baseball-reference sim scores updated for 2009

DavidRF — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:02:47 -0000

Baseball-reference.com did their postseason update today.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/3276

The most entertaining part of the update is the sim scores and age-based sim scores are now updated through the end of 2009. Most are familiar with Sim Scores. They are a Bill James invention but they were purposely designed to mimic HOF induction behavior circa 1990 or so. Because of that, they don't include park/era effect and tend to rely mainly on the more traditional counting stats. His thinking at the time was that the BBWAA/VC didn't incorporate those things. So, sometimes you get some quirky comps, but even the quirky comps can be fun and even a bit telling (e.g. Jason Tyner's comps are predominantly dead-ball era players).

Caveats aside, here are the latest comps for our Twins:

Joe Mauer (26) -> Robinson Cano
Justin Morneau (28) -> Paul Konerko
Nick Punto (31) -> Frank O'Rourke
Orlando Carbrera (34) -> Julio Franco
Joe Crede (31) -> Kelly Gruber
Delmon Young (23) -> Carlos May
Carlos Gomez (23) -> Curt Welch
Michael Cuddyer (30) -> Milton Bradley
Jason Kubel (27) -> Jason Giambi
Denard Span (25) -> Homer Summa
Brendan Harris (28) -> Sandy Alomar, Jr.
JJ Hardy (26) -> Miguel Tejada

Nick Blackburn (27) -> Rheal Cormier
Scott Baker (27) -> Scott Bankhead
Francisco Liriano (25) -> Odalis Perez
Glen Perkins (26) -> Joe Saunders
Kevin Slowey (25) -> Edinson Volquez
Carl Pavano (33) -> Ramon Ortiz
Joe Nathan (34) -> Jeff Montgomery

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baseball-reference sim scores updated for 2009