Do Postseason Stats Enhance/Diminish a Season? - My Ramble

[@bartewing8099]

I agree - I think post season stats matter in the context of the post season but they don’t define a player overall. In our current times with fandom more fanatical than ever - with social media there for instant reactions sports is reduced to the last game or the last play. Ty Cobbs first WS was awful - his later ones great - some lesser players have big playoffs but next regular season back to pumpkins. In the end no one remembers but the bigger the player the bigger the footprint. Judge had portions of the regular season where he slumped - it was noted but forgotten when it ended. He was 1 big game from the same. Pundits want a story fans want someone to blame - now onto the next thing

[@baseballmaelstrom]

Thanks for sharing! Great point about social media and its impact too.

[@KurtBergland]

Great topic. Small sample sizes are tough to put much weight on, as is the rather vague understanding that we all have of what “clutch” performance really is and how we can measure it. The perception of Judge goes beyond his numbers, of course, because of the one play on defense. No one will spend much time thinking about the fact that really Judge was being asked to play out of position. Difficult to analyze. Thanks for the video.

[@baseballmaelstrom]

Thanks for watching and thanks for your thoughts!

[@pjet8042]

I never care about postseason stats especially since I'm a tabletop gamer and whichever game I use will be based on regular season stats. Full season stats are the measure of a player's ability as opposed to a small sample. You can isolate a week of a .330 hitter's season where he went 3-for-21, or a week where a .220 hitter went 7-for-21.

[@baseballmaelstrom]

Thanks! Small sample size is definitely a factor.