Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Bill Simmons Fun Sabermetric Statistics #3

The third sabermetric stat he mentions is UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating):

Formula: Really complicated go here for more information

Goal: To calculate the batted balls cost or saved in each of those 64 zones during the course of the season, then determine each fielder's efficiency from his cost/saved total versus what it should have been. Ascreator Mitchel Lichtman says, UZR is "the number of runs above or below average a fielder is in both range runs, outfield arm runs, double play runs and error runs combined."

Flaw: A tendency for wile fluctuations in the year-to-year data.

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