I had a lot of fun with my article Comparing Baseball Teams Throughout History; specifically, writing the program to calculate […]
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Comparing Baseball Teams Throughout History
Update 1/25/2014: This article lays the groundwork for the Team Similarity Scores, but more accurate results are available here. Many […]
Read morePredicting a Winning Season for the Orioles
How predictive is the O’s record on July 1 of their season-ending record? I thought about this question a lot […]
Read moreMost Valuable Pinch-Hit Appearances in 2013, American League
In this edition of WPA analysis/storytelling, I wanted to focus on pinch hitters. I defined a pinch-hit appearance as one […]
Read moreBiggest Single-Game Contributions in 2013, National League
Welcome back! This post is the second in a two-part series; in part one, I looked at single-game contributions in […]
Read moreOne Definition of “Valuable” in 2013
Every year, we debate who’s going to be the MVP. Some people use their eyes and their gut … others […]
Read moreBiggest Single-Game Contributions in 2013, American League
I love the metric Win Probability Added (WPA). It’s “the story stat”, a way to quantify the contributions made by […]
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