Hm. For really good players (10 years playing, 5000 PAs), it seems the peak is approximately from...

Hm. For really good players (10 years playing, 5000 PAs), it seems the peak is approximately from ages 30-33, exactly the ages we'll be getting Holliday (assuming we do...). Something to think about.
Link: http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/how-do-baseball-players-age-part-2/

over 2 years ago aNdrOss 6 comments 0 recs |

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Wow.

That picture turned out shoddy. Um, you probably just should follow the link and check the graph there. It’s about 3/4 of the way down the article.

What’s a good image hosting website?

I vote the anti-Tony ticket:
Aggressiveness on the basepaths,
Patience at the plate.

by aNdrOss on Dec 30, 2009 12:34 AM EST reply actions

If you right click the image in the article and press view image, it gives you the link

by vivaelpujols on Dec 30, 2009 1:01 AM EST up reply actions

Here's a better pic.

src=“http://www.hardballtimes.com/images/uploads/image006.png”/>

I vote the anti-Tony ticket:
Aggressiveness on the basepaths,
Patience at the plate.

by aNdrOss on Dec 30, 2009 4:57 PM EST reply actions

Or not.

Oh well. You guys get the idea.

I vote the anti-Tony ticket:
Aggressiveness on the basepaths,
Patience at the plate.

by aNdrOss on Dec 30, 2009 4:58 PM EST up reply actions

Here, for the lazies who don't wanna copy/paste.

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by vexedtechie on Dec 31, 2009 7:22 PM EST up reply actions

FWIW

I applied this aging curve to Holliday when I did his contract simulations. I didn’t post it in the BtB piece because it was the best case scenario clearly. The one’s I posted over there for Holliday were using the delta method for the current era.

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by stevesommer05 on Dec 31, 2009 11:15 AM EST reply actions