Tag: Chart of the Day

It should probably come as no surprise that the Braves are in the red in batting WPA, but below is a visual representation of their struggles so far.  Stats are through Monday’s games. Basically one or two clutch plays could vault you to the top, as has been the case with Diaz, who has not […]

Speed Score is a Bill James creation that’s been proven a fairly reliable indicator of performance in various aspects of baseball related to a player’s speed.  Here’s the BP definition, but it’s essentially a zero to ten scale based on five components: stolen base %, SB attempts as a % of opportunities, triples, GIDPs as […]

He’s not up with the major league team anymore, but I figured I’d post this anyway since today is his birthday.  Clint Sammons is seven months older than I am, so he’s turning 26 today.  He’s not much of a hitting prospect, as you can see from the chart, so his ceiling is that of […]

Unfortunately, I haven’t had time to get anything together yesterday or today.  For today, I’m going to re-post an image from FanGraphs instead, the WPA graph from Tuesday’s game.  Notice Carlos Beltran’s “stolen base.”

What happens when the ball reaches the outfield off of an Atlanta bat? That’s what happens (at least in 2009, through Sunday).  For Omar Infante, Jeff Francoeur, and Kelly Johnson, that’s a lot of fly outs.  McCann is the king of the pop-up, but he and Ross manage to leave the yard more often than […]

Ever wonder which Braves pitcher throws the most off-speed junk?  Today’s chart shows each Brave’s arsenal.  It includes everyone who’s pitched for the team so far this year, including the departed Blaine Boyer. Jeff Bennett’s fastball probably isn’t good enough to warrant being thrown over 80% of the time, I would think.

Among the hot topics this year for the Braves has been Jeff Francoeur’s new batting stance.  Has it helped, hurt, or neither?  It’s still probably too early to say, but we can look at some lesser-known stats for an indication.  These numbers are through Tuesday’s game. The “O” prefix represents pitches outside the strike zone, […]

In honor of the Braves’ top prospect, I present Tommy Hanson’s year-by-year ERA in the minor leagues.  He started his career in 2006 in rookie ball.  2007 was split between Rome and Myrtle Beach (A-A+), and 2008 between Myrtle Beach and Mississippi (AA).  He has started 2009 in Gwinnett (AAA).  Where he has pitched has […]

Derek Lowe will pitch tonight against Mike Hampton’s bionic arm, so we’ll examine one of the reason’s for Lowe’s career success.  Below is a chart of his batted ball profile for 2009. Because of his sinker, Lowe has always been an extreme ground ball pitcher, but this year his GB rate is actually down.  Fortunately […]

It’s an off day, so today’s chart is based on more of a big-picture view.  It’s Bobby Cox’s win percentage by year during his current tenure as the Braves’ manager.  I left off 1990 because he took over mid-season.  The win totals (on the right) for 1994-95 would be off a little because of the […]