Leveraged Index Leaders/Trailers (January 29, 2004)
This is a list of pitchers and hitters who faced the most/least amount of pressure per PA, from 99-02, min 800 PA.
Player LI
Percival, Troy 2.17
Hoffman, Trevor 2.08
Nen, Robb 2.02
Rivera, Mariano 1.96
Shaw, Jeff 1.94
Koch, Billy 1.92
Wickman, Bob 1.92
Hernandez, Robe 1.91
Wagner, Billy 1.90
Benitez, Armand 1.87
...
Aybar, Manuel 0.77
Franklin, Ryan 0.77
Morgan, Mike 0.76
Lowe, Sean 0.76
Speier, Justin 0.74
Santana, Johan 0.71
Darensbourg, Vi 0.70
McElroy, Chuck 0.69
Wasdin, John 0.64
Pote, Lou 0.54
Player LI
Rodriguez, Henr 1.11
Burrell, Pat 1.11
Sierra, Ruben 1.11
Ochoa, Alex 1.10
Berg, Dave 1.09
Nevin, Phil 1.09
Lieberthal, Mik 1.09
Karros, Eric 1.08
Piazza, Mike 1.08
Caminiti, Ken 1.08
...
Spencer, Shane 0.91
Menechino, Fran 0.91
Diaz, Einar 0.90
Hunter, Brian L 0.90
Hernandez, Ramo 0.90
Bergeron, Peter 0.90
Wilson, Dan 0.89
Clayton, Royce 0.89
Matheny, Mike 0.87
Johnson, Mark 0.82
Turing to the Top 10, I assume Rodriguez and Sierra made the top of the list due to pinch-hitting. But how in the world did Burrell come in so high?
Posted 11:22 a.m.,
January 29, 2004
(#2) -
tangotiger
You will also note that Mike Lieberthal (also with the Phils) came in the top 10. The Phils may have had an unusual number of close games played.
Tejada being low may also be a sign that the A's had fewer close games played. Sorry, I don't have the time to run the team data, but I can give you the LI for Zito (0.91), Hudson (0.95) and Mulder (0.97). Lidle was 0.91 and Heredia was 0.97 from 1999-2002. So, it could simply be that the A's didn't play in much pressure situations because they would take an early lead.
Posted 11:17 a.m.,
January 31, 2004
(#3) -
Jordan
I could be missing something here, but there were comments in the Pitching Clutchness thread that the Phillies pitchers had unusually low LI's. Why would the pitchers have lower ones and hitters have higher ones, or is it just a quirk of their games that these pitchers pitched in blowouts while the other pitchers didn't? Can someone explain that?
Posted 11:22 a.m.,
January 31, 2004
(#4) -
tangotiger
I wouldn't try to make any conclusion on two or three players.