Workshop on Pitch Counts (July 14, 2003)
I have completed my theoretical model on estimating pitch counts, regardless of time period, as long as you have a pitcher's IP, H, BB, and K numbers. However, I have not tested it against actual data.
If some enterprising sabermetrician out there would like to do the grunt work on this (meaning taking the initiative, with no assistance from me, and either parsing play-by-play files from Retrosheet, or extracting data from MLB.com), then drop me a line.
I'd do it, but it's a time committment I can't give right now. If I get no interest, I will publish my results this week, without a check against test data.
--posted by TangoTiger at 02:21 PM EDT
Posted 2:22 p.m.,
July 14, 2003
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tangotiger
Just to qualify the "regardless of time period". I mean, as long as the time period has the modern day rules (4 balls, 3 strike, 2-strike foul), then the model should work. I suppose that this should apply to minor leaguers and college too.