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From: bk713@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kimon Zachary)
Subject: Re: ALL-Troublemaker Team  :)
Reply-To: bk713@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kimon Zachary)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 23:43:17 GMT


In a previous article, jdg40@pecan.spa.amdahl.com (Jeff Gee) says:

>In article <1992Apr13.083901.2325@ducvax.auburn.edu> kenneth@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:
>>POS Player Name                    Reason
>>--- ------------------------------ -------------------------------------------
>P    Dave Stewart		    Soliciting a transvestite
>SS   Jose Uribe			    (unsubtantiated) assault
>OF   Luis Polonia		    statuatory rape
>
1B   Don Mattingly		   arrested for urinating in public
					(this was a while ago, ?1985 or 6)

-- 
Kimon Zachary			"I stand by all the misstatements that
JHU School of Med.			I've made." --Dan Quayle
Baltimore, MD			
Another Greek from Massachusetts				
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: puerta@mcs-next-10.stanford.edu (Angel Puerta)
Subject: Need MLB Schedule
Reply-To: puerta@camis.stanford.edu
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 00:23:38 GMT



Does anybody have on line the full 92 MLB Schedule?. If so, please e-mail it to  
me.
Thanks, many.


--
Angel Puerta
puerta@camis.stanford.edu
From: dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David M Tate)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Subjective trivia question
Date: 9 Apr 92 05:05:01 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

Here's a cute alternative to arguing about Frank vs. Cecil or the value of
errors in evaluating defensive value.

Who would be your pick as the best offensive player to never lead the league
in any major offensive category?  (Major off. cats. are BA, OBP, SLG, H, R,
RBI, 2B, 3B, HR, BB, SB).  I have somebody in mind, but I'll wait to see who
else gets nominated.

-- 
          David M. Tate            |"The man who hath no music in himself
     dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu       | Nor is not moved by concord of sweet sound
  A poem should be dumb, / As old  | Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoils
 medallions to the thumb.-MacLeish | 	Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice", A.V
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From: claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Re: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Cubs Win!
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 03:06:40 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.224824.18302@lmpsbbs.mot.com> stanm@comm.mot.com writes:

>I don't want to flame Nelson on this, but how many times during the year does the 
>wind at Wrigley blow out? Not as often as you'd think. Also, most of the hitters who love Wrigley Field eat up Cubs pitching for lunch. Thus, it's better to be visiting
>Wrigley rather than making it your home, in some cases. 

*Even* when winds are not blowing out, Wrigley is still a pretty good offensive
park; otherwise, the numbers would not show such a great offensive inflation
in Wrigley.  Winds never blow in Atlanta, but the ball carries; winds always
blow in Candlestick, but they cause fewer homers to be hit.  It's not just the
wind.

>Somebody please back me up on this.

I don't really have the raw numbers, but Pursue the Pennant, which is usually
pretty good at evaluating ballpark effects, (with lower number meaning higher
offense) gave Wrigley a 6 in CF when winds are now blowing.  (For comparative
purposes, Cincinnati is also 6, while Houston is a 21.)  When winds are blowing
out, the rating is an immortal 1.  So, if we can trust the guys at PtP, even
when winds aren't blowing, Wrigley is nothing short of already best in offense
in the majors, and when winds are blowing out, the offense becomes divine.
(When winds blow in, it has a 13, which is about middle of the pack.)

===============================================================================
GO CALIFORNIA ANGELS!
Charter Member of the Acker-o-phobics Anonymous
===============================================================================
Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: CAVGEOE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu
Subject: Trivia -- One more time!/Response to Reds Fans
Organization: Yale University
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 92 15:07:08 EDT

     I got all of one response to my trivia question the first time
I posted it, but I still find it interesting and pretty difficult,
so here it is again:
 
Which two active pitchers have won 10 games in each of the last 9 years
(1983-1991)?  I didn't give the number of years last time; maybe this
will help.
 
A clue (appeared as another question last post): 5 pitchers who have not
done this, but have won at least 10 games in 8 of the last 9 years, are
Nolan Ryan (missed in 1987 -- Tom White got this one), Charlie Hough
(only 9 wins last year!), Jack Morris (missed in 1989), Frank Viola
(a year too late -- didn't win 10 till 1984), and Bob Welch (7 wins in
1986).  Now, which two pitchers haven't missed 10 wins in this time?
 
Please take some guesses!
 
Jeff Caveney
GO BRAVES!
1st Place -- the magic number is 161!
 
