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The Greg Maddux 3-0 count meme is actually incorrect
Posted on 7/2/20 at 8:25 am
Posted on 7/2/20 at 8:25 am
The Greg Maddux 3-0 count meme is popular and the stat sounds crazy, people love that stat, but it's not a true stat
The maker of this meme did not know how to read stats correctly.
the number 310 (which should actually be 312) is the number of 3-0 counts Maddux faced that ended on the next pitch.
Maddux actually got to a 3-0 count at least 644 times in his career. the additional 332 just didn't end on the very next pitch
Another thing wrong with that stat is although he did issue 177 intentional walks, only 153 of them were after a 3-0 count.
Maddux actually issued 293 4 pitch walks, so to make the meme correct it should say: “Greg Maddux faced 20,421 batters during his career and only issued 293 four-pitch walks. 153 were intentional.”
Still super impressive but not as inhuman as the meme makes it sound
Here is an article about the incorrect meme
here are Maddux stats if you want to check for yourself
The maker of this meme did not know how to read stats correctly.
the number 310 (which should actually be 312) is the number of 3-0 counts Maddux faced that ended on the next pitch.
Maddux actually got to a 3-0 count at least 644 times in his career. the additional 332 just didn't end on the very next pitch
Another thing wrong with that stat is although he did issue 177 intentional walks, only 153 of them were after a 3-0 count.
Maddux actually issued 293 4 pitch walks, so to make the meme correct it should say: “Greg Maddux faced 20,421 batters during his career and only issued 293 four-pitch walks. 153 were intentional.”
Still super impressive but not as inhuman as the meme makes it sound
Here is an article about the incorrect meme
here are Maddux stats if you want to check for yourself
This post was edited on 7/2/20 at 8:27 am
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Posted on 7/2/20 at 8:28 am to Tiger1242
Riveting
Posted on 7/2/20 at 8:34 am to Tiger1242
Are you going to tell us Santa Claus isn’t real next?
Posted on 7/2/20 at 8:39 am to Tiger1242
Greg Maddux was also the MLB leader in shitting in the clubhouse chili.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 8:41 am to Tiger1242
Fact checking memes is hard work, but no one has to do it
Posted on 7/2/20 at 8:44 am to Tiger1242
I like when Kerry Woods says in his 24 strikeout game doc that it was the real deal.
"It's not like I was getting a Greg Maddux strike zone that day.' Meaning Ump kept it real, couldn't frame a pitch a foot off the plate and strikeout batters who's bat couldn't reach the ball.
"It's not like I was getting a Greg Maddux strike zone that day.' Meaning Ump kept it real, couldn't frame a pitch a foot off the plate and strikeout batters who's bat couldn't reach the ball.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 8:50 am to Tiger1242
quote:
Still super impressive but not as inhuman as the meme makes it sound
Ok, fine. Find another pitcher in the history of the game with your new numbers.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 8:53 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:Speaking of something needing to be fact-checked...
Kerry Woods says in his 24 strikeout game
Posted on 7/2/20 at 8:55 am to Tiger1242
Too early to read posts like this
Posted on 7/2/20 at 9:03 am to Tiger1242
quote:
Still super impressive but not as inhuman as the meme makes it sound
Nah, that's still pretty innmhuman
Posted on 7/2/20 at 9:15 am to Tiger1242
I have A LOT of apologies to make I have been throwing this stat in peoples faces for over a decade.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 9:19 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Nah, that's still pretty innmhuman
It’s still unbelievable, just not as unbelievable as the fake stat in the meme
This post was edited on 7/2/20 at 9:19 am
Posted on 7/2/20 at 9:31 am to Tiger1242
quote:
Still super impressive but not as inhuman as the meme makes it sound
Not to poo poo the point, I'd still posit that that is a pretty incredible stat, semantics or not, whether it was 1.5% or 3%.
When I read the thread title, I was half expecting it to be some wildly higher number.
Even more impressive is that he did that basically through location and off speed pitches, since his fastball was basically in the high 80s for the better part of his career.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 9:33 am to Tiger1242
quote:
It’s still unbelievable, just not as unbelievable as the fake stat in the meme
This changes nothing.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 9:52 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:
I like when Kerry Woods says in his 24 strikeout game doc that it was the real deal.
I thought he struck out 28 that day.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 10:25 am to Tiger1242
Who the frick cares. He is still one of the greatest control pitchers in history.....
Posted on 7/2/20 at 10:29 am to The Boat
quote:In a 7-inning game!
I thought he struck out 28 that day.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 10:35 am to Tiger1242
Deep diving into sport stats gets you downvoted on the MSB.
This is proof that you frickers dont ACTUALLY wanna talk about sports lol.
This is proof that you frickers dont ACTUALLY wanna talk about sports lol.
Posted on 7/2/20 at 10:36 am to Tiger1242
I enjoyed watching that dude pitch
Posted on 7/2/20 at 11:02 am to Tiger1242
But seriously that is a good and interesting observation.
This post was edited on 7/2/20 at 11:04 am
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