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SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. Deserves)

MFS62 Dec 13 2012 08:00 AM

Hey, I just got the idea for a new game. Drop a Scrabble set, then close your eyes and pick up three tiles. Then you have to make up a baseball related acronym out of those letters. Later

Edgy MD Dec 13 2012 08:11 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

Here you go. Use this instead of a scrabble bag. I got VNH: Very Negligible Hits: Total of a batter's hits that are tiny little bleeders that roll to a stop between the mound and the shortstop or are flares that drop in when the defense can't decide whose job it is got catch them. Sure, Jeter is hitting .311 this year, but his VNH rate is 28%! That's unsustainable!

seawolf17 Dec 13 2012 08:24 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

QTO: Quality Take Offs Good jumps when stealing a base. "Bay isn't all that fast, but he gets a good read off the pitcher. He leads the team in QTOs, which is why he's 12-for-13 in stolen bases this year."

Ceetar Dec 13 2012 08:26 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

RZL:Runs in zone, lefties. The runs scored on balls hit to a fielder's zone by lefty batters. reduced to a +/- where zero is league average for that position.

MFS62 Dec 13 2012 08:27 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

HYC - Hyperbolic Yankee Clutchness He got one hit with men in scoring position in seventeen post season at bats. But it drove in the key ninth run in that exciting 11-2 win. Swisher's HYC percentage of .0588 is off the charts. Later

Benjamin Grimm Dec 13 2012 08:28 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

NFU: Non-fuckups. Instances when a player has a chance to make a mistake... but doesn't!

G-Fafif Dec 13 2012 09:38 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

FGB: Full Game Blown For the pitch, misplay or plate appearance on which a loss can be pinned.

Ceetar Dec 13 2012 09:45 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

DWH: Defense While Hitting. The overall rating of the opponents defense while a player is hitting, as compared to the team's defense against everyone else. Used to measure things like if fast runners force fielders to rush into more mistakes than their more lumbering counterparts.

bmfc1 Dec 13 2012 09:46 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

HWW: numbers of Hours you feel like you Wasted Watching the Mets.

Mets – Willets Point Dec 13 2012 10:48 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

KDV: Strike Delivery Variance - measures the differences in rate of strikes thrown for different deliveries by a pitcher.

RealityChuck Dec 13 2012 11:08 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

KxP Strikes vs pitcher. The percentage of strikes against a batter for each pitcher he faces.

Chad Ochoseis Dec 13 2012 11:33 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

GUZ - Grass Ultimate Zone - UZR, on grass only.

Edgy MD Dec 13 2012 11:44 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

Ozzie Smith was quite the Guzzler.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 13 2012 12:25 PM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

SPK: Swings per Knuckler, for RAD's more Bugs-y offerings.

Edgy MD Dec 13 2012 12:31 PM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

JLC: Juggles Lost at Catcher Posada was a good hitting catcher but he led the league in JLC eight times in 10 years. I swear every time I went to the park he dropped about three foul tips that shoulda been strike three.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 13 2012 12:45 PM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

TUV: Throw-Under Value; measure of player's ability to accrue undeserved tabloid-press blame to himself-- whether voluntarily or involuntarily-- in order to draw heat from another, more deserving target in the same organization. Rodriguez's body may be failing with increasing regularity, and his on-field skills markedly degrading, but his dating habits, taste in commissioned art, and general shmuckiness give him a TUV unsurpassed by any third-baseman in the modern era.

Edgy MD Dec 13 2012 12:56 PM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

Damn. Some of these have a real analytical utility.

seawolf17 Dec 13 2012 01:25 PM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

BGS: Bay Groundouts to Short "Hall of Fame voters have to look at the fact that he lead the league in BGS every single year, even after he washed out with the Mets and signed with Seattle and won the 2013 AL MVP."

Edgy MD Dec 14 2012 07:41 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

Went for a four-letter today. I got FVYJ. I was puzzled for a moment before recognizing it. Factored Value of Youthful Judgment: The plus-minus figure added to a player's value on the trade market in light of reports of his bahavior during his developmental years. Who cares about Valdespin missing two weeks of at-bats in Caracas? The real effect of his winter suspension is its impact on on his FVYJ, It was already down in Alhaji Turay territory, but now it's careening toward Brien Taylor and Josh Hamilton. All-time FVYJ legends.

G-Fafif Dec 14 2012 07:52 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

PMU: Past Met Underperformance. Alomar's PMU rating went unchallenged until the 2010-2012 tenure of Bay, which shattered even the Fosterian standard set in 1982.

Fman99 Dec 14 2012 08:08 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

For those of you at work you can use this site to generate your own 3 or 4 letter random acronym. http://www.dave-reed.com/Nifty/randSeq.html I will throw mine out there later today. OE: Sorry, just saw this link earlier in the thread.

Fman99 Dec 14 2012 08:21 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

MXI: Milledge-inspired Crossdressing Incidents -- or "Millies" -- the number of times as a rookie that a player is forced to wear ladies clothing on team flights. Daniel Murphy holds the standard Met record with 14 Millies in his 2008 rookie season, including 3 wearing a pink ballerina tutu.

Ashie62 Dec 14 2012 10:51 AM Re: SCaRs - Statistical Coinages at Random (split fr. R.A. D

DNZ: Douchebag nitwit Zimmer