Archive for the 'Stats' Category

What effect did Quality of Pitch have on the home run spike in 2017?

How predictive are minor league stats regarding groundball pitchers and longball hitters?

Is useful pitch-tracking data available below the major league level?

Another year of data gives us a little more insight into the consequences of Tommy John surgery.

The Pyramid Rating System gets a 2017 update.

What trends and consequences can be gleaned by reviewing umpires’ ball-strike calls from last season?

Just how much error is there in Statcast?

Who among present-day players most resembles the all-or-nothing Dave Kingman?

Who was the most underrated baserunner of the 1980’s and ’90’s? The answer may surprise you.

What do the standard deviations of exit velocity and launch angle tell us about the best baseball player in the world?