sabermetrics
By The Numbers: One Man’s Opinion — Why The Tigers Needed To Keep Verlander
Overall, the Tigers should be very satisfied with hanging onto Verlander for at least another five years. Although the price tag was high, he is a vital contributor to the team’s success.
By The Numbers: The Total Average Concept
All the hype of batting statistics does not answer the question of Orioles success according to the TTAw concept of sabermetrics. The numbers never lie.
By The Numbers: Do More Home Runs Actually Lead To More Wins?
A home run obviously generates runs as quickly as possible from a given at-bat, but might it be the case that teams that strive for too many home runs actually hurt their overall run production?
By The Numbers: 300 + 300 = A Very Small Number
Stuart Cooke is a college baseball player and is presently taking a course on sabermetrics. He is also our By The Numbers guest blogger this week. As you will see, he discusses a pretty exclusive club.
By The Numbers: A Closer Look At Pitcher Efficiency Average
A relatively new statistic that has come up through sabermetrical circles is known as Pitcher Efficiency Average (PEA), which helps compare and rank pitchers based on efficiency.
By The Numbers: Controversial Stats Give Reason To Doubt Fairness
Mr. Jacob Carpenter is another student presently taking a course on sabermetrics. In this installment of By The Numbers, he doesn’t mince words as he looks at some “controversial” numbers.
By The Numbers: Breaking Down The Development Of Sabermetrics In Baseball
Accumulations, assessments, averages, comparisons, listings and rankings have practically been with us from when the first pitch was thrown to the first batter on that first diamond.
By The Numbers: Introducing Baseball’s Cumulative Base Proficiency (CBP)
I picked sixteen giants of the game, using the following career statistics: At-bats (AB), walks (W), total bases (TB), stolen bases (SB), caught stealing (CS) and hit-by-pitch (HP).
By The Numbers: What Do We Do Now That Baseball Season Is Over?
When Miguel Cabrera took strike three from Sergio Romo at Comerica Park on Sunday night, the World Series was completed. The National Pastime was immediately suspended, as happens every fall until pitchers and catchers return next spring. So now what?
By The Numbers: A Review Of ‘Sandlot Stats’
In this issue of By The Numbers, we review a book which has just been released. The text, titled “Sandlot Stats: Learning Statistics with Baseball,” was authored by Dr. Stanley Rothman, a mathematics professor at Quinnipiac University.
Hartnett: Cabrera Vs. Trout — Sorting Through The Great 2012 AL MVP Debate
Both Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout have had historic 2012 seasons, but only one can take home the AL MVP.
By The Numbers: Collusion – A Look Back
Collusion, in the words of Fay Vincent, was “the most egregious breaking of trust in baseball history… it destroyed any chance of civility on the part of the players.”
By The Numbers: The Myth Of The Contract Year Phenomenon
Is the contract year phenomenon really was what it claims to be, and not a collection of outliers that linked together to make a good story?
By The Numbers: Albert Pujols Is Worth His Astronomical Contract
Throughout this offseason, baseball has seen some dramatic moves and major free agents signing large contracts with new teams, such as Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder. And that begs the question: Is Pujols really worth all the money he got from the Angels?
By The Numbers: The Greatest Right-Handed Starting Pitcher In Baseball History?
For this installment of By The Numbers, I decided to examine a half-dozen of the greatest right-hander starting pitchers in the history of the game to determine the greatest right-handed hurler ever.
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