Clemente: Inner circle of the elite, or on his way?

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

The very fact that WAR is computed differently by BBR and Fangraphs only adds to my nervous tick. When it comes to statistical analysis, I'm a very precise guy (shocking, right?). I don't like that I have to qualify which site I'm taking my information from when entering into a discussion. The talking heads at BBR and Fangraphs need to lock themselves in a room, agree upon one formula, and then blow smoke for the world to see, like when the Pope has been named by the College of Cardinals.

Computed differently and essentially in secret. You can't just punch in some numbers and check their work.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Tabe

Computed differently and essentially in secret. You can't just punch in some numbers and check their work.

And it makes me nuts!

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

Don't forget Rob Deer.

Best wishes,

Larry

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Or, Rob Deer. The Brewers always had one of those guys when I was growing up. Gorman Thomas was the first. Nobody in baseball had more homers than Stormin' Gorman's 175 between 1978 and 1982. But he had a 27.5% K rate (and 28.6% for his career). I'll never understand how he could play center field. He wasn't exactly swift of foot. He looked like a weekend softball player. BBR lists him at 6'2" 210 lbs. I think that second number was being a little generous. Deer stepped in when Gorman left town. 215 home runs between '86 and '93 for Milwaukee, and a few years in Detroit. He also K'd 1,298 times in 3,645 ABs-a whopping 35.6%.

I watched Deer whiff many times before leaving for Texas.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

And it makes me nuts!

Add it to the long list of things, right?

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Tabe

Add it to the long list of things, right?

Hey now! I'm nuts in a fun way, not a "get the straight jacket, Uncle Wilbur is playing Duck Duck Goose with his imaginary friends again" way.