Wednesday, September 26, 2012

"On Pitch" Individual Player Goal Metrics

The information below shows how many goals (both For and Against) are scored while the player is on the field.

Players with under 450 mins (5 games) have been removed.

The Crew "own goal" (Rd.27 v. NE) has been removed.


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Goal Difference per 90 mins (GMs on Right)
Team is -0.03

POSITIVE GOAL DIFFERENCE
0.90 : Cole Grossman : 5.6
0.82 : Carlos Mendes : 8.5
0.44 : Justin Meram : 9.1
0.19 : Emilio Renteria : 16.1
0.17 : Julius James : 6.1
0.16 : Nemanja Vukovic : 12.1
0.14 : Federico Higuaín : 7.2
0.13 : Joshua Williams : 23.2
0.09 : Dilly Duka : 11.6
0.07 : Sebastián Miranda : 28.3
0.06 : Danny O´Rourke : 15.8

NEGATIVE
-0.04 : Andy Gruenebaum : 28.4
-0.07 : Eddie Gaven : 29.3
-0.14 : Milovan Mirosevic : 20.8
-0.15 : Tony Tchani : 13.8
-0.15 : Jairo Obando Arrieta : 13.3
-0.16 : Chris Birchall : 12.8
-0.27 : Chad Marshall : 21.8
-0.36 : Shaun Francis : 5.6
-0.37 : Bernardo Anor : 5.5
-0.63 : Eric Gehrig : 7.9
-0.67 : Olman Vargas : 7.4
-0.91 : Aaron Schoenfeld : 3.3

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OFFENSIVE PRODUCTIVITY
Top and Bottom in Goals For per 90, Team 1.21

TOP 5
1.80 : Cole Grossman
1.68 : Federico Higuaín
1.64 : Carlos Mendes
1.53 : Justin Meram
1.49 : Julius James

BOTTOM 5
1.07 : Shaun Francis
1.06 : Milovan Mirosevic
0.91 : Bernardo Anor
0.81 : Olman Vargas
0.63 : Eric Gehrig

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DEFENSIVE PROWESS
Team 1.23 Goals Against

TOP 5
0.82 : Carlos Mendes
0.90 : Cole Grossman
0.91 : Nemanja Vukovic
1.05 : Emilio Renteria
1.09 : Justin Meram

BOTTOM 5
1.42 : Shaun Francis
1.43 : Jairo Obando Arrieta
1.46 : Chad Marshall
1.48 : Olman Vargas
1.54 : Federico Higuaín

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INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS
11 (leads team) of Ethan Finlay's 14 appearances have been as a sub /// Sebastian Miranda has been on the field for all but 1 Crew goal /// Only Cole Grossman, Carlos Mendes, Justin Meram and Josh Williams rank in top 10 in each; Goals For, Against and Difference. The first 3 have played less then 1000 mins. Williams has played over 2000.

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If you were to rank each of the 3 categories (GF, GA, GD) 1-25 and average them up the team list would look like this:

2 : Cole Grossman
2 : Carlos Mendes
5 : Justin Meram
6 : Emilio Renteria
8 : Joshua Williams
9 : Nemanja Vukovic
10 : Julius James
10 : Sebastián Miranda
11 : Federico Higuaín
11 : Dilly Duka
11 : Danny O´Rourke
13 : Matt Lampson*
13 : Kevan George*
13 : Andy Gruenebaum
14 : Eddie Gaven
16 : Tony Tchani
16 : Milovan Mirosevic
16 : Jairo Obando Arrieta
16 : Chris Birchall
18 : Chad Marshall
20 : Shaun Francis
20 : Bernardo Anor
21 : Eric Gehrig
21 : Aaron Schoenfeld*
23 : Olman Vargas
25 : Ethan Finlay*

*Played less then 450 minutes

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If you were to make a line up solely based on + goal data while a player is out on the field, it would look like this:

GK: Andy Gruenebaum
LB: Nemanja Vukovic
CB: Carlos Mendes
CB: Joshua Williams
RB: Sebastián Miranda
DM: Cole Grossman
DM: Danny O´Rourke
LM: Dilly Duka
RM: Justin Meram
AM: Federico Higuaín
ST: Emilio Renteria

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Most total goals (For + Against) while player is on the field (per 90):

3.21 : Federico Higuaín
2.81 : Julius James
2.70 : Jairo Obando Arrieta
2.70 : Cole Grossman
2.68 : Dilly Duka

Least amount:
2.29 : Emilio Renteria
2.26 : Milovan Mirosevic
2.19 : Bernardo Anor
1.98 : Nemanja Vukovic
1.90 : Eric Gehrig

For the record: I was threatened (with office scissors) to not post Gehrig's name and numbers with these particular metrics. "Most of these players contribute in many different ways and this is just one," got me out of there alive.

Thanks to Ryan Kramb for suggesting taking a look at goals this way.

I know Matt Bernhardt (Massive Report) took a look at similar metrics last year and if i remember correctly he also looked at successful player combinations. I'm searching for that post and kicking myself for not saving it. Take a look at his Lineup Progression Chart screencast while I look for the link.


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