Comments on: Grow a ‘stache http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/12/grow-a-stache/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:17:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Prof. Nerdtron 3000 http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/12/grow-a-stache/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 Prof. Nerdtron 3000 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:03:33 +0000 http://www.nerdbaseball.com/?p=1245#comment-1126 I used single year statistics. After all, the nerd card is a single snapshot of a player, and how do we know <a href="http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/08/jeff-mcknight/" rel="nofollow">Jeff McKnight</a>[1] didn't shave the next year? So the approach I used was to look up his 1991 OPS+, which is the season that corresponds to his card. As far as there being a bigger difference among baseball players in general, who knows, but the nerds are a surprisingly and disappointingly average bunch. Those boxplots are centered around plus-statistics of 100; the nerds don't seem unusually talentless at baseball. [1] I would have guessed, based on card alone, that McKnight would have been the least productive nerd, but that's not the case. He did play baseball like a 14 year old high school freshman lost between his locker and the computer lab, OPS+ of 15, but there are several players worse. Any guesses? I used single year statistics. After all, the nerd card is a single snapshot of a player, and how do we know Jeff McKnight[1] didn’t shave the next year? So the approach I used was to look up his 1991 OPS+, which is the season that corresponds to his card. As far as there being a bigger difference among baseball players in general, who knows, but the nerds are a surprisingly and disappointingly average bunch. Those boxplots are centered around plus-statistics of 100; the nerds don’t seem unusually talentless at baseball.

[1] I would have guessed, based on card alone, that McKnight would have been the least productive nerd, but that’s not the case. He did play baseball like a 14 year old high school freshman lost between his locker and the computer lab, OPS+ of 15, but there are several players worse. Any guesses?

]]> By: Dr. Nerd http://www.nerdbaseball.com/2009/12/grow-a-stache/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Dr. Nerd Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:36:43 +0000 http://www.nerdbaseball.com/?p=1245#comment-1125 Great analysis, though I'm curious if you were looking at career numbers or single season numbers. I might also expect the difference between facial hair and clean-shaven to be larger among non-nerds, given those players tend to be more evenly distributed in talent from bad to great while nerds, unfortunately, tend to be skewed towards poor stats. Great analysis, though I’m curious if you were looking at career numbers or single season numbers. I might also expect the difference between facial hair and clean-shaven to be larger among non-nerds, given those players tend to be more evenly distributed in talent from bad to great while nerds, unfortunately, tend to be skewed towards poor stats.

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