Which Baseball Stats ACTUALLY MATTER?

Baseball stats can be extremely difficult to understand, so if you're a beginner, or just want some more information about what are the most important stats to be looking at for Baseball, this is the video for you. From Aaron Judge's Baseball Savant, to Mookie Betts MLB Statistics. If you need to know whether to look at ERA or Home Runs, just watch this video and then you'll know for the future!

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[_michael_g]

war compares you to a replacement level player, not an average player, so zero war is actually below average. waa (wins above average) would compare you to an average player

[bladestaff]

The fact DeGrom wasn't a unanimous Cy Young winner is baffling

[yirehyoon]

4 runs in 18 innings is not a 4.5 era its a 2 era

[hoppy]

One mistake WAR isn't based off the average player it's based off the r3placement level so a war of 0 for a whole season is actually worse then average it would mean your as good as a replacement level player

[LaMonteWade]

Hey! I’m LaMonte Wade! 👋
I agree a lot with what you said about the W/L stat. Unfair for pitchers since it also depends on offense

[chuckjammy]

OPS+ OBP, Slugging, OPS, wOBA, WRC+ are basically everything you need to measure a hitter. It’s nice to look at stolen bases & extra base hits as well for more context. It’s also nice to know how many games they played & plate appearances they had. WAR/offensive WAR/defensive WAR are great for comparing player of the same position. For pitchers just look at ERA+, ERA, WHIP, FIP, also K/9 H/9 & BB/9 are great to look at & add context. Also innings pitched is important but that’s a given

[huntzzio]

Id like to mention 2 more things for pitchers: 1. Ground ball percentage is good, because SLG on ground balls is significantly less than SLG on fly balls. 2. Stuff, Location, and Pitching+ show how well the pitches move, how well they are placed, and a combination of the two things basically show how good you are with your pitches. Its better than movement profile in my opinion

[stephengreidanus]

I think you got era wrong. Wouldnt 4 runs in 18 innings be an era of 2? Since you take 9×earned runs÷innings? Or am i wrong?

[OldGuardXP]

Relatively new to baseball and a bit of a stat/data nerd so this was a great watch. Looking forward to learning more and using some of these stats. Thanks

[saltywingsandavsfan]

Thank you for this video bro. I’ve been kinda struggling to understand pitching stats like WHIP and WAR for hitters in general.

[pepe_frog]

Came here to hear your opinion on pitcher record. Couldn’t have summed it up any better

[komickaze]

I just subscribed. Thought I already was. Lot of great baseball channels out there. You're one of them.

[ivanmigueltio]

This was an very interesting video where you covered everything a Baseball Fan should now! I really enjoyed it great job

[adamcrayon]

Really helpful vid, much appreciated as someone who's trying to wrap their head around the more basic and talked about stats 👍

[Snailsareawesome-ybhl]

I feel like K’s per 9 matters for starters more than Relief pitchers. I’d like to know if their some stat that determines like ex how many extra ground ball outs by the fielders or themself

[ozzuzzomg]

5:28 its not a 4.5 era, you divide the innings pitched by 9 and then the runs allowed by that number. so 18/9=2 and then 4/2=2 it is a 2 era

[tdeckler]

Please make more like this I like it a lot and it helps me as a capper

[Trouble_]

Just got into baseball this is very helpful, thanks

[nacoran]

I don't like FIP as an isolated stat. If you induce a lot of contact that turns into ground balls the fact that your team has a lousy infield may in fact affect the outcome of the game, but that's really on the infield, not the pitcher. A better stat would consider ERA+ in a way that adjusts where the pitcher gets the ball hit vs. the differential between the average dWar for that position vs. his teams dWar.

The problem with the eye test is that a player who gets a late jump and runs slowly but who lays out every time it looks close, can look good to the eye. Jeter may have had a great looking jump throw, but a lot of short stops would have gotten to those balls easily and not needed a jump throw. (Now, on the other hand, his famous hustle throw near home was good hard play).

[Qntn]

Is there a way to overlap all the pitches one pitcher has in one of those maps of the strike zones?