tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603009778596598032.post5801660263057696838..comments2024-01-29T03:35:19.786-06:00Comments on Capewood's Collections: Cards Featuring Pitchers Fieldingcapewoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05028921297568214207noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603009778596598032.post-15268268977587877542015-01-20T14:40:10.756-06:002015-01-20T14:40:10.756-06:00Love the 93 Stadium Club cards. It looks like Drab...Love the 93 Stadium Club cards. It looks like Drabek totally miss judged the ball and Ben Rivera is looking on in pity for the poor pirate that took a ball to the nads!Reds Card Collectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585514220481200292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603009778596598032.post-20375720838061848462015-01-20T13:18:41.677-06:002015-01-20T13:18:41.677-06:00Ryan, thanks for the comments. For this post I was...Ryan, thanks for the comments. For this post I was just using cards I already have scanned. I have about 265 Greg Maddux cards, most not scanned. But looking through them I see I have 3 cards of him fielding. I actually have more cards of him batting than fielding. But these cards will make the core of another post.capewoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028921297568214207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603009778596598032.post-20151849877392516742015-01-20T11:09:16.035-06:002015-01-20T11:09:16.035-06:00Where's Greg Maddux? It's interesting that...Where's Greg Maddux? It's interesting that Appier seems to have a bunch of fielding shots. Maddux won 18 Gold Glove awards, including three seasons with a perfect fielding percentage. Plus, he has the most put-outs in a season of any pitcher (39, 3 times including one of the perfect seasons), and is second (to Jim Kaat's 72) with 71 assists in one season. <br /><br />I'm not complaining. I'm just wondering if you have any fielding Maddux cards. I guess those could be coming in the second post, and I'm jumping the gun!<br /><br />But looking at the stats for a couple Gold Glove pitchers, the average looks to be anywhere from 1-3 chances per game. Kershaw averages just over 1 chance per game, while Maddux is somewhere around 2.3 (over 3 per game in one season). But McDowell averaged only about .5 chances per game, since he was a reliever.<br /><br />I guess the best measure would be the percentage you used, or Range Factor per Nine Innings: http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/range_factor_per_nine_p_career.shtml. Maddux: 3.127 chances per 9 innings, McDowell 3.180. Kaat and Kershaw don't make the list.<br /><br />Only one modern player makes the list: Henderson Alvarez, way near the bottom (2.580/9 innings). <br /><br />When you figure that a pitcher throws, say, around 100-150 pitches over nine innings, the odds that one of those will be fielded are pretty slim. More than .2% which your comment suggests is captured on cards, but certainly a small chance. And being so close to the plate, capturing fielding action can't be easy!<br /><br />I look forward to seeing more cards in this series...Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.com