2040: Baserunning Daredevil-try Exposed!
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 5:07 pm
After reading a question on the main OOTP board, I got to wondering if I could use my script to study baserunning—you know, advancing from first to third and whatnot. It turns out the answer is “probably.” Or at least “partially.” I’ve got some additional thinking to do when I get some time, but for right now all I could look at is the question of how often runners get thrown out at each base. So, that’s what I did.
I ran through all the game logs--through April 28th for now--and counted up the times that runners tried to advance and were thrown out. (I should caveat this by acknowledging this is an “early code” feature of my script, so there’s always a chance I’ve got a bug or I’m missing some game log entry that’s different from the rest).
Realize there’s at least one big problem here—that being I have no idea how many times runners attempted to advance and were successful. So you have to read this with a gentle grain of sale. For example, I’m mortified to see YS9 tied with Charm City at the upper side of this with 12 baserunners erased—second highest in the league behind Atlantic City. However, we do have the second best on base percentage of any team in the Frick League, so we probably do get more opportunities to get tossed on the base paths.
That’s my story, anyway. It sounds good in the press.
A couple interesting bits to think about:
Anyway, here’s the team-by-team breakout.
Runners Thrown Out At:
I ran through all the game logs--through April 28th for now--and counted up the times that runners tried to advance and were thrown out. (I should caveat this by acknowledging this is an “early code” feature of my script, so there’s always a chance I’ve got a bug or I’m missing some game log entry that’s different from the rest).
Realize there’s at least one big problem here—that being I have no idea how many times runners attempted to advance and were successful. So you have to read this with a gentle grain of sale. For example, I’m mortified to see YS9 tied with Charm City at the upper side of this with 12 baserunners erased—second highest in the league behind Atlantic City. However, we do have the second best on base percentage of any team in the Frick League, so we probably do get more opportunities to get tossed on the base paths.
That’s my story, anyway. It sounds good in the press.
A couple interesting bits to think about:
- The league has had nine guys thrown out stretching singles into doubles.
- The league has had 58 guys thrown out at third base.
- The league has had 158 guys thrown out at home.
Anyway, here’s the team-by-team breakout.
Runners Thrown Out At:
| Team | 2B | 3B | Home | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic City Gamblers | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| Boise Spuds | 7 | 7 | ||
| Brooklyn Robins | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Calgary Pioneers | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| California Crusaders | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Charlotte Cougars | 6 | 6 | ||
| Charm City Jimmies | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| Chicago Black Sox | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Des Moines Kernels | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Edmonton Jackrabbits | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Hawaii Tropics | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Jacksonville Hurricanes | 3 | 3 | ||
| Las Vegas Hustlers | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Long Beach Surfers | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Louisville Sluggers | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Madison Wolves | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Mexico City Aztecs | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Montreal Blazers | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Nashville Bluebirds | 5 | 5 | ||
| New Orleans Crawdads | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Omaha Hawks | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Phoenix Talons | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Portland Lumberjacks | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Rockville Pikemen | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| San Antonio Outlaws | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| San Fernando Bears | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Seattle Storm | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Twin Cities River Monsters | 1 | 1 | ||
| Valencia Stars | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Vancouver Mounties | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Wichita Aviators | 4 | 4 | ||
| Yellow Springs Nine | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| Total | 9 | 55 | 148 | 212 |