Nota Bene, Flaming Reds Fans: I'm just *kidding*.  Of course Dibble
is better than Pena (though our bullpen is much deeper -- Wohlers is
in the *minors*), does that mean I can't enjoy the fact that we tagged
him for two huge ninth-inning homers late last year?  Or make a joke
about the Reds losing their home opener?  Hey, if you win this year,
crack back, I can take it.  There's a difference between rooting for
a team (and taking a few shots at rivals in jest) and letting biases
affect evaluations of players.  For the record, my 24-player NL
Rotisserie team has no Reds or Braves on it -- I just took the best
available every round and that's the way it came out.  I don't have
a special hatred for the Reds (that's reserved for LA :-)), just the
normal attitude a fan of a defending champ would take towards a
defending 5th place team that's fast becoming the consensus pick.
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: luigi@sgi.com (Randy Palermo)
Subject: Re: Least Valuable Players (career)
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 19:59:19 GMT

In article <204627@unix.cis.pitt.edu> dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David M Tate) writes:
>Everyone loves to argue about MVP's, but I want to introduce a new concept:
>the LVP.  The LVP is the player who costs your team the most just by being
>in the lineup.  In order to avoid confusion (given that the very worst 
>players never make it to the majors at all), we'll make this a cumulative
>stat, so that a true LVP is LVP by virtue of being pathetic for long periods
>of time.  
>
Some stuff deleted******
>
>I've scanned about half of the _TB_ ratings, and come up with a few of the
>all-time career LVP candidates.  I'll let you guess who the #1 player on the
>list so far is.  (Numbers through 1990 season.)
>
>Player			Batting		SB runs		Fielding	Total
>
>???????????		 -269		  -22		  -32		-323
>Tom Thevenow		 -297		   0		    9		-289
>Granny Hamner		 -145		   0		 -138		-283
>Joe Dugan		 -151		   ?		 -105		-256
>Ivy Olson		 -216		   ?		  -32		-248
>Julian Javier		 -182		   3		  -67		-246
>Tim Foli		 -297		  -9		  70		-238
>Felix Millan		 -103		  -6		 -128		-237
>Rafael Ramirez		 -162		 -11		  -43		-216
>Denny Doyle		 -138		 -13		  -60		-211
>Roger Metzger		 -178		   3		  -35		-210
>
>Dishonorable mention:  Frank DeMaestri, Chico Fernandez, Tito Fuentes, Chick
>			Galloway, Damaso Garcia, Mario Guerrero, Hal Janvrin,
>			Billy Martin, Eddie Brinkman, Dal Maxvill.
>
>Any guesses on The Champion?
>
Chuck Hiller and Jose Pagan come to mind.

I'm not sure know about the champion but I refuse to believe any poll about
LVP unless Jose Uribe's name is prominently displayed....unless he's the
champion, of course. :^)

luigi
--
Randy Palermo   luigi@csd.sgi.com    Fax: (415)961-6502
Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd Mt. View, CA 94039
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. --Steven Wright
From: cubsfan@camelot.bradley.edu (Michael Silverman)
Subject: Who is Rosenthal, P, Rangers?
Organization: Bradley University
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:09:23 GMT

Is Rosenthal, the Rangers pitcher the next in line for closer
duties after Russel has his inevitable injury?

I know Rosenthal got 3 or 4 save in spring training - does anybody
know any more about him?
From: currie@Software.Mitel.COM (Kim Currie)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Glenn Davis Injured?
Date: 13 Apr 92 12:10:10 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.

I haven't seen Glenn Davis in the Oriole's lineup since
opening day.  Can someone e-mail me with information on
his status?


Thanks,
Kim

Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: epstein@sunc2.cs.uiuc.edu (Milt Epstein)
Subject: The history of OBA (Re: The Statheads Strike Back!)
Reply-To: epstein@cs.uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 05:29:08 GMT

In <4!lj8jn.mzimmers@netcom.com> mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers) writes:

>
>[discussion of manager's use of stats deleted stuff deleted]
>
>I know that Branch Rickey invented OBA, but
>that's one data point in what I'd guess to be about 5,000 managers so
>far this century.

I'm pretty sure that OBA has been around since before the turn of the
century (perhaps in a slightly different form).  I think it would be
more accurate to say that Rickey pushed the use of OBA (e.g. instead
of BA).  Does anyone have more precise info of this?

