Baseball Sabermetrics: Home Run Decimal-Abreu vs Frazier
By Brian Draus
First Half Totals
Jose Abreu 2014
Home Run Decimal
36.1966 (29 home runs hit)
Decimal Power Average
1.2482
Todd Frazier 2015
Home Run Decimal
28.0867 (25 home runs hit)
Decimal Power Average
1.1235
As I mentioned in the paragraphs above, both Abreu and Frazier victimized the same team on multiple occasions. Here are the teams they took deep the most.
Jose Abreu:
Cleveland Indians: 5 times
Detroit Tigers: 4 times
Tampa Bay Rays: 3 times
5 teams tied with 2 times
Todd Frazier:
Pittsburgh Pirates: 5 times
Atlanta Braves: 4 times
Detroit Tigers: 4 times
4 teams tied with 2 times
The interesting part is the most victimized team is a divisional opponent. Cleveland and Pittsburgh play the White Sox and Reds a lot, therefore both Abreu and Frazier get more opportunities to have success versus those teams.
In conclusion of this initial study, I will add my observations. First, I think it might make sense to add a variable where I multiply a variable less than one or more than one. It would be in the case when a home run is in the first or second inning (less than one). Assuming the game was very late, or a game winner, the variable would be multiplied into the formula. This would help evaluate a home run in a more reasonable way.
All things considered, this is a solid case study of the home run decimal. Expect more studies with evaluations of hitters who do not have power, but this is a good start. While there will be more HRD studies to come, keep in mind this formula may change before I perform it. Stick around, more to come.