Archive for the ‘Stats’ Category
Sunday, March 18th, by KerryWhisnant
Who are the best teams? Who are the worst teams? And just how good or bad are they? Dugout Central writers and readers are again challenged to predict the number of wins in the regular season for each of the thirty MLB teams.
Posted in Fantasy Baseball, Stats | 529 Comments »
Monday, February 13th, by Shaun
Last year, Author Alan Hirsch was kind enough to answer and respond to questions and criticisms of his book, The Beauty of Short Hops: How Chance and Circumstance Confound the Moneyball Approach to Baseball. Alan co-wrote The Beauty of Short Hops with his brother, Sheldon Hirsch.
Tags: Alan Hirsch, Billy Beane, MoneyBall, sabermetrics
Posted in Baseball, Stats | 31 Comments »
Monday, February 13th, by Shaun
This is not a replacement for watching and scouting, in addition to looking at the statistics. This is merely a way for fans—who often don’t get to see their team’s minor-league players and the minor-league players everyone is raving about—to eyeball some numbers and get an idea about what their team has in the organization.
Tags: evaluation, Minor Leagues, prospects, statistics
Posted in Baseball, Stats | 536 Comments »
Thursday, January 26th, by KerryWhisnant
Some teams are bad, but at least they have one or two good players to root for. The teams on this list didn’t even have that. A brief synopsis is given of the seven teams in the history of major league baseball that had no player with at least 2.0 WAR.
Posted in Nostalgia, Stats | 16 Comments »
Saturday, January 21st, by KerryWhisnant
We present the fourth annual list of best players at a given experience level, as determined by Runs Created per Plate Appearance.
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011 by KerryWhisnant
In a recent Dugout Central article, John Bowen asked if the quality start is a bad statistic. In this article I present data on how often a team wins given how long the starting pitcher lasts and how many earned runs he allows, and suggest two possible redefinitions of the quality start.
Posted in Stats | 31 Comments »
Thursday, March 10th, 2011 by JohnBowen
In an article published earlier this week on his blog-that’s-not-a-blog, Murray Chass raised some interesting points about pampered pitchers in this day and age. The article made some interesting points with regards to pitch counts and 5-man rotations, but he goes on to bring up some questionable points with regards to how pitchers are evaluated.
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Tags: Felix Hernandez, Murray Chass, Quality Starts, Ross Ohlendorf, Tim Lincecum, WAR, Wins, Zack Greinke
Posted in Daily, Stats | 77 Comments »
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 by KerryWhisnant
Bill James introduced the concept of similarity scores by comparing career totals in games played, at bats, runs, hits and other offensive stats. However, it emphasizes counting stats, and therefore in most cases players can be similar only if they have a similar number of plate appearances. I introduce the Rate Similarity Score, which identifies batters with similar batting profiles even though they may have very different career lengths.
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Saturday, March 5th, 2011 by KerryWhisnant
Who are the best players for each franchise? Using WAR, the likely contenders can be identified. Many are no-brainers, but some cases are not so clear-cut. And what current players have a chance to be the best player in their team’s history?
Posted in Player Analysis, Stats | 112 Comments »
Saturday, February 12th, 2011 by JohnBowen
John looks at the best seasons for the Houston Astros/Colt .45’s.
Tags: Houston Astros
Posted in Astros, Stats | 130 Comments »
Sunday, January 30th, 2011 by KerryWhisnant
Who has the best shot at breaking Barry Bonds’ record of 762 home runs? Who is likely to reach 500 or 600? We all know the usual suspects, but is there a way to estimate their actual probabilities? Using past performances beyond a given age level, we can try to quantify what we think we already know.
Posted in Stats | 61 Comments »
Friday, January 28th, 2011 by KerryWhisnant
We present the third annual list of best players at a given experience level, as determined by Runs Created per Plate Appearance.
Posted in Stats | 8 Comments »
Friday, January 21st, 2011 by KerryWhisnant
Last season the National League won its first All-Star game in fourteen tries, but has the NL really caught up with the AL? An analysis using Pythagorean expectation indicates that the answer may be “yes.”
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 by KerryWhisnant
At the beginning of the season, Dugout Central readers and staff were challenged to predict the number of wins for each of the thirty MLB teams. After six months of games, it came down to a single game late on Sunday to decide the winner.
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Sunday, October 3rd, 2010 by KerryWhisnant
Just as the playoff picture will not be completely determined until the final Sunday – or maybe even later – the Dugout Central Challenge title hinges on the results of just a few games at the end of the season.
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