Of Giants Losses in 2009

by jcb9 on Sep 14, 2009 12:48 PM PDT

Some comments in the Sick And Tired Of We're Out of This Posts thread made me wonder how the team's losses break down, statistically speaking. I did some quick calculations (all pretty much by hand, not double checked, may be errors, etc.) about how much the Giants score in losses and how much they lose by on average.

I posted the results in that fanpost, but it's kinda old and not very active anymore, so I figured I'd make a fanpost. I don't actually know how the results compare to the league average...but they sure look depressing to me.

The Giants have lost 66 games and have been outscored in those games by a combined 223 runs. That averages out to an average margin of 3.38 runs per game.

Of those 66 losses, the Giants have been shut out 8 times and have been held to 1 run 21 times. So, in 43.9% (!) of their losses, they’ve been held to one or no runs. In the 66 losses, the Giants have scored a combined 151 runs – that works out to an average of 2.29 runs per game in losses. Aside from one freakish game where the Giants scored 11 runs and lost, the average is 2.15 runs per loss.

LOLfense.

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BUT THEY DON’T DO THE LITTLE THINGS

I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Sep 14, 2009 1:05 PM PDT reply actions

BUNT MORE

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)
SCIENCE

by CB30 on Sep 14, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions

HIT WITH RISP!!!

Actually, I love the idiocy of that sentiment. If they only would hit with RISP!! As if a team full of guys who can’t hit are suddenly going to hit with RISP.

by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Sep 14, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions

And yes, I know they have been hitting with RISP.

by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Sep 14, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions

It’s all perception bias, anyway. Whenever you have something that you want to see the team do, and you see it NOT happen 65% – 70% of the time, you’re going to instinctively think that they’re sucking at it.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions

FRED BLEW-IS DROPPED A FLYBALL HE SUCKS AT DEFENSE

by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Sep 14, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions

THE PROBLEM

by sfoakbay on Sep 15, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions

as if they’d have RISP if they didn’t hit in the first place…

"Snow woulda had it!!!"
Would really appreciate someone informing him whether or not we're in this. The media says we are. The sensibilities say otherwise.

by beat_la_25 on Sep 15, 2009 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions

LIKE SCORE

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Sep 14, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Actually

I’d call each and every Giant at bat a little thing.

The baseball Satanist

by thehavenot on Sep 14, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Feeling better about myself for having survived such a barrage of fail

"Hey old-timer, where am I ?"

"You can't get there from here."

by pynchon59 on Sep 14, 2009 1:06 PM PDT reply actions

I didn’t hear him enter but my nostrils flared at the scent of his perfume.

Those are some interesting stats. Are there movers and shakers who would act on those? Because somebody should.

Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.

by victor frankenstein on Sep 14, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Instead,

I wanna order an anchovy to go, and hold the pizza.
Anchovy?
Yeah, those little black things with eyes.
You’ve got the wrong man. I spell my name REGNAD

"Hey old-timer, where am I ?"

"You can't get there from here."

by pynchon59 on Sep 14, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions

From The Further Adventures…

ND:“WHO IS THIS?”
RR: “Who’s this?”

Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.

by victor frankenstein on Sep 14, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions

ND: “How did you get in Rococo, you don’t have a key”
RR: “Only half a key. I had to split it with the sound effects man”

“Thanks Rocky”

(tardy response, I’m nine time zones ahead of you, or maybe one or two behind if you’re in Transylvania. Dunno, does that make me fast, slow, or retarded?).
I prefer afternoon games.

"Hey old-timer, where am I ?"

"You can't get there from here."

by pynchon59 on Sep 15, 2009 4:58 AM PDT up reply actions

I’d like to order a pizza to go. And no anchovies.

"Hey old-timer, where am I ?"

"You can't get there from here."

by pynchon59 on Sep 14, 2009 1:25 PM PDT reply actions

So if I decide to make an I’m Sick of All the We’re In This Thing Posts When It’s Clear the Offense Is So Poor As To Preclude Any Sustained Success post can I use you for a reference?

Utter frustration and futility.

by Johnny Disaster on Sep 14, 2009 1:32 PM PDT reply actions