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:

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Let the Hardball Times Roll

March 15, 2004

I’m joining forces with a dozen other great writers to form a new baseball website, The Hardball Times.

With the dawn of another baseball season, it’s time for a few changes at Baseball Graphs.  In particular, I’d like to announce that I am joining forces with a dozen other great baseball writers on a new website called The Hardball Times.

The Hardball Times will include some of the best baseball writers on the web: Aaron Gleeman, Larry Mahnken, Ben Jacobs, Steve Treder, Matthew Namee, Bryan Smith, Vinay Kumar, Alex Belth, Robert Dudek, Craig Burley and Joe Dimino.  I’m thrilled to be included among such great talent.

In addition to some great writing, The Hardball Times will feature my in-season baseball graphs, as well as a variety of in-season statistics (including Win Shares).  For the graphs, I plan to use the “team” format that I rolled out at the end of last season, because I think that’s easier for you to read.  Please let me know what you think, and if you have any other graphical ideas for those pages.

I need to start spending my time developing and posting graphs and stats for the 2004 season, which means I won’t be able to write very much on this site.  However, I still have some major plans for [url=http://www.baseballgraphs.com]http://www.baseballgraphs.com[/url] over the next few months, including one major new feature.  If you want an e-mail when I roll it out, just let me know.

Also, please let me know if you know anything about Pete Simpson.  Pete was the real brains behind our in-season Win Shares, but I have not heard from him for over a month, and his mailbox is full.  I hope he and his family are okay.

At any rate, thanks for dropping by this offseason, and supporting the Win Shares research.  I fully intend to continue the Win Shares work over time, but right now I’ve got just a few other things on my plate.

Best,
Dave

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