Two PI Event Finder Additions
Posted by Neil Paine on June 15, 2011
Here are two recent additions to the Play Index Event Finders (batting and pitching):
- Sean just added Balls in Play and Balls Not in Play as event options. This means you can search for things like all playable balls hit to center field against the Twins, etc.
- We also now have Pulled, Opposite Field, and Middle breakouts in the event finders, so you can call up a list of every ball Jose Bautista hit the other way this season.
June 15th, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Thanks for adding these stats. It's just so cool to see.
Following you on Twitter, and enjoying the tweets. I'm @JWHtweets.
June 15th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
The Event Finder is a very underrated tool. I don't use it enough but find some great stuff with it.
June 15th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
Johnny,
What's the current PI tool power rankings?
🙂
June 15th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Sean, on a scale of 1-10:
Season Finder 13
Game Finder 12
Event Finder 11
One observation: I would love to use the "age" criterion in the Game Finder more often, but the database seems to handle that criterion particularly slowly, and searches there that include an Age criterion seem to time out with great frequency.
June 15th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Any chance the PI will become available to SABR members? Or would that wipe out too large of a chunk of the customer base?
June 15th, 2011 at 5:07 pm
Would it be possible to add a feature to see what specific base was stolen in a game? Good way to see who stole for the cycle in a game.....
June 15th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Good question Sean. I'll have to update my spreadsheets tonight. I can say that the Game Result Tools are also very underrated, because our fine bloggers here often search for things with the Game Finders which are more easily found with the Game Results/Game Reports (maybe the problem is the inconsistent labeling?!)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/
June 15th, 2011 at 5:29 pm
Love and get lost on PI too much, but wish their was a LED LEAGUE to go with greater or equal, equal, or less than or equal.
I think that would give a better frame of reference when searches are looking for guys who had relatively 'low' (Yaz-.301 or Kiner 23) totals in a major category.
June 15th, 2011 at 7:52 pm
What does "pulled" and "the other way" mean?
June 15th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
@9
Dave, huh?
"Pulled" means hit to the same field/side of the infield as the side of the plate the batter hits from, especially close to the foul line/foul pole in that field.
"The other way" means a ball hit to the opposite field/side of the infield as the hitter hits from.
June 15th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Sean and Neil Paine,
I will have to try the additional event options in actual searches to appreciate their power and selectivity.
Even without the extra tweaks, BRef remains the best stat site on the Internet!
June 15th, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Sean,
Could Johnny Twisto be given thread-creation rights in BRef, similar to John Autin?
June 16th, 2011 at 12:45 am
Just curious:
When will the 2011 June Draft results be available???.
June 16th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
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