Graph of the day for Wednesday the 22nd

DMZ · November 22, 2006 at 7:33 am · Filed Under Mariners 

Willie Bloomquist's performance tracked against AL average

Scale for OPS is .400 (.200 BA, no power or walks) to 1.200 (excellent performance by elite hitter)

Bloomquist performance graphed against NL pitchers

Comments

32 Responses to “Graph of the day for Wednesday the 22nd”

  1. leetinsleyfanclub on November 22nd, 2006 7:38 am

    Yes, but he brings so much energy to the ball club with his hustle and grit. How can you possibly measure that?

  2. drunkeninjun on November 22nd, 2006 7:51 am

    Should you throw a shadow line on there denoting his leadership abilities

  3. drunkeninjun on November 22nd, 2006 7:58 am

    On the WFB Poll does the runs take into account his base running errors?

  4. 88fingerslukee on November 22nd, 2006 8:13 am

    What about scrappiness? He must be off the scale in that.

  5. seank100 on November 22nd, 2006 8:14 am

    I think we’ve found the t-shirt: this graph with Ignitor! in flames above it and the poll results with Gritty! on the back. Thanks for this, I needed to laugh out loud this morning.

  6. Josh on November 22nd, 2006 8:26 am

    Ballgame Factor (a.k.a. grittiniess/scrappiness) = (AL OPS / WFB OPS) * [(Game-Ending Ks + Diving Near-Catches + Dirtied Unis + Caught Stealing + Positions Played + Hargrove Tongue Bathings + Rizzs Tonge Bathings) / 162] + {[PA – (BB² + H + 2B + 3B + HR³)] / 162} + (Team Losses / 162)

    Unfortunately, due to the unappreciated nature of the metric, not all stats have been accurately recorded over the years. Yet, we firmly believe there can be but one true King of Grit.

  7. patl on November 22nd, 2006 8:37 am

    This makes me ill.

  8. bellacaramella on November 22nd, 2006 8:37 am

    This seems to indicate that the few the at-bats for WFB, the better the result.

  9. ichigod on November 22nd, 2006 8:40 am

    I drove by Safeco the other day and while sitting at the light saw that ‘Willie’ has his own photo mural, or whatever they are called. THis is just plain stupid. It’s too bad you can’t post this graph next it. With this going on and Hargrove here STILL, I’m actually glad to be leaving Seattle soon(ish). THe Mariners will always be my team but right now this is just plain embarassing. By the way, isn’t it true that Willie is married to the niece of Howard Lincoln, or is this just urban myth?

  10. Josh on November 22nd, 2006 8:43 am

    9 – Yes, and Ayala was Piniella’s godson.

  11. msb on November 22nd, 2006 8:50 am

    #10– no, he married Lou’s niece….

  12. Josh on November 22nd, 2006 9:02 am

    #10– no, he married Lou’s niece….

    I don’t much like these intra-club relations.

  13. Zero Gravitas on November 22nd, 2006 9:11 am

    I applaud Willie’s consistency. It’s no wonder they gave him that nice contract. He’s not the type to suddenly have a performance spike during the contract year, then coast the rest of the time. Nope, he sucks pretty much all the time, very predictably. No such blips on this radar screen. The M’s were wise to reward such a knowable quantity, with so much uncertainty (and risk!) involved in choosing other players. In fact when you take his consistency into account, it looks like they got the Grit and Scrappiness at a serious market discount.

  14. CCW on November 22nd, 2006 9:11 am

    I’m not sure why DMZ should ever bother with sentences again, since he has lately demonstrated the ability to convey all essential information using the graph format.

  15. ChrisK on November 22nd, 2006 9:18 am

    We should also track the # of WFB references from the local media (Fox Sports Net, Seattle Times & PI, KJR, post-game call-in shows, etc.). This could prove that Willie is the most overrated, overexposed player (relative to one’s skill set) in MLB history.

  16. ChrisK on November 22nd, 2006 9:19 am

    Could we also graph the OPS from NL pitchers? That could be amusing.

  17. 88fingerslukee on November 22nd, 2006 9:40 am

    I assume the 1.100 that he hit was right after the Grand Slam to start his career?

  18. DMZ on November 22nd, 2006 9:42 am

    You’re thinking of Dobbs.

  19. 88fingerslukee on November 22nd, 2006 9:55 am

    You sure? I remember Willie hitting a GS early in his career.

  20. 88fingerslukee on November 22nd, 2006 9:58 am

    okay, it wasn’t to start his career.

    Has anybody seen his Wikipedia page? quite humourous.

    “William Paul (“Willie”, “Wee Willie”, “Ballgame”, “The Ignitor”, “Effin”, “WFB”, “WMFB”, “The Spork”, “Princess Willie”[1]) Bloomquist”

    “1.^ All nicknames are those used passionately by various Mariner fans.”

    Damn straight they are.

  21. Aaron on November 22nd, 2006 9:59 am

    You know how writers and broadcasters are always harping on players about being consistent? Look at that first graph! That’s valuable, baby!

  22. kenshin on November 22nd, 2006 10:05 am

    hmmm….interesting

    The spike in Bloomquest AB’s corresponds almost exactly to the drop off in NL pitcher OPS. Clearly, the NL pitchers became despondent about their own lack of hustle after watching Willie bat.

  23. bergamot on November 22nd, 2006 10:15 am

    Ow! That graph ignited my monitor!

  24. Bender on November 22nd, 2006 11:25 am

    The real sad thing is that TWENTY PERCENT of USSM readers, that’s people smart enough to figure out the series of tubes and read and digest this site, think that WFB contributes over TWENTY RUNS A YEAR with his grit.

    That’s pathetic. I think we should get a list of the usernames that voted on that poll and how they voted. Then we’ll know who thinks that 8 meaningful stolen bases and Rick Rizzs having a joygasm every time you step on the field is worth over twenty runs a year.

  25. DMZ on November 22nd, 2006 11:30 am

    I think they’re joking.

  26. idahowriter on November 22nd, 2006 11:30 am

    24: I’d guess that those votes are heavily laced with snarkiness.

  27. Bender on November 22nd, 2006 11:47 am

    Yes, we *think* they’re joking. But really, is it too hard to believe that they’re not? These are Mariner fans after all.

  28. msb on November 22nd, 2006 12:19 pm

    hey!

  29. Josh on November 22nd, 2006 12:21 pm

    My vote was totally not in jest. Being a Mariners fan makes you appreciate all things gritty.

  30. Bender on November 22nd, 2006 3:16 pm

    I wonder how many wins gritty broadcaster toupes and hair plugs give us each year.

  31. idahowriter on November 22nd, 2006 4:32 pm

    Not to mention gritty mascot antics.

  32. David J. Corcoran I on November 22nd, 2006 7:51 pm

    I voted for 20+ Runs. I was kidding.

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