Ground to Flyball Ratio

rem · 06-23-2004, 12:55 AM

What is good and what is average? Thanks in advance.

kq76 · 06-23-2004, 01:24 AM

I don't think there's really a "good" G/F ratio, but you will get some disagreement on this. There's advantages and disadvantages to both, especially depending on your park and defense. And it's usually not done the way OOTP does it.

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Groundball/Flyball Ratio
# A hitter's stats against pitchers that induce mostly grounders or flies, respectively. If the ratio is less than 1.00, then he is a Flyball hitter. If it is greater than 1.50, he is a Groundball hitter. Anything else is classified as neutral. Same cutoffs apply for classifying pitchers. Anyone with less than 50 plate appearances is automatically neutral.

http://legends.stats.com/rules/gloss...t=3&division=1

Skipaway · 06-23-2004, 01:28 AM

Low G/F ratio usually means less hits allowed, but more homerun allowed. Generally there is no good or bad G/F, but it'd be nice if it could match the defense strength of the team.

rangers85 · 06-23-2004, 01:50 AM

For a team like the Rangers, with their home park, the more ground balls the better since a ground ball can't sail out of the park for a homer. If you look through the years, ground ball pitchers are the main ones that have had success there. That's one reason Ryan Drese currently sports an ERA close to 2 at home in The Ballpark in Arlington (I refuse to use the new name).

rem · 06-24-2004, 03:00 AM

What if you want to be an extreme groundball pitcher?

Skipaway · 06-24-2004, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by remangiii

What if you want to be an extreme groundball pitcher?

Then you'd want very good 2B and SS behind you.

Hammer755 · 06-24-2004, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by remangiii

What if you want to be an extreme groundball pitcher?

Here are the leaders in G/F ratio the past few seasons:

2004
2003
2002
2001
2000

Summary:
> 1.5 - Definite Groundballer
> 2.0 - Extreme Groundballer
> 3.0 - Derek Lowe, Brandon Webb, & Kevin Brown

06-23-2004, 12:55 AM	#1
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	Ground to Flyball Ratio What is good and what is average? Thanks in advance. __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

06-23-2004, 01:28 AM	#3
Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	Low G/F ratio usually means less hits allowed, but more homerun allowed. Generally there is no good or bad G/F, but it'd be nice if it could match the defense strength of the team. __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.

06-24-2004, 03:00 AM	#5
rem Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: College Park, Md. Posts: 5,024	What if you want to be an extreme groundball pitcher? __________________ OTBA: Washington Filibusters CLBR: Minnesota Twins 2005 Winner of LL's Pick the Loser Contest! - 15-0

06-23-2004, 01:50 AM	#4
rangers85 All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX...home of the mighty TCU Horned Frogs Posts: 909	For a team like the Rangers, with their home park, the more ground balls the better since a ground ball can't sail out of the park for a homer. If you look through the years, ground ball pitchers are the main ones that have had success there. That's one reason Ryan Drese currently sports an ERA close to 2 at home in The Ballpark in Arlington (I refuse to use the new name).