Understanding Sabermetrics : An Introduction to the Science of Baseball Statistics
by Costa, Gabriel B.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-03-30
Publisher(s): McFarland & Co Inc Pub
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Summary
Born in the 1970s as a radical challenge to traditional baseball statistics, sabermetrics has developed into a new way of understanding many aspects of the game. Its practitioners have created new statistical tools and revised our old ways of thinking about established measures such as the batting average, tactics such as the sacrifice bunt, and even who among the greats was truly great. This introduction to the basics of sabermetric analysis explains concepts including normalization, peak versus career performance, linear weights and runs created, as well as popular calculations like OPS (On-Base plus Slugging), WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched), PF (Park Factor) and others increasingly used by baseball fans.
Author Biography
Gabriel B. Costa is on extended leave from Seton Hall University and is a math professor and associate chaplain at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York Michael R. Huber is an associate professor of math at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania John T. Saccoman is an associate professor of mathematics and computer science at Seton Hall University in New Jersey
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Pre-Game: Abbreviations and Formulas | p. xiii |
| Batting Practice: Introduction and Statistics | p. 1 |
| Infield Practice: Sabermetrical Reasoning | p. 7 |
| Simple Additive Formulas | p. 13 |
| Peak versus Career Performance | p. 22 |
| The Equivalence Coefficient | p. 30 |
| The Linear Weights School - Offense | p. 40 |
| The Linear Weights School - Pitching and Defense | p. 56 |
| The Runs-Created School | p. 67 |
| Win Shares | p. 78 |
| Seventh-Inning Stretch: Non-Sabermetrical Factors | p. 91 |
| Park Effects | p. 95 |
| Creating Measures and Doing Sabermetrics - Some Examples | p. 105 |
| Extra Innings: Beyond Sabermetrics | p. 113 |
| Clubhouse: Answers to Problems | p. 133 |
| Sabermetrics in the Classroom - A Primer | p. 149 |
| References: An Informal Bibliography and Web sites | p. 171 |
| Index | p. 173 |
| About the Authors | p. 176 |
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