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Wednesday, August 26, 2009He’s got the scoopBaseball Info Solutions tracks the number of bad throws a first baseman saves, as well as the number of good throws he misses. According to John Dewan's latest Stat of the Week, the difference between the best first baseman (Casey Kotchman, nine scoops above average) and the worst (Joey Votto, six below average). If you spread these out over a full season, you might say that the difference between the best scooper and the worst is about 20 saved throws. The difference between a single and an out is roughly .6 runs. 20 times .6 is twelve runs. So twelve runs—a little more than one win—is a rough estimate of the difference between the best and worst first basemen in this one particular aspect of their fielding skill. This is all extremely rough, of course, but it's probably fair to say that the impact a first baseman's ability to save (or miss) errant throws is generally worth a little less than the impact of an outfielder's arm. Graph of the dayI hope that you visit our Teams page on a regular basis to check out the statistical details of your favorite team. I also update the team standing graphs each day (though I'll be out of commission the next couple of days and won't be able to update them until next Monday). The last month of the season is a particularly good time to be looking at the graphs. For instance, here's today's graph; check out the Rockies:  Create your own Pitch f/x databaseA couple weeks ago at Beyond the Boxscore, I re-posted Mike Fast's old tutorial on how to create a PItch f/x database with some commentary of my own. The purpose of this was to illistrate a layman's point of view, when dealing with scary computer related stuff. Mike was also kind enough to drop by, and answer a lot of my/our questions. You can all see the post here: http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2009/8/19/994666/saberizing-a-mac-4-pitch-f-x And also take a look at some of the comments by Mike at the bottom of the page. I hope you guys drop by and try to create your own database, because it really is an awesome resource to have if your interested in analysing baseball. I also encourage you to ask questions in the comments section, as I'm sure that Mike or one of the other excellent commenters will be able to help you out. You should also check out BtB's series on how to set up and use MySQL to analyze stats from the Baseball Databank and other things: http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/tags/saberizing%20a%20mac | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||