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computer simulations

4E4B4C4A4248514C4556505D240 wrote: The best one Lloyd ever came up with when he said that he did over like 1000 some computer simulations of who should hit 3rd in the order and everytime it came up with Tike Redman's  as the best option to do so. I believe this was either the 2003 or 2004 season. As you can see that moved worked out quite well and Redman has gone on to have great success as one of the top middle of the lineup hitters in baseball over the last 10 years plus. ;D
I forgot about The Great Tike Redman Experiment. And then there was the champagne celebration for not losing 100 games.




I think it lasted only two or three games?  I hated that idea, but it made me mad that they didn't stick with it.  It's like the fans didn't like the move so the Pirates changed it back.  I did think that was more Littlefield than McClendon.  McClendon didn't use stats, he used "moxie". 




In Lloyd's defense, I remember quite a few fans on this board who liked the decision because it was based on computer simulations.  This was way before the Pirates were known to a SABR-heavy organization.


I think a lot of folks were in favor of the idea of using computer simulations as part of the decision making but skeptical of the implementation given the rather odd decision that came out of it.




I wasn't a fan of Tike Redman's. I liked the idea of using stats at the time. But they didn't stick with it.



I looked it up. Redman in his career (career splits) started three games batting third. Fives games total in his career with 17 PA and batted .143.



I assume all three games started were with the Pirates.