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Title |
Author |
Date |
 | In A Pickle: Not All Stars Are All-Stars | Jason Wojciechowski | 2013-02-14 |
| Western Front: Three Former Astros | Geoff Young | 2013-02-12 |
| The BP Wayback Machine: The Gift of Kuhn | Steven Goldman | 2012-11-20 |
| Inside The Park: About Big Threes in Baseball | Bradford Doolittle | 2012-05-24 |
| Wezen-Ball: "Baseball for Dummies", by Joe Morgan | Larry Granillo | 2012-03-12 |
| The BP Broadside: The Kid's Biggest Moment | Steven Goldman | 2012-02-17 |
| Overthinking It: The Overlooked Overlooked Hall of Famers | Ben Lindbergh | 2012-02-02 |
| The BP Wayback Machine: How Do You Rate Relief? | Nate Silver | 2011-05-26 |
| Overthinking It: Stairs Cases | Ben Lindbergh | 2011-03-22 |
| One-Hoppers: Gillick Gains Election, Miller Bloc'd Out | Jay Jaffe | 2010-12-06 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Billy and George | Jay Jaffe | 2010-11-22 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Examining The Expansion Era Hall of Fame Ballot | Jay Jaffe | 2010-11-10 |
| You Can Blog It Up: The Shockingly Non-Bunty Gene Mauch All-Stars | Steven Goldman | 2010-08-14 |
| You Could Look It Up: Get Back in Line, Part 4 | Steven Goldman | 2010-03-23 |
| Transaction Analysis: NL Roster Roundup | Christina Kahrl | 2009-04-16 |
| Prospectus Hit and Run: Protracting the Process | Jay Jaffe | 2009-01-22 |
| Prospectus Matchups: The Random Baedeker | Jim Baker | 2008-01-18 |
| Schrodinger's Bat: For the Sake of Completeness | Dan Fox | 2008-01-17 |
| Prospectus Matchups: The Worst Seasons On Record | Jim Baker | 2007-12-28 |
| Transaction Analysis: AL Pick-me-ups and Discards | Christina Kahrl | 2007-11-07 |
| Schrodinger's Bat: My First Full Season | Dan Fox | 2007-11-01 |
| Lies, Damned Lies: Rookies and Cycles | Nate Silver | 2007-08-23 |
| Who Will Rid Me of This Pestilent McCovey?: Pinch Running in the Last 50 Years | Brandon Isleib | 2007-04-10 |
| Prospectus Matchups: The Column Reversers | Jim Baker | 2007-02-09 |
| Prospectus Matchups: Those Who Repeat History are Doomed to Repeat History | Jim Baker | 2006-08-25 |
| You Could Look It Up: The Gift of Kuhn | Steven Goldman | 2006-04-24 |
| Schrodinger's Bat: The Irreducible Essence of Platoon Splits | Dan Fox | 2006-04-13 |
| Prospectus Matchups: Headed for the Hall | Jim Baker | 2006-01-20 |
| Prospectus Matchups: Participation Extremes | Jim Baker | 2005-12-20 |
| Transaction Analysis: December 7-13 | Christina Kahrl | 2005-12-14 |
| Prospectus Matchups: I Remember | Jim Baker | 2005-11-04 |
| Prospectus Matchups: Ides Ideas | Jim Baker | 2005-03-15 |
| Lies, Damned Lies: How Do You Rate Relief? | Nate Silver | 2005-01-06 |
| Prospectus Matchups: Friday Fun | Jim Baker | 2004-11-19 |
| Prospectus Matchups: Final Weekend Edition | Jim Baker | 2004-10-01 |
| Thanks for the Memories: Expos Fans Share Their Fondest | Jonah Keri | 2004-09-30 |
| Prospectus Triple Play: Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners | Baseball Prospectus | 2004-09-30 |
| Au Revoir, Mes Amours: Saying Goodbye to the Expos | Jonah Keri | 2004-09-29 |
| Prospectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects, Part I | Baseball Prospectus | 2004-02-21 |
| Swinging for the Hall: The Best Hitter Outside Cooperstown | Michael Wolverton | 2002-09-05 |
| Larry Walker and the Hall of Fame: Larry Walker and the Hall of Fame | John Brattain | 2002-03-08 |
| From The Mailbag: Stadia, Transactions Fun, and Ben Davis | Baseball Prospectus | 2001-06-04 |
BP Chats
| Date | Question | Answer |
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| 2011-02-14 13:00:00 | Jason Heyward, Mike Stanton and Starlin Castro all played last year at age 20. Has there ever been a year when that many 20-year-olds did as well in the majors as those three? Of the players who've done that in the past, have most ended up in Cooperstown?
(Rex Little from Big Bear, CA) | Restricting our inquiry to hitters who had at least 200 PAs, last year had four: the ones you mention plus Ruben Tejada. Years with four 20 year-old hitters aren't so rare (e.g. 1976, 1970), but the only year in recent memory with MORE 20 year-old hitters is 1964. That year, Ed Kranepool, Rusty Staub, Tony Conigliaro, Derrell Griffith, Ed Kirkpatrick, and Terry Jones all played their age-20 seasons. As best I can tell, that (6) is the record. (Tommy Bennett) |
| 2009-01-22 13:00:00 | It seems that in a few years, Omar Vizquel will join Rusty Staub and Harold Baines as the only guys with 11,000 PAs who are not in the HOF. My loose understanding of the argument against Omar is that while his counting and rate stats compare favorably with the Wiz, after adjusting for eras he comes out a little short offensively (84 OPS+ to 87), but the big difference is defense. Apparently the gulf between their defensive abilities was so great that Ozzie was a 90%+ slam dunk inner-circle type of election, and Omar isn't even a bubble guy. Two questions: Was Ozzie overvalued when he went in, and if not can you shine some light on the defensive differences? Thanks
(ericturner29 from Chicago) | Ozzie Smith's defensive excellence is well-supported by the numbers, as systems such as WARP and Win Shares both love him. Vizquel is more of a mixed bag. The current iteration of WARP most definitely does NOT love him, but I suspect that the forthcoming play-by-play based system will correct that somewhat; his pbp-based UZR numbers eyeball as pretty decent.
Beyond that it's worth noting that Ozzie does have an advantage over Omar with the stick, via a .261 EQA to .254. IN terms of Batting Runs Above Average, the difference is about 100 runs. (Jay Jaffe) |
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