Author Archives: Dan Hirsch

Teammates Sharing Birthdays (Maddux, Justice, Avery)

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Dan Hirsch

If you are like me, then you are a child of the 90′s and you rooted for America’s Team, the Atlanta Braves. And you probably know that today, April 14th, is Greg Maddux, David Justice, and Steve Avery’s birthday. Alright, … Continue reading →

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All “Mickey” Team

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Dan Hirsch

One of my favorite things to do is compile All-Time Teams, as you can probably tell from the site. As Baseball fans in the internet age, we have access to all sorts of data, which allows us to come up … Continue reading →

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Piazza catches Chavez stealing

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Dan Hirsch

The Mike Piazza book, Long Shot, was released recently. He, along with the help of Lonnie Wheeler, goes through his childhood and career in Baseball while tackling all the issues (bacne, steroids, sexual orientation, etc). Really, he was trying to … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson and the 1946 Pennant

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Dan Hirsch

I’m currently in the middle of reading a handful of Jackie Robinson/Branch Rickey/Brooklyn Dodger themed books. The reason being is that I am pumped to see the movie “42″ next month. After watching this trailer, how could you not get … Continue reading →

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Postseason Series Win Probability

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Dan Hirsch

I would have liked to add this in October, but I had some things to tweak and I wanted to make sure the 2012 data was included at launch. Thanks to Retrosheet, every single postseason play, game, and series is … Continue reading →

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Orioles and Run Differential

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Dan Hirsch

I’ve noticed a lot of talk recently about the Orioles and how they continue to outplay their Run Differential. As of today, they have a record of 60-51 with a run differential of -47, and have outplayed their pythagorean record … Continue reading →

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Teams and Star Power

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Dan Hirsch

Recently, I was looking at a list of the worst teams in history (’99 Spiders, ’62 Mets, ’16 A’s, etc). I agree that these teams were terrible, but they each had stars on their rosters. The Mets had Ashburn and … Continue reading →

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WAR available in Downloads

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Dan Hirsch

While our old Wins Above Replacement (sometimes known as gWAR) was replaced on the site with Baseball-Reference’s system, I’ve decided to make it available via a .csv download for those still interested. If you’re looking for a .csv download of … Continue reading →

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Win Shares Above Bench

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Dan Hirsch

I’m toying with the idea of removing WSAB from the site in favor of bringing back my old Wins Above Replacement system. This would mean that the site would have Baseball-Reference’s WAR, my WAR, and Win Shares. I’d like to … Continue reading →

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Best Seasons without an MVP vote

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Dan Hirsch

I found a thread on Baseball-Fever.com asking which players had the best season without receiving a single MVP vote. So I figured that I would do a query using Baseball-Reference’s WAR. Since most of the players on the list are … Continue reading →

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