Catcher Block Percentage - Followup

Posted by Dan Turkenkopf - 15/03/08 at 07:03:16 am

Over on The Book Blog, Mike Fast raised the fact that I had left out the category of “Swinging Strike (Blocked)” when calculating the block opportunities.

Obviously including those pitches will change things somewhat, so without further adieu, here are the new numbers:

Catcher	Innings	Misses	Opportunities	Block %
Mike Redmond	482.67	7	135	0.95
Brad Ausmus	906.67	17	256	0.93
Gary Bennett	370.33	10	139	0.93
Jason Varitek	1064	19	282	0.93
Gregg Zaun	838.33	22	260	0.92
Yadier Molina	861.33	27	315	0.91
Jason Phillips	363.67	10	110	0.91
Chris Iannetta	496.67	12	116	0.9
Ramon Hernandez	855	32	294	0.89
Gerald Laird	987.33	38	351	0.89
Damian Miller	446.33	19	172	0.89
Mike Napoli	598.67	23	205	0.89
Brian Schneider	1051.33	40	362	0.89
Yorvit Torrealba	935.33	22	200	0.89
Josh Bard	927.33	24	202	0.88
Carlos Ruiz	912.67	25	212	0.88
Kurt Suzuki	539	25	202	0.88
John Buck	924.33	32	244	0.87
Jason Kendall	1146	48	372	0.87
Russell Martin	1254	40	318	0.87
Jeff Mathis	467	27	214	0.87
Dioner Navarro	956.33	34	270	0.87
Ronny Paulino	277.67	35	275	0.87
Paul Bako	421	23	162	0.86
Johnny Estrada	961	37	267	0.86
Victor Martinez	1042.67	29	204	0.86
Brian McCann	1139	34	243	0.86
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	372.67	16	117	0.86
Chris Snyder	891.33	34	237	0.86
Matt Treanor	440.67	17	120	0.86
Michael Barrett	768	25	170	0.85
Jesus Flores	395.33	15	103	0.85
Paul LoDuca	974	24	155	0.85
Mike Rabelo	394.67	20	130	0.85
Jose Molina	492.33	19	117	0.84
Kenji Johjima	1106.67	40	237	0.83
Benji Molina	1104	50	295	0.83
Jason LaRue	474.33	24	134	0.82
Miguel Montero	510.67	22	122	0.82
Miguel Olivo	990.33	65	321	0.8
Javier Valentin	471.67	22	108	0.8
Joe Mauer	777.67	30	142	0.79
Jorge Posada	1111.33	61	293	0.79
A.J. Pierzynski	1058	44	192	0.77
Dave Ross	837.33	35	148	0.76
Ivan Rodriguez	1052.67	58	214	0.73

It doesn’t appear to alter things too badly. Just shifts some positions around slightly and makes Pudge look a little better (but still worst in the league).

Other concerns that have been raised are the effects of the pitching staffs and the PITCHf/x scorekeepers. Unfortunately, I don’t really have a way to control for that at this point, so just keep those considerations in mind when using this information.

March 15, 2008 | In CBP, Defense, PITCHf/x |

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