What is DIGS?Defense Independent Game Score (DIGS) is an updated version of Bill James' and Tom Tango's respective game score creations. It rates a starting pitcher's performance for each game, but can also be applied over a full season or career's worth of data.
DIGS is designed with the pitcher, and only the pitcher, in mind. It factors in metrics the pitcher can control (strikeouts, walks, home runs, barrels, and batted balls), while leaving out those that his teammates factor into (hits and runs allowed). The goal of DIGS is to capture a pitcher's "true talent" while creating a value that varies less yearly than traditional game scores and ERA. |
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Kyle Goings has been tracking starting pitching using game score since 2015. He created DIGS in 2019, and has spent countless hours researching, calculating, and fine-tuning the metric to better serve an analytics-hungry audience. He is a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan who can be found on Twitter, @CoveChatter. DIGS logo and graphics were created by Zach Ennis. See more of his brilliant design work on Twitter, @zachennis.
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