Minor League Splits Blog

As of yesterday afternoon, all Minor League Splits stats are complete through the end of the regular season.  I’m probably going to collect the postseason stats in some form, but I’ll keep those separate.

As many of you have pointed out to me, there are errors in the data.  I’m aware of most of them, and working to correct them.  The biggest flaw is that, especially in April and August, non-pitchers are being credited with innings pitched.  Accordingly, many pitchers haven’t been credited with all of their IP.  The other major problem is out-counting–it probably only occurs once every several games, but occasionally I have events occuring with 3 outs already recorded.

Now that I no longer need to spend time each day updating the databases, I can focus on expanding the site’s coverage.  I’m eventually going to branch out into a variety of defensive stats, add all the 2005 splits I can find sources for, and perhaps include pitch-by-pitch data.  I’m also going to see what I can accomplish with all of this data and create a research section on the site for myself and others to post their findings.

I’ve made several small improvements to the site in the last week or so.  Foremost among them is the addition of three new categories of leaders: August, Park Adjusted, and MLEs.  For instance, you can quickly find out who led the International League in HRs in August, who allowed the lowest park-adjusted batting average in the Carolina League, or who had the highest Minor League Equivalency batting average in the full-season Minors.

I also made several corrections to my method for calculating MLEs for pitchers, to bring my numbers into closer agreement with Sean Smith’s.  (I am using his method–I might as well do it right!)  Further, I now alter batted ball numbers for Park and MLE stats.  Since K’s, BB’s, and HR’s often differ from a player’s overall stat line, the number of batted balls changes–I just adjust the batted-ball totals to reflect that.

Other exciting new features are on their way!