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Pritpal Singh Narula

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Jul 12, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/12/96
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This was in ESPNet.sportszone.com: the line score from
yesterday's game w/ the O's..


New York ip h r er bb so hr era
Key (W, 6-6) 7 6 2 2 3 2 0 4.84
M Rivera (H, 16) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.77
Wetteland (S, 30) 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 2.95


What does the 'H' mean under Rivera?

Paul
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BillNech

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Jul 16, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/16/96
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In article <4s5l4t$g...@taco.cc.ncsu.edu>, psna...@unity.ncsu.edu (Pritpal
Singh Narula) writes:

>
>New York ip h r er bb so hr era
>Key (W, 6-6) 7 6 2 2 3 2 0 4.84
>M Rivera (H, 16) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.77
>Wetteland (S, 30) 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 2.95
>
>
>What does the 'H' mean under Rivera?
>
>

I believe it means a "Hold." It's an attempt to generate a stat for
middle relievers. I don't know the exact rule, but it is probably similar
to the rule for a save: enter the game with your team ahead and at least
the tieing run on deck (or is it after the batter on deck?) and preserving
the lead.

Bill Nechamen
Schenectady, NY
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

Kevin G Shaw

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Jul 17, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/17/96
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Pritpal Singh Narula wrote:
>
> This was in ESPNet.sportszone.com: the line score from
> yesterday's game w/ the O's..
>
> New York ip h r er bb so hr era
> Key (W, 6-6) 7 6 2 2 3 2 0 4.84
> M Rivera (H, 16) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.77
> Wetteland (S, 30) 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 2.95
>
> What does the 'H' mean under Rivera?
>

It's the unofficial stat that's recently become popular. It's called a
"hold" ... come in the game with a save oppurtunity and leave with it
intact.
It's actually a pretty good measure of how good a setup man is.

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Paul Herrmann

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Jul 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/24/96
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Paul, That means he hit a home run in the game which was his 16th of the
year.


Pritpal Singh Narula

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Jul 27, 1996, 3:00:00 AM7/27/96
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Paul Herrmann (YUU...@prodigy.com) wrote:
: Paul, That means he hit a home run in the game which was his 16th of the
: year.
:

You gotta be kidding me, right? I have since learned that it is a Hold.
How can you possibly think a pitcher has 16 homeruns? And in the
American League! Sheesh..

Paul
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North Carolina State University Department of Mathematics
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