John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
THE 2010 FIELDING BIBLE AWARDS have been officially announced after the first unanimous winner in the five-year history of the Fielding Bible Awards. Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina won his fourth consecutive Fielding Bible Award with a perfect score of 100, 26 points ahead of second-place finisher Carlos Ruiz. Joining Molina as repeat winners are Ichiro [...]
November 1, 2010
Tags: Bill James, Bill James Handbook, defense, Fielding Bible, Hardball Times Annual, Peter Gammons Posted in: awards, book, fielding, John Dewan, Stat of the Week, stats 
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John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
Who are the Favorites for the Fielding Bible and Gold Glove Awards (part 2)? Picking up where we left off last week, here’s a rundown of the best fielders at the remaining four positions: left field, center field, right field, and pitcher. (In the charts below, each player’s Defensive Runs Saved appears next to his [...]
October 6, 2010
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John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
Who are the Favorites for the Fielding Bible and Gold Glove Awards? With a week left in the regular season, let’s take a look at the leading contenders for baseball’s post-season defensive awards using Defensive Runs Saved as the key measure. This week we look at infielders and catchers. Next week we’ll take a look [...]
September 27, 2010
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John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
2010 Defensive All-Stars With the All-Star Game being played tonight, it’s time to take a look at who the Defensive All-Stars are. While there isn’t a Home Run Derby for defense, these fielders’ contributions have had a tremendous impact on their team’s performance. Here are our current Defensive Runs Saved leaders: 2010 Runs Saved Leaders [...]
July 13, 2010
Tags: defense, Fielding Bible, Marlon Byrd, runs saved Posted in: All Star Game, fielding, John Dewan, Stat of the Week, stats 2 Comments
John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
Who are the Fielding Bible Award winners for 2009? THE 2009 FIELDING BIBLE AWARDS have been officially announced after one of the closest races in the history of the award centered around the keystone sack. Second basemen Aaron Hill, Dustin Pedroia and Chase Utley finished with 76, 76 and 73 points respectively, forcing a tie-breaking [...]
November 2, 2009
Tags: Aaron Hill, Albert Pujols, Bill James, Carl Crawford, Fielding Bible, Franklin Gutierrez, Hardball Times, Ichiro Suzuki, Jack Wilson, Mark Buehrle, Ryan Zimmerman, Yadier Molina Posted in: awards, book, fielding, John Dewan, Stat of the Week, stats No Comments
John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
The Latest Scoop In the previous edition of Stat of the Week, we took a small sample from Baseball Info Solutions’ Enhanced Fielding data to compare Jason Giambi and Mark Teixeira‘s ability to scoop bad throws at first base. We showed that while Teixeira scoops more balls than Giambi, he also plays the field more [...]
August 26, 2009
Tags: Baseball Info Solutions, Derrek Lee, Fielding Bible, Jason Giambi, John Dewan, Mark Teixeira Posted in: book, John Dewan, Stat of the Week, stats No Comments
John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™
How many scoops? The most recent edition of ESPN‘s Wednesday Night Baseball pitted the New York Yankees against the Tampa Bay Rays. Rick Sutcliffe, former major leaguer and current ESPN color commentator, was talking about the Yankee defense in 2009 and made note of the change at first base this year, from Jason Giambi to [...]
August 3, 2009
Tags: Bill James, Derrek Lee, ESPN, Fielding Bible, John Dewan, New York Yankees, Rick Sutcliffe, Tampa Bay Rays Posted in: John Dewan, Stat of the Week, stats One Comment
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