-- 
Milt Epstein
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois
epstein@cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: CAVGEOE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu
Subject: Re: Least valuable players
Organization: Yale University
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 15:21:28 EDT

In article <10010571@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
mjs@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Marc Sabatella) writes:
 
>
>I was leafing through Total Baseball the other day, seeing if any of my
>personal anti-heroes would have made the LVP list.  I found Butch Hobson to be
>the listings, I found lots of players with net career value of <-200 runs.
>A surprising percentage were outfielders...
>
Actually it's not so surprising when you consider that Thorn and Palmer
adjusted for the average offensive production from the position in the
league.  Outfielders were held to a much higher standard than shortstops.
 
Jeff
 
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Marc "Dave" Sabatella		Disclaimer: OPS is not the One True Statistic
>marc@hpmonk.fc.hp.com		that makes all others obsolete
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>"Mmmm... po-ta-to chips" - Homer Simpson's thoughts
>                           going into the most "clutch" at bat of his life
 
Not that .sigs are worth being picky about but Homer's clutch *plate
appearance* was not an *at bat*.  He got hit by a pitch, remember?
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: kenf@darkstar.cso.uiuc.edu (Ken Fortenberry)
Subject: Re: no-hitters
Reply-To: kenf@uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:29:09 GMT

In article <92104.201021IO20456@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> <IO20456@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>  
writes:
> Who out there thinks that the qualifications should be changed for
> a no-hitter, to having to pitch at least 8 innings for a complete game if
> you are pitching for the away team (and that wasn't Young's fault either)?

I like the rule the way it is. Young pitched 8 innings of no-hit
baseball. He did not pitch a no-hitter.

--
Ken Fortenberry ------------ kenf@uiuc.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Computing & Communications Services Office
1304 W. Springfield Ave.  Urbana, IL 61801
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Re: Eckersley NOT better than Fingers
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 18:45:09 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.181805.27478@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> glb50263@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Gary L. Blickhan) writes:
>jlundy@bilbo.encore.com (Joe Lundy) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Apr15.082408.1891@Princeton.EDU>, niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc "Ibuprofen" Nieporent) writes:
>
>>|> 77		14-13 3.53
>>...including no-hitter
>
>>[Illustrious career of Dennis Eckersley condensed:]
>
>
>Including a no-hitter...  Does anybody remember the no-hitters of Steve Busby?
>
>Who?   (you say).   Same with Eckersley.   You condensed "the illustrious   
>career", forgetting to show us the Eck's truly illustrious 6-11, 4.something
>ERA with Chicago...

And that is 17 decisions.  I don't know how many games is that, but it is
very selective to evaluate a player who played for >10 seasons on 17 decisions,
particularly since the Cubs were anything but good during those years.

Steve Avery also went 6-11 in '90, I think.  If he were then traded to
some other team, will you say that he "sucks" even if he had a great year?

===============================================================================
GO CALIFORNIA ANGELS!
Charter Member of the Acker-o-phobics Anonymous
===============================================================================
Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
From: andrew@rentec.com (Andrew Mullhaupt)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: NL East( Smiley trade's impact )
Date: 6 Apr 92 03:14:43 GMT
Organization: Renaissance Technologies Corp., Setauket, NY.

In article <1992Apr3.000738.15944@terminator.cc.umich.edu> rjs@home.merit.edu (Robert J. Skrobola) writes:

	[ Relating to Hojo's numbers]
>      OPS
>1991 .877
>1990 .753
>1989 .928
>1988 .765
>
>Ave OPS .831

I would like to know if we are remembering Hojo's surgery year (1990) in this
dispute? It would appear that 1991 vindicate's his doctor's skill. This would
tend to argue against a down year.

Later,
Andrew Mullhaupt
From: s5170748@deimos.ucc.umass.edu (THAN LEE)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Trivia: What to the numbers mean...?
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:38:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: deimos.9APR199213382467
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <92099.185021GRM100@psuvm.psu.edu>, GRM100@psuvm.psu.edu writes...
>Here's a bit of trivia from our college paper...
> 
>Give the significance of the number and the player
>who holds the record.
> 
>1) .424      Highest BA maybe
  Nap Lajoie, right?
>2) 2.17      lowest era 
  For someone's career?
>3) 56        \
  DiMaggio streak
>4) 57        /  Is one of these 50's, Hershisers inning streak
  This one is
>5) 61
  Maris HRs
>6) 190
  Hack Wilson RBI (most in season)
>7) 511
  Cy Young wins (most ever)
>8) 755       HR career?
  Hank Aaron, of course
>9) 5511      Hits career?   Pete Rose?
>10) 7
  Nolan Ryan no hitters (most ever)
> 
 Than Lee
>Any suggestions?  Good luck..I post the answers when the next paper
>arrives....at the end of april.....
> 
>grant
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: gmkumar@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (G. Mahinthakumar)
Subject: why righty-righty match-up?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: rec.sport.baseball
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 23:51:42 GMT

Hi Netters,
This is my first posting to rsb although I've been following
it for the past 6 months. This could be something very obvious,
but I cannot hold this question any longer. Here it goes..

