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Old 06-21-2005, 01:57 AM   #161 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by randomlefty10
Maybe because most pitchers have the goal of winning the game, not keeping their ratio low or striking out a lot of hitters. Not that I think W-L is the end-all of tradition, but the sabermetrics seeming venimous view of W-L is just as dumb IMO.
You can definitely agree that pitchers are responsible for at most 40% of the outcome?

So W-L record is at most 40% accurate? And wouldn't that be a horrible index then?

And if sabermetricians prove some other measures with, say, 70% of accuracy, why wouldn't they hate people using W-L as opposed to the new measures they come up with?
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