One of my favorite, most under-utilized statistics is wOBA against for pitchers: a figure which measures how often a pitcher puts a batter on base and the quality of the contact made against said pitcher. Colleague JT Jordan over at the Hardball Times listed the top/bottom pitchers in terms of wOBA against. Somewhat unsurprisingly, Latos, Johnson, Wainwright and Ubaldo lead the NL, while Nolasco, Haren, Harang and WayRod are letting senior circuit hitters get to them the most. Read the article to find the full top/bottom 10 starters in the AL/NL.
wOBA against is just another tool to help explain why a pitcher is over/under performing his peripherals and measure the quality of his success. Bravado for highlighting the statistic, JT. I don't care if a certain blogmate, who will go unnamed, hates the damned stat.
1) I dont know who could possibly hate wOBA
ReplyDelete2) "wOBA against is just another tool to help explain why a pitcher is over/under performing his peripherals". This statement is (kinda) invalid.