David Cone: Sabermetrics Enthusiast

Former Mets great David Cone works 30-40 games a year in the Yankees television booth and he is gaga for information. Here are a few Cone snippets from this excellent NY Mag interview:

I love Fangraphs and the mountains of data you can get there, especially with hitters' tendencies and what percentage of pitches they chase outside the strike zone.

I'm a little jealous that I didn't have this sort of data when I was playing.

There's not a day that goes by that I'm not on Fangraphs or Baseball-Reference.com, or several others, just reading articles or really breaking down data. There's so much to do, and I like to break down overall team tendencies.

But I love the Pitch f/x data, and I'm interested in learning more about the HITf/x data. I think how the ball comes off the bat is really interesting.

about 1 year ago James Kannengieser 16 comments 2 recs |

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I lobby David Cone for pitching coach.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on May 27, 2011 8:29 AM EDT reply actions 5 recs

Yes!

by JaySchu on May 27, 2011 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions

you typed the words out of my keyboard kingcritical

"Fantasy, reality, science Fiction. Which is which? Who can tell?"

by feslenraster on May 27, 2011 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Is there any way SNY can pry him away from YES

A deep-analysis show with Cone, who is still very-well liked by Mets fans (at least…me), might be an interesting break from the idiocy that channel usually has.

by aparkermarshall on May 27, 2011 8:35 AM EDT reply actions

I lobby this

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by Russ on May 27, 2011 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions

Maybe Keith can do what he used to do in the old days

and get Cone all liquored up.

I for one welcome our new hedge fund overlord.

by Ownbey4Mex on May 27, 2011 8:41 AM EDT up reply actions

its the shampoo bottle

i’d be worried about

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on May 27, 2011 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Cone left YES in 2010 before returning for this year. I say we look into it.

by keanebeard on May 27, 2011 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions

This doesn't surprise me

Cone always came across as a thoughtful guy and definitely the type who would appreciate advanced stats.

by dcmetsfan on May 27, 2011 8:42 AM EDT reply actions

Everything Cone said is right. Fangraphs and BRef are such useful websites. I could waste hours a day looking at tendencies of pitchers and hitters. BrooksBaseball is just as great.

"Nature never intended for you to survive here. But this fall, nature isn't the only thing to fear." September 10, 2011. Alabama vs. Penn State. White House.

by Chris McKeown on May 27, 2011 8:47 AM EDT reply actions