In the past, I've attempted to evaluate umpires based on the statistics that the pitchers on the mound are putting up. I made some tables, saw a few trends, and that was that.
Given my proclivity for putting things into graphs, I don't know why I haven't tried this before.
What I did was simply take the umpire data I pulled from Baseball Prospectus's statistics, set up a few parameters, and graph the heck out of it.
You might be surprised at how varied the umpires actually are.
Original Story:
http://thepastime.net/2007/01/13/graphin....
Given my proclivity for putting things into graphs, I don't know why I haven't tried this before.
What I did was simply take the umpire data I pulled from Baseball Prospectus's statistics, set up a few parameters, and graph the heck out of it.
You might be surprised at how varied the umpires actually are.
Original Story:
http://thepastime.net/2007/01/13/graphin....