Is it true that right handed batters hit better against
right handed pitchers?  or is it the other way around?

If so, why?

-Kumar

PS:
My office mate is a little league coach and he says that
it is just statistical evidence
From: monty@SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM (Monty Norwood)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Kevin Young-Pirate 3B of the Future?
Date: 13 Apr 92 17:39:11 GMT
Organization: Harris Computers Systems Division, Fort Lauderdale,FL

In article <204718@unix.cis.pitt.edu> dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David M Tate) writes:
>
>You're clearly spending too much quality time with Sarah Elizabeth, and not
>enough long hours poring over the net :-).

>>Tonight is scheduled to be 
>>the seven-week-old's first baseball game in person.
>
>Ah, two birds with one stone.  Good idea :-).

I was too amused to let this go by without posting.

My first son was born just in time for opening day. A week late, he arrived
with daylight savings time on 4/5/92. The hospital had ESPN & WGN on their cable
system so my wife, new child, and I watched opening day games on Monday and
the Cubs opener on Tuesday. He will probably grow up to be a Marlins fan,
though.

Hope to take him to his first live game next year when the Marlins begin play.

Monty
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: mbk45850@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (James Bond)
Subject: Injuries
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 06:55:35 GMT


	What a first couple of days in baseball!  What is with all these
injuries?  Dykstra, Galarraga, Oquendo, Ryan, Sabo, am I missing anyone?
All I can say is that I'm glad none of these guys were on my Roto team.
I wonder who will get injured tomorrow?


	FINAL SCORE:  White Sox: 10    Angels: 4

One of many dingers for Big Frank Thomas, and one of many wins for 
BlackJack McDowell!


						White Sox in '92,

						Matt

Owner of the 2nd place in '91 PENNANT SHARKS of the Greater University of
Illinois Rotessiere Baseball League!
From: jaykay@orion.oac.uci.edu (R. Jayakrishnan)
Subject: Re: What's up with the Rangers?
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 10 Apr 92 23:07:56 GMT

In article <1992Apr10.141542.12463@news.nd.edu> dmeier@bashful.helios.nd.edu (daniel meier) writes:
>In article <texdude.702882715@cs1.bradley.edu> texdude@cs1.bradley.edu (Philip Allen) writes:
>>
>>Ranger pitching has given up two runs in the past three games.  And
>>they're still hitting a ton.  Has hell frozen over?
>>
>>I know that three good starts does not make a good pitching rotation,
>>but what if the Rangers *do* have decent pitching this year?
>>
>
>If the Rangers *do* have decent pitching this year, they will win it all.
>I don't know what the score was in the final game, and I know that three
>games don't make a season, but they have already scored over 20 runs this
>season.  Their offense is still there.
>
>By the way, how did Sierra do in the opening series, and how many of the R
>Rangers hit Home runs?


  Well, they have hit 38 runs in the first 4 games. Team pitching ERA is
  2.50 after 4 games. Pretty good start, I must say.

  As for HR hitters so far, I can count  Gonzales, Sierra, Palmer, Cangelosi
  and Monti Farris. Sierra had a three-run homer yesterday.

  But, boy am I surprised at the pitching !   Jeff Robinson, of all people
  went 8 innings giving up only one run and NO WALKS !!   I don't remember
  a Rangers pitcher going 8 innings without a walk in a long long time...

  It is too early, though.  I do remember the 15 game winning streak that
  they had last year and I do remember the way I jinxed them by complaining
  that nobody had noticed them... No, I wont say this start means anything !

  GO RANGERS !

  Jay           R. Jayakrishnan      jaykay@orion.oac.uci.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: glb50263@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Gary L. Blickhan)
Subject: The Answer
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 17:56:48 GMT

Okay, I stumped all of you 10000 page encyclopedia-carrying statheads.

