Evaluation of team statistics please?

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Hi,

in just under 3 hours the quarter final match of the Baseball World Cup will be played in Taiwan between The Netherlands and Taiwan/Chinese Taipei...

 I'm from the Netherlands and I'm really looking forward to this game and trying to make sense of the stats, but I really know very very little about baseball.

I was wondering if you would please take a look at the stats for both teams and tell me as much as you can about them... Which team seems stronger in which areas or would be your favorite to win the game? Also I'd be very interested to hear which players you like from the stats and if you've ever heard of any of them.

Thanks a lot!

The stats for the Dutch team are at http://s29178.gridserver.com/images/country_stats/netherlands.htm

and the stats for the Taiwanese team are at http://s29178.gridserver.com/images/country_stats/chinese%20taipei.htm

Thanks again!

Joe · Accepted Answer

You will have to forgive the fact that I know very little about these two teams, but based purely on the statistics given in the links (I'm assuming they are only tournament stats) I would say The Netherlands holds a slight edge. The Netherlands looks to be the better hitting team top-to-bottom in their line-up, although Chinese Taipei has done reasonably well. The pitching for both teams seems pretty even. The only concern for The Netherlands would be their defense - they seem prone to committing errors. If it is a low scoring game, which it could be with those pitching staffs, then defense could play a very important role - any errors made could cost either team the game.

Evaluation of team statistics please?

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