This from LoHud’s Yankees blog. The stats are for Mariano Rivera, this year:
Save situations (16 games): 17 innings, 6 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 17 strikeouts, 0.00 ERA
Getting some work in (6 lopsided games): 6 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 4 strikeouts, 0.00 ERA
With the score tied (5 games): 6 innings, 5 hits, 3 runs, 1 walk, 8 strikeouts, 2 HRs, 4.50 ERA
Wild, huh?
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I think the perceived disparity is just an aberration caused by small sample size. The 2 home runs Rivera gave up with the score tied both came in the most recent series, so if you had run this stat out there last Wednesday, his line would be 4 innings, 3 hits, 1 earned run, 1 walk, and 5 strikeouts for an ERA of 2.25.
Mariano in 2007 had almost identical numbers in save vs. non-save situations (check B-R.com to see) and I would suspect as the season wears on, you’ll find his numbers in both situations will grow more similar.
Yeah? I think *you’re* just an aberration caused by small sample size.
I don’t know what that means.
what Scott means to say is, in other words, this entire comparison is not statistically significant. GO TAKE A MATH CLASS, DAMMNIT!
There’s an aberration in your pants, Robert. And yes, what The Borg said.
Both of you: Go take an English class, DAMN IT!
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