Method of evaluating the performance of a relief pitcher in the late innings of a baseball game
OwnerPaul Storchinventor
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Abstract
A method of evaluating the performance of a relief pitcher in the late innings of a baseball game factors through data as to when a pitcher inherits at least one player on base. The following steps of the method are disclosed: first, establishing the number of runs R scored by such inherited players; second, establishing the number of batters B faced in such innings; and, finally, evaluating the save-run average “SRA” according to the formula: 1 SRA = k ( R B ) , where k is a predetermined constant selected to scale the SRA to a desired magnitude.
Claims21
A method of evaluating the performance of a relief pitcher in the late innings of a baseball game in which the pitcher inherits at least one player on base, the method comprising the steps of establishing the number of runs R scored by such inherited players;
- establishing the number of batters B faced in such innings;
- and evaluating the save-run average “SRA”, where:
- 11 SRA = k ( R B )
- where k is a predetermined constant selected to scale the SRA to a desired range of magnitudes.
An apparatus for evaluating the performance of a relief pitcher in the final innings of a baseball game in which the pitcher inherits at least one player on base, comprising:
- means for establishing the number of runs R scored by such inherited player;
- means for establishing the number of batters B faced in such innings;
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- means for evaluating the save-run average “SRA”, where:
- 13 SRA = k ( R B ) ,
- and k is a predetermined constant selected to scale the SRA to a desired range of magnitudes.
An evaluation parameter for evaluating or comparing the performance or efficiency of a relief pitcher in the final innings of a baseball game in which the pitcher inherits at least one player on base, the parameter being defined as follows:
- 14 SRA = k ( R B ) ,
- where R is equal to the number of runs scored by the inherited players, B is the number of batters faced by the pitcher and k is a predetermined constant selected to scale the SRA to a desired range of magnitudes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.