Walks

[CubinNY]

Greetings to the 21st century. The intenets sure are keen.

 

The Cubs are 16-16. They've walked 101 times in 32 games, placing them in the bottom 1/3 of MLB and the 25th percentile in the NL.

 

The Cubs are averaging @ 3 walks per game. During the 16 wins they've averaged 3.5 walks/game and 2.75 walks/game in the 16 losses.

 

I did a Pearson R for walks and runs scored and the corelation is a miniscule .10. However, this could be due to the low number of walks the Cubs take.

 

The Cubs are currently 2nd in BA, 11th in SLG, 10th in OBP, and 12th in OPS, placing them in the 75th percentile in MLB.

 

I have to believe if the Cubs could just push their average walks/game up by 1 they would be right there among the league leaders in terms of wins.

 

I haven't looked closely at the number of walks given by Cub pitchers, but I'm fairly certian that if they could just push their average walks given/game down by one, they'd be that much better.

[TruffleShuffle]

I haven't looked closely at the number of walks given by Cub pitchers, but I'm fairly certian that if they could just push their average walks given/game down by one, they'd be that much better.

 

(a) One is a huge number when you're talking about something that only happens about 3.3 times per 9 innings.

 

(b) The pitching staff is already better than the league average in walks per 9 innings.

[Jehrico]

I haven't looked closely at the number of walks given by Cub pitchers, but I'm fairly certian that if they could just push their average walks given/game down by one, they'd be that much better.

 

(a) One is a huge number when you're talking about something that only happens about 3.3 times per 9 innings.

 

(b) The pitching staff is already better than the league average in walks per 9 innings.

I think that increase for the offense isn't impossible, though it's no easy task. I don't think there's a chance at all that the pitchers can accomplish that. If they do, Z will be responsible for at least 2/3 of it by himself.

[CubinNY]

I haven't looked closely at the number of walks given by Cub pitchers, but I'm fairly certian that if they could just push their average walks given/game down by one, they'd be that much better.

 

(a) One is a huge number when you're talking about something that only happens about 3.3 times per 9 innings.

 

It's not a huge number. It's only large in relation to the number of walks they earn right now.

 

They are averaging almost a walk more per game during the games they win. It's really not that hard at all. It's not like they are walking 5 or 6 times/game.

[CubColtPacer]

I haven't looked closely at the number of walks given by Cub pitchers, but I'm fairly certian that if they could just push their average walks given/game down by one, they'd be that much better.

 

(a) One is a huge number when you're talking about something that only happens about 3.3 times per 9 innings.

 

It's not a huge number. It's only large in relation to the number of walks they earn right now.

 

They are averaging almost a walk more per game during the games they win. It's really not that hard at all. It's not like they are walking 5 or 6 times/game.

 

If they had walked 1 more per game until now, they would be on pace for 678 walks on the season. There have been only 2 NL teams to hit that total in the previous 6 seasons. That pace is not very easy to maintain, even for the best of walking teams, which the Cubs are not.

[CubinNY]

I haven't looked closely at the number of walks given by Cub pitchers, but I'm fairly certian that if they could just push their average walks given/game down by one, they'd be that much better.

 

(a) One is a huge number when you're talking about something that only happens about 3.3 times per 9 innings.

 

It's not a huge number. It's only large in relation to the number of walks they earn right now.

 

They are averaging almost a walk more per game during the games they win. It's really not that hard at all. It's not like they are walking 5 or 6 times/game.

 

If they had walked 1 more per game until now, they would be on pace for 678 walks on the season. There have been only 2 NL teams to hit that total in the previous 6 seasons. That pace is not very easy to maintain, even for the best of walking teams, which the Cubs are not.

It's an mean not a mode.

[CubColtPacer]

I haven't looked closely at the number of walks given by Cub pitchers, but I'm fairly certian that if they could just push their average walks given/game down by one, they'd be that much better.

 

(a) One is a huge number when you're talking about something that only happens about 3.3 times per 9 innings.

 

It's not a huge number. It's only large in relation to the number of walks they earn right now.

 

They are averaging almost a walk more per game during the games they win. It's really not that hard at all. It's not like they are walking 5 or 6 times/game.

 

If they had walked 1 more per game until now, they would be on pace for 678 walks on the season. There have been only 2 NL teams to hit that total in the previous 6 seasons. That pace is not very easy to maintain, even for the best of walking teams, which the Cubs are not.

It's an mean not a mode.

 

Exactly-it's a mean.

 

Current Cubs pace-102 walks/32 games=3.1875 walks per game

add 1 to that, and you get 162 games x 4.1875 walk average=678.375 walks on the season.

 

If the Cubs simply added 1 to their average from now on, it would be 646.375, which would still be 20 walks higher than any other team in the NL.

[Mephistopheles]

I did a Pearson R for walks and runs scored and the corelation is a miniscule .10. However, this could be due to the low number of walks the Cubs take.

 

or the sample size, using nl data from 2000 to 2006

 

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