Here's the #'s for a full season. Homeruns are based off away games to remove park effects as much as possible. HR/FB are supposedly based on luck, but you can see that clearly leading in GB % by 10% over the worst GB % team can still lead to giving up a higher % of HR/BIP (balls in play, ie minus strikeouts and walks).
The 3rd best team at keeping balls on the ground is the 2nd worst at keeping the ball in the park (clearly due to the highest HR/FB).
Overall you'd expect the #1 team in GB% to be 10% better than the #32 team, instead they're nearly 10% worse (in HR/BIP).
This could easily be because of sample size, but... is it? (or am I doing something wrong?)
| GB % Rank |
GB % |
% HR/FB |
HR/BIP |
HR/H |
| 9 |
55.9% |
8.1% |
3.5% |
12.5% |
| 17 |
54.1% |
7.9% |
3.6% |
12.2% |
| 21 |
53.7% |
8.0% |
3.7% |
11.5% |
| 5 |
56.1% |
8.9% |
3.9% |
13.3% |
| 2 |
58.5% |
9.6% |
4.0% |
12.0% |
| 12 |
54.5% |
8.8% |
4.0% |
14.0% |
| 14 |
54.5% |
8.8% |
4.0% |
12.4% |
| 13 |
54.5% |
9.1% |
4.1% |
13.1% |
| 26 |
52.6% |
8.8% |
4.2% |
14.2% |
| 6 |
55.9% |
9.4% |
4.2% |
13.0% |
| 22 |
53.7% |
9.0% |
4.2% |
12.7% |
| 23 |
52.8% |
8.9% |
4.2% |
12.5% |
| 32 |
51.2% |
8.6% |
4.2% |
14.8% |
| 10 |
55.4% |
9.4% |
4.2% |
12.6% |
| 24 |
52.8% |
8.9% |
4.2% |
13.3% |
| 19 |
53.9% |
9.2% |
4.2% |
14.0% |
| 25 |
52.8% |
9.3% |
4.4% |
14.8% |
| 7 |
55.9% |
10.0% |
4.4% |
14.3% |
| Avg |
54.3% |
9.6% |
4.4% |
14.0% |
| 20 |
53.9% |
9.6% |
4.4% |
13.1% |
| 31 |
51.9% |
9.3% |
4.5% |
13.7% |
| 28 |
52.4% |
9.5% |
4.5% |
14.2% |
| 1 |
61.7% |
11.9% |
4.6% |
15.0% |
| 30 |
51.9% |
9.6% |
4.6% |
15.2% |
| 4 |
56.5% |
10.7% |
4.7% |
14.8% |
| 11 |
54.8% |
10.4% |
4.7% |
15.5% |
| 18 |
53.9% |
10.4% |
4.8% |
14.6% |
| 15 |
54.3% |
10.9% |
5.0% |
16.0% |
| 16 |
54.3% |
11.0% |
5.0% |
15.4% |
| 8 |
55.9% |
11.5% |
5.1% |
15.1% |
| 29 |
52.2% |
10.9% |
5.2% |
17.3% |
| 3 |
56.7% |
12.4% |
5.3% |
17.0% |
| 27 |
52.4% |
11.3% |
5.4% |
15.6% |
8/21/2010 7:56 PM (edited)