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One Great Matrix · 04-14-2020, 03:05 AM

That's interesting. I was skeptical about it at times myself...

Skeptical, too, that it is entirely "made up".

I remember a quote from Keith Hernandez about stepping it up, now maybe he's motivated by coming through as some players this day & age are by more dollars but for his career, he hit .025 points higher in high leverage situations, & .019 points better with men on base...

Doesn't sound like much maybe but that's for his entire career...and the difference between a .276-.280 hitter & .300 hitter. (I think in 1986 he hit about .055 points better in high leverage situations.) Edit: BASEBALL REFERENCE Says: .310 on the season, .350 in high leverage situations that season. So .040 points better.

I guess I'm thinking situational...it does seem you can mostly fabricate this part of a player's game but...in a nutshell, players do have personalities & are likely to react to different situations in the course of a game.

04-14-2020, 03:05 AM	#4
One Great Matrix All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 1,782	That's interesting. I was skeptical about it at times myself... Skeptical, too, that it is entirely "made up". I remember a quote from Keith Hernandez about stepping it up, now maybe he's motivated by coming through as some players this day & age are by more dollars but for his career, he hit .025 points higher in high leverage situations, & .019 points better with men on base... Doesn't sound like much maybe but that's for his entire career...and the difference between a .276-.280 hitter & .300 hitter. (I think in 1986 he hit about .055 points better in high leverage situations.) Edit: BASEBALL REFERENCE Says: .310 on the season, .350 in high leverage situations that season. So .040 points better. I guess I'm thinking situational...it does seem you can mostly fabricate this part of a player's game but...in a nutshell, players do have personalities & are likely to react to different situations in the course of a game. __________________ Last edited by One Great Matrix; 04-14-2020 at 03:11 AM.