David Appelman is the creator of FanGraphs.

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triple_rmember
9 years ago

How about K-BB%+?

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novaether
9 years ago
Reply to  triple_r

Just divide it by about 12%. It won’t account for park factors, but they’re so close to 1.00 for K% and BB% anyways, so who cares? It’s kind of a pointless exercise anyways, because what does it matter if David Price has a K-BB%+ of 2? That doesn’t mean his ERA should be half of the league average or anything.

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triple_rmember
9 years ago
Reply to  novaether

Double anyways. #respect

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a eskpert
9 years ago
Reply to  triple_r

#Ilovemesomestrikethrowers

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Boom Shakalaka
9 years ago
Reply to  novaether

What do park factors have to do with Ks and BBs? Don’t park factors only affect Balls in Play?

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AC of DC
9 years ago
Reply to  Boom Shakalaka

K and BB rates are included in the Park Factors information, and there are differences, park to park. Whether the differences are due to personnel, foul ground, the batter’s eye, players adjusting to expected run environment, some combination of factors, or merely meaningless variance has not, as far as I’ve read, been decisively established.

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vecnyj
9 years ago
Reply to  Boom Shakalaka

One of the factors is that breaking balls can be more or less drastic due to the humidity, I believe.

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