jayhawk81 wrote:scorehouse says - "lots of BS. callison led the NL in outfield assists from 62-65. 4 consecutive years against clemente, yet he gets a 4 arm to clemente's 6? left out jim palmer. left off elson's 61 season and a bunch of others. also, remarkably, tiant isn't a *sp! among others."
That's because nobody ran on the great one, Clemente!!!!
With Jayhawk on this one, have a look at BBRef for both
Clemente
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clemero01-field.shtml#advanced_fielding_rf::noneCallison
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/callijo01-field.shtml#advanced_fielding_rf::noneMore runners held up when Clemente was throwingOver Clemente's career, 48.1% of runners HELD instead of trying to take an extra base (2nd, 3rd, or home) when he played RF. The league avg over that span was 40.2% of runners held. For Callison 42.8% runners held compared to the league average of 40.7% during his career span when he was in RF.
Callison has more putouts, but has a lot more chancesAs far as putouts go, Callison had more, but a lot more runners tried that wouldn't on Roberto. Over their careers, 1167 runners ran on Clemente in 2307 games in RF (1 time every 17.8 innings, or over 154 games - 77 attempts/season), 965 runners went on Callison 1587 in RF (1 time every 14.8 innings, or over 154 games - 94 attempts/season). So basically runners went for the extra base approx 20% more often when Callison was in RF.
Clemente had a great arm for his entire careerCallison had 1 year (in 14) that more than 50% of runners held, Clemente had 5 years with 50%+ (in 18 years). Clemente's had 13 out of 18 years with a 46% hold or higher, Callison had 1 out of 14 year above 46% holds.