Walk Like a Sabermetrician
Occasional commentary on baseball and sabermetrics
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Scoring Self-Indulgence, pt. 7: Field Locations and Ball Trajectories
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When the ball is put into play, I track its location using a set of field location codes. What I use is not nearly as intricate as the syst...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Scoring Self-Indulgence, pt. 6: Outs on Base
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I previously demonstrated how I score batting outs, but did not touch on outs that occur once there is a runner on base. Again, the example...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
2012 Predictions
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Every year I try to disavow these predictions as a serious exercise--this is just me as a baseball fan, having fun. Every year I stress tha...
Monday, April 02, 2012
Great Moments in Yahoo! Standings
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Sunday, April 01, 2012
Ubaldo and Tulo
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In the first inning of today’s Cleveland/Colorado game, Ubaldo Jimenez hit Troy Tulowitzki with his first pitch. The two have had some sort...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
BA/OBA/SLG Calculus, pt. 2
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The ease of figuring OPS given OBA and SLG, along with the fact that the metrics are reasonably well-accepted by the general baseball commun...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
BA/OBA/SLG Calculus, pt. 1
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I wrote a series of posts about OPS four years ago entitled " Beating a Dead Horse ". Among serious sabermetricians, there is ...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012
BA/OBA/SLG Algebra, pt. 2
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OPS OPS = OBA + SLG = (H + W)/(AB + W) + TB/AB = ((H+W)*AB + TB*(AB + W))/(AB*(AB + W)) I believe the technical term for that is gobbled...
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