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Another one bites the dust | bojankoprivica — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:27:02 +0000

[...] perhaps, previous steps? There are at least two other researches on this topic. Dan Turkenkopf wrote about it more than three years ago and Dave Allen took a similar approach as I did back in 2009. When I [...]

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shawndgoldman — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:08:33 +0000

Dan,

This stuff is great! I have a question for you: why not take this method to its logical extreme? You’re limiting yourself to pitches in the dirt, but why not divide the area the catcher covers into a number of zones, calculate the average passed ball/wild pitch rate for each zone… and then compare each catcher’s WP/passed ball for each zone to the norm. This would make the stat very much like an UZR for catchers.

Would this be too much work? Most of the math for this should already be in place.

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Jack Doran — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:58:26 +0000

Is the cbp available as a regular stat? I have been talking about this exact stat for a year and believe the info needs to be seen by the general baseball public. It’s a very meaningful metric for both runs allowed and the fear pitchers have in throwing balls near the dirt when runners are on (especially 3rd).

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Seriously… A New Post??? « Far From Port — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:23:50 +0000

[...] good behind the plate as I mentioned earlier. However, as shown in past blogs by Dan Turkenkopf in 07, 08, and 09. Bard has been about average defensively. He has continually gotten worse and I suspect [...]

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2009 Catcher Defense: Filling in the Holes (yet again) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:05:32 +0000

[...] in the links provided. Versions of WOWY for catchers have also been done by Brian Cartwright and Dan Turkenkopf. I would do it that way if I could. The main issue is that 1) it’s pretty complicated, and [...]