New Pitching Statistic - PTO%

[hidekifan55]

Stumbled upon this this morning. A bit confusing but I think I may have some real significant application.

http://saberscouting.com/2008/03/23/pitchingefficiencypto/

[stejay]

Sounds good, but kinda luxurious. I can't see it becoming an indisposible and extremely important stat really.

[weskelton]

Here's the stat in question.

PTO% = (SO*3)+SH+SF+(AB-SO-H)/Total Pitches

I'm not quite sure I see the application of it. An out is an out (more or less) and a pitch is a pitch. A much simpler metric for pitcher efficiency would just be outs/pitches or (IP*3)/pitches. I suspect that that would correlate better with any measyre of quality than PTO%.

BTW, Studes at THT provided the following link in response to the posting at SaberScouting.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/ar...mir-conundrum/

In the article, David Gassko demonstrates that high-K picthers don't necessarily throw more pitches than their low-K counterparts.

[The_Leff_Fielder]

It's interesting, but the trouble with it is that it assumes that a pitch that isn't one strike of three in a K or made contact on isn't a pitch to an out. Often in an at-bat, a pitch may be essential to retiring a batter even if it doesn't fit the formula.