Stats VS No Stats

BS Nelly — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:14:23 -0000

I have been a reader of Lookout Landing for some time. I have posted in the past but I don't usually say anything because I feel like the new guy at high school who sees the group of kids he wants to be a part of but is just to shy to join in.

I want to make a comment though about some of the arguements I have seen about sabremetrics. This is not just in response to posts in the last few days or just on this site but from everything I have been reading.

To me there are no bad statistics. I believe that stats keep getting better and more descriptive. I know people hate ERA but I can look at ERA and know that Batista sucks. I also know there are better ways to describe his suckiness with more modern statistical analysis.

I also believe in scouting and knowing everything you can about a player outside of the stats. I think you better understand not only that a player is succesful but why?

In the end it seems that you have to have a marriage of the stats and non stats evaluation of any player to come to the best conclusion possible. Thats why I do not understand why people are so against modern statistical analysis. In the end it's just more information to help you make a better decision.

I have more thoughts on this but I don't want to go on to long (too late?). I just want to thank Jeff for giving me some reason to read about the game from the night before and Matthew and Gomez for all there efforts to make me a smarter fan.

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Stats VS No Stats