Practicing Sabermetrics

Putting the Science of Baseball Statistics to Work

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

The past 30 years have seen an explosion in the number and variety of baseball books and articles. Following the lead of pioneers Bill James, John Thorn, and Pete Palmer, researchers have steadily challenged the ways we think about player and team performance--and along the way revised what we thought we knew of baseball history.This book by the authors of Understanding Sabermetrics (2008) goes beyond the explanation of new statistics to demonstrate their use in solving some of the more familiar problems of baseball research, such as how to compare players across generations; how to account for the effects of ballparks and rules changes; and how to measure the effectiveness of the sacrifice bunt or the range of the Gold Glove-winning shortstop.Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-10-19
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:313 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786441778

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SABR member Gabriel B. Costa is a catholic priest and a professor of mathematical sciences at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Michael R. Huber is a professor of mathematics at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He has been studying sabermetrics for more than 20 years and is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. John T. Saccoman is a professor in the department of mathematics and computer science at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.

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Table of ContentsPreface 1. What Is Sabermetrics and What Does It Do? 2. Traditional Offensive Statistics: Hitting and Base-Stealing 3. Traditional Defensive Statistics: Pitching and Fielding 4. Relativity and Normalization 5. Park Factors 6. Runs Created 7. Win Shares 8. Linear Weights Batting Runs 9. Linear Weights Pitching Runs 10. Linear Weights Fielding and Base-Stealing Runs 11. WHIP and Similar Statistics 12. Weighted Pitcher’s Rating 13. Base-Out Percentage and Total Average 14. OPS, POP and the SLOB 15. Total Power Quotient 16. Isolated Power, Power Factor and Power Average 17. Power-Speed Number 18. Range Factor 19. Hoban Effectiveness Quotient 20. Equivalence Coefficient 21. Predicting with the Use of Regression 22. Higher Mathematics Used in Sabermetrics 23. Potpourri Appendix A: Abbreviations and Formulas Appendix B: League Traditional Statistics and ABF Values Appendix C: Technological Notes Appendix D: Sabermetrics in the Classroom Sources About the Authors Index