The team made up of the highest rated fielders average a record of 113-49 with the team made of the lowest rated fielders went and average of 42-120. Of course, the better fielding teams did better, but it was somewhat surprising as to how much better they did. We simmed three seasons (with all injuries and player development turned off). All pitchers were equivalent pitchers with average ratings, and an average ground/fly ratio. All players had the same league average ratings for hitting. So for instance one team had each player with a “1” rating for each fielding ability, while another team had each player with a “250” for each fielding ability. We set up an 11-team league, with each player on each team having the same overall fielding ability but with each team varying in their abilities. Each rating is based on a scale of 1-250. For instance for an infielder there is Infield Range, Infield Error, Infield Arm, and Turn Double Plays. OOTP uses several different ratings for fielding, available when editing player characteristics.
Our first foray simply looked at teams with different overall fielding capabilities. We were looking to use OOTP for a more direct way to see how fielding impacts a team’s win total. But each of those calculations will have an error range and will be impacted by a myriad of other factors. For instance, DRS provides an estimate of runs saved which is then used in a calculation to estimate how many additional wins you might expect. But it’s not as easy to take the results of any of these statistics and translate it to what matters most – a player’s contributions to a team’s win total.īaseball Reference does include DRS into its WAR calculations, but there’s always a danger when we’re extrapolating one step beyond any one particular calculation. We won’t go into great detail about what each of those do – FanGraphs does a better job than we ever could. The sabermetrics folk have made great strides in trying to create meaningful statistics for fielding, including Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR), Total Zone (TZ), and Defensive Runs Saved (DRS).
We’ve previously used Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP) to test out theories on hitting, such as how well OPS and Runs Created predict team win totals.
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