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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
True. However, since the vast, vast majority of pitchers don't get big ERA bumps or drops due to having good/bad fielders behind them, it still works better than the alternative if you look at it the right way.
I'm definitely not saying that the game is perfect here. Personally I'd like to see it find some way to create Fielding Win Shares and go off of those for ratings - not perfect either, not by a longshot, but so far they seem to be the most accurate way of tossing known fielding stats together and coming out with something that makes sense.
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I can think of a number of ways to do a team-adjusted defensive system that would probably make sense, whether you use win shares or park-adjusted team BABIP. I just can't think of how you would import the ratings you came up with from Lahman.
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