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Below is a link to an excel spreadsheet which demonstrates the log 5 phenomenon I wrote about seven years ago in today’s post about Bill James and Craig Biggio. Do with it what you will. Grace vs. Pedro vs. Karros vs. Karl

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I’ve always been a firm believer in basic information as a foundation for making more complicated analysis later on. You have start with the basic info before you start trying to split atoms. In that vein here’s something basic. It’s the projected standings for 2008 based on the Pythag numbers from 2007 and 2006. The […]

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Came up with an idea for adjusting past stats and was wondering if and where I’m going to be tripped up. The idea is to take all non pitchers who played in MLB in consecutive seasons and then run a comparison of their stats from one year to the next to see how their stats […]

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These are, as best as I’m able to calculate, the pitching totals for non-pitchers in MLB from 1946-2006. IP H HR BB SO ERA BFP HBIP lgHBIP 313.2 370 44 206 139 6.51 1505 .298 .278 Now it’s possible I screwed up with database and don’t have the right numbers, but I looked it over […]

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Jesus, cool stuff like this (Spatial Aggregate Fielding Evaluation) makes me wish I did better in school. The recent spate of detailed play by play information has changed the way a lot of analysis is done. Used to be some mope like me would look at what Enos Slaughter did in 1939 and draw all […]

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Seems like for the near future, every time the Yankees or Red Sox win the World Series will have to deal with the complaints that teams are “buying championships.” This discussion on Baseball Think Factory is an example.

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