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Joey Votto and Jake Arrieta are having historically good second halves
Posted on 9/29/15 at 11:17 am
Posted on 9/29/15 at 11:17 am
I'm aware half a season is an arbitrary amount of time separated by the ASB(Baloo, thats for you ), but its still really cool to see these sort of crazy halves of baseball by either player.
Lowest ERA in a half of a season(first or second) with minimum of 10 GS
I couldn't get some sort of adjusted stat like ERA+ for half seasons like I could for Votto with sOPS, but fangraphs did a nice article using wOBA that shows Arrieta may be having the best half a season pitching ever. LINK. The point is he has been ridiculous.
Highest OBP in a half of a season(first or second) with a minimum of 200 AB's
Granted OBP isn't as a complete number, as ERA is for pitchers, for judging a hitters performance we can look at sOPS to judge his second half as a whole. sOPS is very similar to OPS+, except it looks at his second half split of OPS v the league, so it helps factor in different eras, parks, etc.
Its not perfect but it works in a pinch
By that ranking Votto is having the 32nd greatest half a season in baseball history(and a top 10 in the post-war era) from a hitting perspective with a sOPS of 230(meaning he was 230% of the league average). That's a hell of a list of players he's on. For reference Bryce Harper's 2015 first half ranks 52nd all time at 226, his second half has also been ridiculous is the thing, while Votto's first half was quite pedestrian by his standards.
Lowest ERA in a half of a season(first or second) with minimum of 10 GS
I couldn't get some sort of adjusted stat like ERA+ for half seasons like I could for Votto with sOPS, but fangraphs did a nice article using wOBA that shows Arrieta may be having the best half a season pitching ever. LINK. The point is he has been ridiculous.
Highest OBP in a half of a season(first or second) with a minimum of 200 AB's
Granted OBP isn't as a complete number, as ERA is for pitchers, for judging a hitters performance we can look at sOPS to judge his second half as a whole. sOPS is very similar to OPS+, except it looks at his second half split of OPS v the league, so it helps factor in different eras, parks, etc.
Its not perfect but it works in a pinch
By that ranking Votto is having the 32nd greatest half a season in baseball history(and a top 10 in the post-war era) from a hitting perspective with a sOPS of 230(meaning he was 230% of the league average). That's a hell of a list of players he's on. For reference Bryce Harper's 2015 first half ranks 52nd all time at 226, his second half has also been ridiculous is the thing, while Votto's first half was quite pedestrian by his standards.
This post was edited on 9/29/15 at 11:19 am
Posted on 9/29/15 at 11:17 am to barry
Does it matter that Votto is gay?
Posted on 9/29/15 at 11:20 am to STLhog
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Does it matter that Votto is gay?
Does it matter if your jokes are dated and unoriginal?
Posted on 9/29/15 at 11:38 am to barry
It's a shame that what Votto is doing is going largely unnoticed due to the Reds being an absolute shitshow.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 11:53 am to reddman
He really is a fantastic player. Probably even good enough to impress brandon phillips.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 12:01 pm to piggidyphish
Forgot how good Medlen was in that 2nd half of 2012.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 12:11 pm to barry
Walter Johnson 7 losses with a 0.76 ERA in the first half. He must have been pissed with the lack of run support.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 12:14 pm to reddman
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It's a shame that what Votto is doing is going largely unnoticed due to the Reds being an absolute shitshow.
I agree. He is having an amazing year.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 1:37 pm to Tiger Ugly
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Walter Johnson 7 losses with a 0.76 ERA in the first half. He must have been pissed with the lack of run support.
Lots of 1-0 losses.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 1:43 pm to piggidyphish
quote:Nah, Joey clogs the bases too much.
He really is a fantastic player. Probably even good enough to impress brandon phillips.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 2:07 pm to barry
Votto should get some second or third place MVP votes. Obviously, Harper ran away with it, but I would love to see Votto and my boy Nolan get some in the MVP voting. Of course, you can't forget about Goldy.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 2:17 pm to Kel Varnsen
He had two tommy johns surgeries. He is just now coming back, pitching for the Royals.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 2:29 pm to The Seaward
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He had two tommy johns surgeries.
yea and there is pretty much no history of coming back from two of those suckers.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 4:13 pm to barry
All I see is that Babe Ruth is the GOAT haha.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 4:30 pm to Vicks Kennel Club
Some second or third place votes? Isn't he absolutely gonna finish second or third?
Posted on 9/29/15 at 4:37 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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Some second or third place votes? Isn't he absolutely gonna finish second or third?
No, because a lot of old frickers will dock him for not being on a contender.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 5:10 pm to barry
None of the 3 (Harper, votto, goldschmidt) are though...
Posted on 9/29/15 at 5:40 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
Arenado should be in the running.
Mccutchen, Rizzo, Posey, and possibly some pitchers could steal votes.
Mccutchen, Rizzo, Posey, and possibly some pitchers could steal votes.
Posted on 9/29/15 at 9:09 pm to Vicks Kennel Club
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Arenado should be in the running.
I don't see it. .319 OBP, plus the rest of his stats are inflated by Coors.
He is a great defender and a good young talent, but he wouldn't be in my top 10.
This post was edited on 9/29/15 at 9:13 pm
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