I initially created Baseball Graphs to develop new and better ways of presenting baseball statistics. The 2003 season was my first full-season attempt, and it turned out pretty well. I now spend a lot of my time creating and formatting the baseball stats at The Hardball Times.

Along the way, I've also picked up the writing bug. I spend most of my energy writing for THT, but sometimes I like to write about more geeky stuff, baseball research and things like that. That's what this blog is for.

I'm very interested in graphics and other information display, so I'll probably post links to creative stuff like that. I also plan to write historical articles that complement the historical graphs. And I have inexplicably developed an interest in baseball win-related stats, such as Bill James's Win Shares and something called Win Probability Added. So you can expect a few posts about that stuff too.

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Syndicate Baseball Graphs:

2004 Win Shares now Available

October 04, 2004

Just finished updating Win Shares over at the Hardball Times. You can see them in our
stats section. Here are some quick observations:

- Bonds finished at 53 Win Shares, one short of his previous best.
- Rolen just edged Beltre at NL third base: 38-37
- The pick for the AL MVP could come from Sheffield, A-Rod, Tejada, Vlad, Matsui, Ramirez and Santana. Maybe Ichiro, too. They’re all that close, remembering Bill James’ guide that there’s really not much difference in three Win Shares.
- Randy Johnson should win the NL Cy Young. He has 25 Win Shares to Clemens’ 20.
- Best catcher in the majors? Jason Kendall.
- Over in Cincinnati, it’s Casey and Dunn, pray for no sun. Dunn had 31 and Casey 30. Then there is a drop to Jimenez at 23., then a further drop to 18, then…
- It’s even more extreme with Todd Helton and the Rockies
- Loretta just had a super year at 2B: 33 Win Shares
- Carlos Beltran had 31 Win Shares overall—18 at Houston and 13 at Kansas City.

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