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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Saturday, April 19, 2008

14 Pitches

The Phillies' Eric Bruntlett just had a tense 14-pitch at bat against Oliver Perez, including a foul ball that was almost a home run. I decided to experiment creating pictures of at bats from MLB's Gameday, and here's what that one looked like -- at least on a computer (stupid major league blackout).



By the way, Bruntlett walked.
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Friday, April 18, 2008

The Colbert Bump

This post is a little old, but it concerns one of my favorite TV shows, The Colbert Report. The authors prove that the "Colbert Bump" actually does exist, and they even break their findings into types of bumps. I really like how they take a "spaghetti chart" of lines and mold it into a graph that brings out the basic story. This is something more graphic artists should try to do.
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Have you seen Muckety?

Since I haven't posted anything here in a while, I figured we all could use a good non-baseball but good-graphic post. Have you seen Muckety? It's an online news source that specializes in stories and the relationships between people in the stories. Check out the relationships between all the players in the recent McCain Girls video.

This is a seriously good use of graphics for information. And now you know how Andy Samberg is related to Arianna Huffington.
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