What makes a successful playoff team?
by sdrone on Apr 5, 2006 2:17 PM EDT
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PrintI thought this might be interesting to discuss, given our discussions on power pitchers and whether or not we needed Burnett during the offseason.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=betweenthenumbers/billybeane/060405
This is an article on espn.com that is an excerpt from Baseball Prospectus' new book Baseball Between the Numbers: Why everything you know about baseball is wrong.
What seems to have the most bearing?
- Closer's performance
- Pitcher strikeout rate
- Defense
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http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/so-billy-what-does-work-in-the-playoffs/
The top 3 as found by that article are:
Hits allowed (fewer)
Errors committed (fewer)
Batters strikeouts (fewer)
That's pretty similar, although in this study, the closer wasn't discussed much. There was a category for "Saves by Team Leader", but it was inconclusive. Maybe Closer ERA would've been more telling.
#2 (K rate)
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