The answer to the question "Who was Rollie Fingers bridge partner?" is


Ted Simmons (then catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers and now G.M. of the Pirates)!!!!!!!!!!!
From: roger@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Roger Lustig)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Subjective trivia question
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:52:17 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Princeton University
Originator: news@ernie.Princeton.EDU

In article <7822@travis.csd.harris.com> monty@SSD.CSD.HARRIS.COM (Monty Norwood) writes:
>In article <204742@unix.cis.pitt.edu> dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David M Tate) writes:
>
>Stuff deleted
>
>>Oh, so close.  Cochrane led the league (AL) in OBP in 1933, at .459, beating
>>the .449 posted by Jimmy Foxx for the same team (oof).  Max Bishop (.446),
>>*also* with the A's, was third.  That's some kind of astonishing top of the
>>order, especially with Foxx slugging .703.  The team was second in HR, first
>>in SLG, second in OBP(!), and finished...third.  Essentially tied for last
>>in team ERA.

>Was this the era of the fabulous baker bowl? 

Cute!

>I remember reading a funny 
>comment about the Philly outfielders having to wear gloves 
on the back of their
>heads to protect themselves from balls bouncing off the outfield walls.

>Anyway, the Baker Bowl was apparently quite a bandbox. Whether it was in use
>for the above mentiened season, I don't know.

Yes and no.  It was in use, but the *Phillies* played there.  We're
talking about the A's, who played at Shibe Park.  (Later named Connie
Mack Stadium.)

About which there's a wonderful book, btw.  Bruce Kuklick, _To Every
Thing A Season_.  Princeton UP, 1991. 

Roger
From: thornley@cs.umn.edu (David H. Thornley)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Who fields now?
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:54:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr8.205406.7637
Distribution: rec
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.

In article <1992Apr7.220342.10130@m.cs.uiuc.edu> silber@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Ami A. Silberman) writes:
>I know that in the AL (and most minor leagues, and most college games) if
>the designated hitter comes in to field a position, the pitcher must hit for
>himself.
>
>What happens if:
>a) The DH comes in to pitch?
>or
>b) A position player (lf for example) comes in to pitch?

Once the DH moves out onto the field or a player in the batting order replaces
the pitcher, the DH ability is lost for the duration of the game, and the
players on the field constitute the lineup.  Obviously, one player has to be
removed from the batting order (the DH or the pitcher or a fielder) and one
is added in that player's position in the lineup.

David Thornley
"Back to the Metromuffin on Friday"
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
From: CAVGEOE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu
Subject: Re: 1991 Cy Young -- Glavine vs. Martinez
Organization: Yale University
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 15:40:31 EDT

In article <1992Apr13.043616.12979@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>
cs902159@ariel.yorku.ca (DAVID A LISOGURSKI) writes:
 
>
>BTW, I really think Dennis Martinez should've won the Cy Young last year.
>I know he only had 14 wins, but if you only went by wins, Bill Gullickson
>should've won it in the AL.  Martinez had an ERA about 2.39 or something
>amazing like that, PLUS a perfect game.  And don't forget, he won those
>14 games on a last-place team!  WE WUZ ROBBED   (IMcorrectO)  :-)
>
>--Dave
 
     OK, let's toss out the wins and losses and compare Glavine and
Martinez by runs and innings.  It's true that Dennis has the better
ERA, 2.39 to 2.55.  He does even better in RA (counting unearned runs
as well), which many people (including me) think is a more accurate
measure of a pitcher's ability and rate of performance -- 2.84 to 3.03.
But these numbers are only *rates* -- surely you wouldn't argue that
Doug Dascenzo should win the Cy Young because he had a 0.00 RA. (I
think he pitched last year; anyway, you get the point.)  To measure
a pitcher's value, you have to multiply rate of performance by amount
of performance (innings pitched).  Thus, the stat which measures a
pitcher's value is IP/RA.  Glavine pitched 24 2/3 more innings than
Martinez, so Glavine's IP/RA is higher, 81.5 to 78.2.  Therefore, I
conclude that Glavine had more value (I haven't even adjusted for
the Launching Pad) than Martinez and deserved his Cy Young Award.
     NB: While I am a Braves fan, I did not invent this stat out of
thin air to provide a justification for Glavine's Cy Young.  I've
been using it to rank pitchers for a few years now.  I don't try
to use statistics to justify Pendleton's MVP.
 
Jeff Caveney
GO BRAVES! -- 4-2