tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17907776.post1975586423366031086..comments2024-01-08T14:50:08.705-05:00Comments on Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog: Is Inge a Rally Killer?Lee Panashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17148118898954670307noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17907776.post-61976690689348605082009-02-10T00:19:00.000-05:002009-02-10T00:19:00.000-05:00Lee/Tiger337:Yes, that does answer my question, at...Lee/Tiger337:<BR/><BR/>Yes, that does answer my question, at least as it relates to Inge. <BR/><BR/>Based upon viewing the games, that's very surprising to me! But I guess we have to confidently say that Inge consistently performs better than average with RISP.<BR/><BR/>Thanks.White Bonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745983403055912381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17907776.post-889832466666231832009-02-09T22:03:00.000-05:002009-02-09T22:03:00.000-05:00David, sorry I meant to say in the the previous po...David, sorry I meant to say in the the previous post that those numbers were RBI% with runners in scoring position. Runners on first base were left out of that calculation. Does that answer your question?tiger337https://www.blogger.com/profile/08810783475736994428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17907776.post-22624159214246471342009-02-09T21:50:00.000-05:002009-02-09T21:50:00.000-05:00Lee, Perhaps my post wasn't clear. Inge's persona...Lee, <BR/><BR/>Perhaps my post wasn't clear. Inge's personal numbers vs. the league average were in the original article.<BR/><BR/>What I was hypothesizing was that perhaps the RBI% from the #6 and #7 spots in the order (where Inge usually bats, I believe), then they are in the other seven spots.<BR/><BR/>Is that more clear?White Bonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745983403055912381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17907776.post-46813389688023184832009-02-09T21:19:00.000-05:002009-02-09T21:19:00.000-05:00David, Here are Inge's RBI percentages versus the ...David, Here are Inge's RBI percentages versus the AL average:<BR/><BR/>2008 Inge 32.0 Lge 28.9<BR/>2007 30.8 29.3<BR/>2006 29.6 29.3<BR/>2005 34.2 29.2<BR/>2004 32.4 29.5<BR/><BR/>Leetiger337https://www.blogger.com/profile/08810783475736994428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17907776.post-75165118727725180792009-02-09T11:16:00.000-05:002009-02-09T11:16:00.000-05:00Your analysis covered five full seasons, and so I ...Your analysis covered five full seasons, and so I would certainly guess that the following scenario would be consumed by the quantity, BUT, if you have the means to run these numbers....<BR/><BR/>....It's possible that a batter who hits low in the batting order (like Inge) could have an above average RBI/(Men On Base) ratio because they're hitting after the power hitters, and therefore they come White Bonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745983403055912381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17907776.post-73258745399036106482009-02-06T09:28:00.000-05:002009-02-06T09:28:00.000-05:00Joda, I don't twist statistics to make players loo...Joda, I don't twist statistics to make players look good or bad. I didn't start looking at RBI% with Inge in mind. I did it to present a new way at looking at RBI. I was as surprised as anyone to see him doing so well on the statistic. He is not a good hitter but maybe he hasn't hurt them as much as some say.<BR/><BR/>I agree that his ideal role would be utility. However, the Tigers were hurt Lee Panashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148118898954670307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17907776.post-38997628792046475762009-02-06T09:08:00.000-05:002009-02-06T09:08:00.000-05:00Inge is terrible! People want him to succeed becau...Inge is terrible! People want him to succeed because he is a white American born player. You can twist statistics to show anything you want them to. Inge would be an average utility player, he can play different positions but he is not a big league starter. The tigers will struggle if he is in the lineup.joda2424https://www.blogger.com/profile/08884953560099099022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17907776.post-66761078361075069712009-02-04T13:11:00.000-05:002009-02-04T13:11:00.000-05:00There is no question that Inge strikes out too muc...There is no question that Inge strikes out too much and doesn't get on base enough. We don't need to do research to know that. He's not a good hitter. That is exactly the reason why his relatively high RBI percentage is surprising. <BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, he strikes out 25% of the time with runners on base and 24.4% of the time with the bases empty.Lee Panashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17148118898954670307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17907776.post-64839620994887177422009-02-04T12:51:00.000-05:002009-02-04T12:51:00.000-05:00OldEnglish is hinting around a good question. Is I...OldEnglish is hinting around a good question. Is Inge all or nothing in RBI situations? <BR/><BR/>I would say the impression of Inge as a rally killer could still be born out if we discover that he has a higher than usual strike out rate in RBI situations. <BR/><BR/>He might drive in a higher percentage of the runners on base than other players but he might also make it less likely for the guy John Wyatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209802090031852269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17907776.post-24959627855966818492009-02-03T13:06:00.000-05:002009-02-03T13:06:00.000-05:00This really is surprising to me, as I've seen more...This really is surprising to me, as I've seen more frustrating strikeouts than I can count, most notably when Mariano Rivera walked two batters to load the bases to get to Inge, and predictably, he struck out.OldEnglishDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13385011349695413159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17907776.post-38445926929600062622009-02-03T06:46:00.000-05:002009-02-03T06:46:00.000-05:00More Hardball wants to know who has the hottest fa...More Hardball wants to know who has the hottest fans in baseball. We’ll be running a set of posts over the following weeks featuring images of each teams’ hotties, with a voting poll to crown a champion. We’re started with the AL East and we’re now moving on to the AL Central. Sticking true to Major League Baseball’s roots, there will be an eight team playoff system where the winners of each GM-Carsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06805746782773160139noreply@blogger.com