Does anyone know of any web sites that rank college pitching coaches?
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Peg,
While I'm not aware of any sites ranking the coaches, you can find some helpful information on Boyd's World, where there are stats for just about anything. The one helpful stat we found when researching schools was the "pitcher abuse" pts.
http://www.boydsworld.com/data/
Hope it helps!
While I'm not aware of any sites ranking the coaches, you can find some helpful information on Boyd's World, where there are stats for just about anything. The one helpful stat we found when researching schools was the "pitcher abuse" pts.
http://www.boydsworld.com/data/
Hope it helps!
Wouldn't it be nice if it were that easy...
Here's a few ways to evaluate pitching coaches...
-Check out how many kids have been out on injury during their watch
-Read what their former players say about them, sometimes you can find this in press releases when they are drafted
-Definitely check out Boys world
-Ask pro scouts in your area, which pitching coaches develop the best pitchers
Here's a few ways to evaluate pitching coaches...
-Check out how many kids have been out on injury during their watch
-Read what their former players say about them, sometimes you can find this in press releases when they are drafted
-Definitely check out Boys world
-Ask pro scouts in your area, which pitching coaches develop the best pitchers
Not sure how to rate a pitching coach. Maybe team ERA or pitchers advancing beyond college, but that could be more a function of recruiting. Yet some schools consistantly do better at it than others of similar overall success.
There seems to be alot of movement between schools of the pitching coaches. I would look for stability in the position, in the schools recruiting an athlete. JMO
There seems to be alot of movement between schools of the pitching coaches. I would look for stability in the position, in the schools recruiting an athlete. JMO
I checked out Boyds World. This is a dumb question but what is PAP?
Stands for Pitcher Abuse Points. Only reason I know is because my son is listed. 
It's over my head
, but here is the explanation I found.
The basic formula for PAP is a counting stat where, for each appearance, the pitcher is credited with the number of pitches over 100 cubed --
PAP = (NP - 100) ^ 3, where NP is the maximum of the number of pitches or 100. In the essay in the book, they go on to successfully correlate this measure with two different outcomes -- pitchers with higher PAP counts are likely to be less effective later in the season (something which should get every coach's attention), and they are more likely to lose significant time to injury at some point later in their career. The plot of reduced effectiveness with the cubic formation of PAP3 is especially striking.
It's over my head
, but here is the explanation I found.The basic formula for PAP is a counting stat where, for each appearance, the pitcher is credited with the number of pitches over 100 cubed --
PAP = (NP - 100) ^ 3, where NP is the maximum of the number of pitches or 100. In the essay in the book, they go on to successfully correlate this measure with two different outcomes -- pitchers with higher PAP counts are likely to be less effective later in the season (something which should get every coach's attention), and they are more likely to lose significant time to injury at some point later in their career. The plot of reduced effectiveness with the cubic formation of PAP3 is especially striking.
While I do not know either of any pitching coach rankings, this was posted in Baseball America. It gives all type of information for leaders in all divisions. You might want to look under the ERA leaders top 100, may give you an indication of what schools consistantly develop effective pitchers.
http://ncaasports.com/baseball/mens/stats
http://ncaasports.com/baseball/mens/stats