Comments on: Quality Starts and George Bush http://baybridgebaseball.com/2009/06/quality-starts-and-george-bush/ An A's-Giants blog Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:49:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dk http://baybridgebaseball.com/2009/06/quality-starts-and-george-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2948 dk Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:35:05 +0000 http://baybridgebaseball.com/?p=1178#comment-2948 the problem with the quality start stat is that if a pitcher goes 9 innings and gives up 4 earned runs (4.00 ERA), or 8 innings and 4 earned runs (4.50 ERA), that does not get counted as a quality start. the problem with the quality start stat is that if a pitcher goes 9 innings and gives up 4 earned runs (4.00 ERA), or 8 innings and 4 earned runs (4.50 ERA), that does not get counted as a quality start.

]]> By: Brad Jensen http://baybridgebaseball.com/2009/06/quality-starts-and-george-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-2940 Brad Jensen Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:03:26 +0000 http://baybridgebaseball.com/?p=1178#comment-2940 As with all stats this one doesn't really say anything in a vacuum, but when looked together with other stats like ERA, walks to strikeouts, BA of balls put in play, total innings, etc you get a fuller picture of effectiveness. This stat is just another puzzle piece in figuring that out. Although Feldman has some flaws in logic as you point out, it would be interesting to know what the average innings pitched per quality start. Based on the pitchers listed above, I am guessing that those guys are also the guys that are going to be at the top of the list for innings pitched and complete games which further illustrates how flawed his thinking is, especially with the group ERA being considerably lower than 4.50. As with all stats this one doesn’t really say anything in a vacuum, but when looked together with other stats like ERA, walks to strikeouts, BA of balls put in play, total innings, etc you get a fuller picture of effectiveness. This stat is just another puzzle piece in figuring that out.

Although Feldman has some flaws in logic as you point out, it would be interesting to know what the average innings pitched per quality start. Based on the pitchers listed above, I am guessing that those guys are also the guys that are going to be at the top of the list for innings pitched and complete games which further illustrates how flawed his thinking is, especially with the group ERA being considerably lower than 4.50.

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