Most Runs; Most Balls; Batting Average; . This is slightly different from the original Zone Rating, where balls fielded out of a players zone as well as in it counted toward a players Zone Rating. Outs Above Average (OAA) is the cumulative effect of all individual plays a fielder has been credited or debited with, making it a range-based metric of fielding skill that accounts for the number of plays made and the difficulty of them. If the ball goes between the first baseman and second baseman for a hit, does this count as a missed opportunity for the first baseman, the second baseman, both, or neither? What Im most curious about in 2010 is how much better were going to be defensively, Bill James, who works as special advisor on baseball operations for the Red Sox, said earlier this year, during the offseason. Below is an example of a STATS zone chart. And, as with Defensive Runs Saved, the data for UZR is based on video replays available from Baseball Info Solutions (BIS). Oer the errors of the past. [/fn] Using Defense Efficiency Record (see below), he also adjusted for team defense to compensate for the fewer opportunities that a given fielder is likely to have if he plays on a team with good defense. [/fn], The main ingredients in the Defensive Runs for first and third baseman are Plus/Minus Runs Saved and runs saved on bunts. This tends to penalize a fielder who plays next to a fielder with poor range. In 2009 they won 87, scoring 31 fewer runs than the year before, but the runs they allowed were 119 fewer. as Active Spin. If its considered a miss, how significant is the miss? [/fn] All this, of course, was pure conjectureas is the assumption that fielding counts for less now than it did back then. Many thanks to him. able to make a catch on an individual batted ball. Its adjusted for the strikeout and groundball rates of the pitching staff and for the handedness of batters. For outfielders and corner infielders, their Plus/Minus Runs Saved number is calculated by taking their positional value and multiplying that by their Enhanced Plus/Minus. [/fn] Still, DER is highly correlated with winning. window.". [fn]Baseball Info Solutions and Bill James, The Bill James Handbook 2010. Although, batting averages can vary based on the level of competition and position. Most Wickets; . He gave more weight to offense and fielding than McGraw did and less to pitching. exit velocity of 95 mph or higher. [/fn] Soon thereafter, Dewan left STATS and eventually developed Revised Zone Rating, Plus/Minus, and Defensive Runs Saved. Defensive Average (DA). A Batted Ball Event represents any batted ball that [fn]Total Baseball, 7th ed., 2494. This is the Fielding Bible Award. 555 N. Central Ave. #416 While at STATS, Dewan began plans to improve on Zone Rating, introducing what he called Ultimate Zone Rating in STATS 2001 Baseball Scoreboard. [fn]Ibid., 33. The first item, at least, in Schwarzs list of questions is addressed with the help of Baseball Info Solutions and the availability of new kinds of data, which are used for Revised Zone Rating, Plus/Minus, Ultimate Zone Rating, and Probabilistic Model of Range (all described later). Phillies (24th, 1.4 WAR) With Bryce Harper undergoing Tommy John surgery and likely to miss the first half of the season, the spotlight is again on Nick Castellanos, whose performance in the first year of his five-year, $100 million deal was downright dreadful.