A Look-see on Lucas McNeill's MLB Similarity Scores

[RonCo]

Here's an interesting comparison...after looking at the thread where I dumped the similarity tool I referenced earlier today, I followed Fred's example and took Lucas McNeill's current stats and threw them into the mix as both second base and first ...

Here's 1B:

Name	POS	EndYr	Similarity
Jeff Bagwell	1B	2005	878.2
Todd Helton	1B	2013	844.2
Frank Thomas	1B	2008	820.4
Miguel Cabrera	1B	2018	814.6
Fred McGriff	1B	2004	808.9
Carlos Beltran	OF	2017	798.0
Andres Galarraga	1B	2004	797.1
Bobby Abreu	OF	2014	794.8
Billy Williams	OF	1976	792.6
Dwight Evans	OF	1991	788.6

Here's 2B:

Name	POS	EndYr	Similarity
Jeff Kent	2B	2008	828.2
Chipper Jones	3B	2012	807.0
Jeff Bagwell	1B	2005	758.2
Eddie Mathews	3B	1968	757.7
Robinson Cano	2B	2018	750.8
Carlos Beltran	OF	2017	750.0
Bobby Abreu	OF	2014	746.8
Billy Williams	OF	1976	744.6
Dwight Evans	OF	1991	740.6
Mike Schmidt	3B	1989	739.4

This is a fun little list. THe first thing to note, of course, is that the similarity numbers are not that close. OOTP and the BBA have a very different envirnoment than the MLB world. But, still...

The five guys on both lists:

• Jeff Bagwell
• Carlos Beltran
• Bobby Abreu
• Billy Williams
• Dwight Evans

The five guys who swap out depending on position (1B > 2B)

• Todd Helton > Jeff Kent
• Frank Thomas > Chipper Jones
• Miguel Cabrera > Eddie Mathews
• Fred McGriff > Robinson Cano
• Andres Galaraga > Mike Schmidt

Lots of great names, eh?

Of course, McNeill isn't done yet, so we'll see what happens as he moves on...

[Jwalk100]

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[RonCo]

Hmm... fixed it.

[jleddy]

[Lane]

How similarity scores work, for those unfamiliar, or curious about how it's computed.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/abou ... rity.shtml

(assuming Ron is using baseball reference)