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Entries Tagged as 'Advanced Stat Analysis'

The Onion on Sabermetrics

August 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Got a chuckle out of this:
Controversial Sabermetrician Posits That There Is No Such Thing As Baseball
NEW YORK—Saying that there are no pitchers, fielders, or batters, only numbers and statistics, radical sabermetrician Kyle Osterman theorized Wednesday that there is no such thing as baseball.
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Tags: Advanced Stat Analysis · Comedy

It’s a Good Time to Learn About Baserunning

July 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

At a recent tourney, one Pacific Rim director was bemoaning the lack of statistics employed to analyze baserunning.  ”There are so many [expletive] stats to analyze hitting but the only stats for baserunning are stolen bases, caught stealing, and run times. How do you measure aggressiveness? Opportunistic baserunning?  Hustle? Runners using cleverness to advance?”  It’s [...]

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Tags: Advanced Stat Analysis · MLB