So what I do is assign a pitcher a rating that is purely a reflection of his hits/ip and that rating is used whenever starts and inning until he gives up a hit, a walk or an hit batter. You’re basically, giving one rating to the pitchers based upon ERA whereas it should be based upon hits/ip.ĮRA is a product of fielding ability of the players behind the pitcher – double play frequency, arms in the outfield, etc, the frequency of walks, the likelihood that a reliever will close down the offense stranding runners left on base by the pitcher or letting them score. I think has done a poor job of pitcher ratings relative to the batter cards.
It’s been very interesting and we thought we would share some snippets of our conversation to open it up to the larger community since I know there are others who share similar feelings when it comes to pitchers’ grades. In the past few days, reader Bill Ferguson and I have been discussing the finer aspects of APBA’s methods of grading pitchers via email.
