Jacques Cossette had 8 career NHL goals. Réal Cloutier was 17 years old during the 1973-74 QMJHL season, and he was a megastar offensively in the WHA for several seasons. He was not known for his defensive prowess.
Locas was selected in round 11 with pick #184, immediately after Taro Tsujimoto, the imaginary player chosen by the Buffalo Sabres. He had some minor success in the WHA for a few seasons, but never played in the NHL.
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Yellow highlights for a season mean nothing in this category; my mouse just happened to be pointing at that line when I made the screen cap.
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Dude had, like 1,000 innings pitched before his 25th birthday. No team would be that stupid with a power pitcher today.
