I don’t necessarily disagree with you and I know a few people who feel strongly that APBA should base grades on the pitchers’ actual performance such as hits and walks given up and not on stats which are the possible result of his performance (like ERA) or stats that are dependent on external factors (like wins).
For this purpose I assume an average pitcher will get an 8 rating. So I get a mixture which should reflect the best of both worlds. So what I do is assign a pitcher a rating that is purely a reflection of his hits/ip and that rating is used whenever starts and inning until he gives up a hit, a walk or an hit batter. You’re basically, giving one rating to the pitchers based upon ERA whereas it should be based upon hits/ip.ĮRA is a product of fielding ability of the players behind the pitcher – double play frequency, arms in the outfield, etc, the frequency of walks, the likelihood that a reliever will close down the offense stranding runners left on base by the pitcher or letting them score. I think has done a poor job of pitcher ratings relative to the batter cards. It’s been very interesting and we thought we would share some snippets of our conversation to open it up to the larger community since I know there are others who share similar feelings when it comes to pitchers’ grades. In the past few days, reader Bill Ferguson and I have been discussing the finer aspects of APBA’s methods of grading pitchers via email. His best year was with the Red Sox in 1978 when he went 20-8 with a pretty nifty 2.99 ERA (interesting bit of trivia: he led the AL by giving up 30 HR that year). He won 149 games as a starter with Cleveland, Boston and Chicago and won in double digits ten times. Personally, I think his role as a starter is pretty undervalued though. On the other hand, in 1990 he hit zero homers in 1990 (albeit in zero PA) is it accurate that APBA give him the ability to hit one on his card?ĪPBA fans can correct me if I’m wrong but I think this is a trend that the card makers at the APBA Company got away from eventually.Įckersley will go down in history as one of the premiere bullpen aces thanks in large part to his 1990 campaign. So it was realistic to think that if he were to bat, he MIGHT hit a homerun. Surely, Eck had the skills (at one point) to hit a homer. This goes back to the age-old APBA question of accuracy vs. In 1985, Eck hit one homerun in 65 plate appearances and in 1986, he hit two homeruns and three doubles in 73 plate appearances. No doubt, this is reflective of his past years’ performances. Yet despite that, he has a superfluous 5 at 66 (as well as an extra 14). Baseball Reference shows that for the year of 1990, he had zero plate appearances (none in the postseason either). Provided by : View Original TableĮckersley’s 1990 hitting card IS interesting, though.
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