This will be the first of several “Fun With Figures” posts. This seems to be the best forum to give NFBC stuff and with serious fantasy basketball preparations still a week or two off, I thought this might interest some of you.
“What Does It Take?” is today’s entry. We only have two years of data but there really isn’t anywhere else you will find leagues like the NFBC – namely, weekly lineups, no trading, 23 active players and 7 man benches. So I can only report what I have.
I am looking at the average score (8) and the above average score (12). I also will give the 2004 and 2005 numbers. It look at overall scores and not each league. A ‘12’ in 2005 is the 70th best results. An ‘8’ in 2005 is the 150th best result. A ‘12’ in 2004 was the 46th score and a ‘8’ in 2004 was the 97th score.
2005 Category: (12) – (8)
Average: .2777 - .2731
Runs: 1080 – 1029
HR: 271 - 250
RBI: 1048 - 990
SB: 148 - 125
ERA: 3.702 – 3.948
Wins: 102 - 92
WHIP: 1.260 – 1.303
Ks: 1176 - 1093
Saves: 92 – 72
2004 Category: (12)- (8)
Average: .2822 - .2773
Runs: 1152 - 1101
HR: 293 - 271
RBI: 1096 - 1035
SB: 148 - 127
ERA: 3.926 – 4.195
Wins: 96 - 90
WHIP: 1.288 – 1.333
Ks: 1212 - 1104
Saves: 93 – 69
Hitting numbers definitely dropped. Only stolen bases remained similar. I see about a 5% drop in hitting. Pitching numbers saw a drop in strikeouts. However, the two ratio categories showed improvements as would be expected given the drop in offensive numbers. Were steroids the reason or was this just an anomaly?