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Baseball
Evaluation:
The Evolution of Baseball Stats From Doubleday to Eternity
Baseball Statistics Scoreboard for Baseball Historians, Fantasy
Baseball Players,
and Baseball Fans
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Evaluation Questions & Answers |
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- How does Baseball Evaluation's Analysis of Historic Statistics
& Performance Evaluations differ from some other systems?
A - It is
a peer to peer yearly review which compares domination of performance
during an era versus giving a value to an individual statistic such as
a Home Run or Win. This
allows for valid comparison over different eras, whether dead ball,
live ball, or steroid ball. |
Q - Why did you choose the
categories that you did? There's no Home Run for batting or
Strikeout for Pitching?
A
- It started out as a subjective exercise. We included two
categories for both pitchers and position players that would form the
basis for value, which we determined to be use. Thus Games
Played, Innings Pitched, and Plate Appearances came into the picture
first. After those, we wanted to include a Defensive
Category,
Dependent (On Team Play) Production Categories such as Wins, Saves, Run
Production,
and Less Dependent Categories such as On Base Percentage and Earned Run
Average. Why not Home Runs or Strikeouts? We think
that
Home Runs and Strikeouts, independent of other categories, represent
less value than other statistics. In the end, it was our goal
to
create an index that mirrored the way payroll is judged, and through a
lot of interpolation, the final six categories for each were determined
to have the greatest value to that goal.
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Q - Can the PEVA and RAVE values
be used in my Fantasy Baseball league?
A
- Both the PEVA and RAVE statistics have value for Fantasy baseball
players, although the defensive component for Position Players should
be accounted for in some scoring systems. For example, a
catcher
could have a higher value than a first baseman due to his Field Value,
but would not score higher if only offensive statistics are used in
your fantasy league. The Baseball Evaluation system was
developed
for historic comparisons tied to payroll value and not with Fantasy
Baseball in mind. However, PEVA for the year prior, and RAVE
weighted for the three years prior, can provide a good guideline to
value as well as durability.
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Q - Is there going to be a Baseball Evaluation book?
A - At some
point in the future, a book is possible, although it is our intention
at this time to focus on the website and data files. Career Track data files
are now available, listing Yearly Player Grades and Salary Projections
for all players in history. Check out our career page for
details on ordering BE Career Track.
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Q - Will there be a list of the
best players in baseball history or the
best years ever in baseball history, according to total PEVA values?
A
- Yes, go to our homepage for an index of our Best Ever Lists for Years
and Careers, including the Team by Team Franchise Best Lists for
current and past franchises. |
Q - When I see Major League
Service Time listed (MLST), how can I
compare that to the Experience Equivalent Quotient (EXPEQ) developed by
the
Baseball Evaluation system?
A
- While EXPEQ is formatted on a year and percentage basis versus the
standard year and days basis, you can get a coordinated comparison by
taking the days basis of MLST (for example 1.142) and dividing the 142
days by 172. This would give you a percentage that when added
to
the year component of 1 gives a direct comparison to EXPEQ.
1.142
MLST compares to 1.826 EXPEQ. |
Q - In
the pages of the website for PEVA values (Performance Evaluation), when
a player is ranked ahead of another, but their values are the same
(i.e. at the Maximum SPRO level of 32), does the rank indicate a more
valuable player.
A
- Yes. More valuable in the sense of their
performance
level for that year, but not in the value they would receive in salary
compensation.
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Q
- Why is the salary shown in SPRO (Salary Projections)
for some players so much lower than current free agent contracts given?
Torii Hunter just got $90 million for 5 years.
A
- But should he have? It seems that every year,
several
players exceed a reasonable contract level for their services.
Should someone in Major League baseball get $90 million for 5
years and can the SPRO system at baseballevaluation.com come up with
that value? Yes, but that player should be a consummate and
perennial All-Star level player, with a chance for All-Pro status.
Torii Hunter, while a very good player, All-Star level for
two
seasons, does not qualify, in our opinion, for that category.
His
on base percentage is low for a maximum level player, and although this
past season was his best, the majority of his career has been played at
just below All-Star level, despite his highlight reel defensive prowess
and capable bat. The contract given by Los Angeles was for a
player at the All-Star level and beyond. It will be several
years
before we see whether the contract was a wise decision. In
our
opinion, it is doubtful that it will be, particularly in the out years
of the contract. |
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rights reserved. The Baseball Evaluation system was developed
independently of Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball
Players Association and is not endorsed by or associated in
any
way with either organization.
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