By Daniel Zarchy, on February 22nd, 2011
95, 129, and 136, baby.
For our newest installment of SFB, I’d like to introduce you to two of the most deceptively simple and useful statistics, Adjusted On-Base Plus Slugging (OPS+) and Adjusted Earned Run Average (ERA+).
These two stats are used to show a player’s performance, either in hitting or pitching, . . . → Read More: Sabermetrics For Beginners Part III: The Plus Sign
By Daniel Zarchy, on January 22nd, 2011 For those of you who have already listened to Episode 6 of the podcast, yes, I know that konnichiwa means “good afternoon,” and not “thank you for listening to our podcast.” Language has never been Thomas’ strong suit, so please forgive him. We felt a shout out to our Japanese listeners was in order after . . . → Read More: Sabermetrics for Beginners Part II: The Violent Stats
By Daniel Zarchy, on January 15th, 2011 When Thomas and I first started dreaming podcast-related thoughts, we hoped to have listeners who were fans of the San Francisco Giants Baseball Club, not necessarily fans who had advanced mathematical and statistical training. That said, on the podcast we’ve been throwing out stats left and right, and some of them bear explaining.
First of . . . → Read More: Sabermetrics For Beginners Part 1: The “Slash” Line
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