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.
If you're interested, I've created a complex spreadsheet full of WPA logic, which you can download at ftp.baseballgraphs.com/wpa. If you'd like to read more about Win Shares, try these links:
Win Shares Intro
The AL Gold Glove team was announced today. The win shares system predicted 4 (or 5, or 6) of the 8 non-pitcher winners.
The AL Gold Glove team was announced today. The win shares system predicted 4 (or 5, or 6) of the 8 non-pitcher winners.
AL Gold Glove team:
P - Mussina
C - B. Molina
1B - Olerud
2B - B. Boone
SS - A. Rodriguez
3B - Chavez
OF - Cameron
OF - Hunter
OF - Ichiro
Win Shares AL Gold Glove team:
P - no award
C - Ramon Hernandez.
By WS/1000 INN, Molina ranked 1st among qualifiers. He certainly would have led had he not been injured in early September.
1B - Olerud
2B - Orlando Hudson
Boone finished 3rd, behind Hudson and Mark Ellis. He led most of the year.
SS - Jose Valentin
A-Rod finished 4th, behind Valentin, Cristian Guzman, and Miguel Tejada.
3B - Chavez
OF - Cameron
OF - Carlos Beltran
OF - Hunter
Ichiro finished 1st among right fielders.
Thanks, Pete. I think Valentin has a legitimate complaint here. He pretty much led in fielding Win Shares all year long, and looked very good in other fielding factors too. For instance, David Pinto’s work with Range Factors (at [url=http://www.baseballmusings.com]http://www.baseballmusings.com)[/url] had White Sox shortstops ranked first in the league. He seems to be an unappreciated shortstop, at least based on this year’s stats.
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