Walk Like a Sabermetrician
Occasional commentary on baseball and sabermetrics
Monday, June 25, 2012
On Run Distributions, pt. 4: Tango Distribution
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At this point in the series, I need to take a detour from discussing run per game distributions and get a little more fundamental--runs per ...
Monday, June 18, 2012
On Run Distributions, pt. 3: Zero Modification
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It appears that the negative binomial distribution provides a decent starting point for estimating the per game run distribution for typical...
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Monday, June 11, 2012
On Run Distributions, pt. 2: Negative Binomial
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There does exist a common discrete distribution that can be useful in modeling the per game run distribution. It doesn’t necessarily seem l...
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Monday, June 04, 2012
On Run Distributions, pt.1: Introduction
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Let’s suppose that you were going to conjure up a model that fit the distribution of team runs per game. What properties would you like it ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Meanderings
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* As sabermetrics has matured, many of us have come to recognize to a greater extent that information asymmetry hinders our analysis of tran...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Scoring Self-Indulgence, pt. 9
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Finally, it’s over. No more boring you with detailed explanations of a fairly conventional scoring system as if it is unique and deserving ...
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Great Moments in Yahoo! Box Scores
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This is from the same game I posted earlier. Yahoo! has corrected the score, but remain confused with respect to the participants in the...
Great Moments in Yahoo! Box Scores
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The score was 12-1.
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