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Category Archives: General
Top Plays of the 2015 Postseason (so far)
During the postseason, I have been making series win probability charts. They’re available on the front page of the site and regularly on Twitter. I’ve also been calculating championship win probability (cWPA) added for all players. This is similar to … Continue reading
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Greatest Postseason Comebacks
The Houston Astros and Kansas City Royals are headed for a decisive Game Five tonight. On Monday in Game Four, the Astros held a 6-2 lead and were just six outs from advancing to the ALCS. With one out in … Continue reading
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Season Similarity Scores
While Bill James was writing his Abstracts in the 1980’s, he came up with Similarity Scores, which puts a number on how similar the statistics are from two different players. Scores can range from 1000 for the most identical players … Continue reading
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Double Plays and Opportunities
One of my pet peeves in baseball is when an announcer mentions a stat without giving any context. It’s lazy and misleading and it’s usually done with counting stats. For example, both A.J. Pierzynski and Prince Fielder have grounded into … Continue reading
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Traveling Championship
Suppose the World Series winner from the previous season held a championship they had to defend every game, sort of a “championship belt”. I’ll call this the “traveling championship”. Once the traveling champion loses, the championship is then transferred to … Continue reading
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Disparity in Division Quality
It’s time to change the playoff seeding, just as the NBA did recently. The following is each division’s record vs non-divisional opponents during the wild card era (1994-present). As you can see, the NL Central (.555) has the seventh best … Continue reading
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Greatest Comeback Seasons in History
Just like Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over”. Year after year, we watch magic numbers and debate whether or not a team is “done” or if they still have a chance to make the playoffs. Pennant races … Continue reading
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Re-introducing Series Win Probability Added
A few years ago, I added postseason series win probability graphs and data. Most people are familiar with win probability graphs, which show each team’s win expectancy based on the inning, score, outs, & bases occupied. For series win probability, … Continue reading
Cocaine in Montreal
Before baseball had a problem with performance enhancing drugs, it had a problem with recreational drugs. This was highlighted by the “Pittsburgh Drug Trials” of 1985. During these trials, a number of baseball players took the stand to discuss cocaine … Continue reading
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Multi-HR Games
Bryce Harper is on a tear, hitting multiple homeruns in consecutive games. At just 22 years old, he already has 7 career games with multiple homeruns. This got me stuck in a play index wormhole (If you aren’t using play … Continue reading
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