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About Chris Jaffe

History instructor by day, statnerd by night, Chris Jaffe leads one of the most exciting double lives imaginable; with the exception of every other double life possible to imagine. Despite his lack of comic-book-hero-worthiness, Chris enjoys farting around with this stuff. His award-winning book, Evaluating Baseball's Managers is available for order. Chris welcomes responses to his articles via e-mail. Oh, and now he's on twitter.


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Chris Jaffe's Articles

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2008

10 things I didn’t know about THT last year

December 29, 2008
Ending the year with a look back at 2008, with a big assist from a massive bout of insomnia.

Hitler.  Stalin.  Garvey.

December 22, 2008
The three worst things a person can be are: 1) child molester, 2) Nazi war criminal, and 3) Steve Garvey

Current Cooperstown Conversations

December 15, 2008
A look at two noteworthy Hall of Fame news items from last week.

The George Grantham all-stars

December 08, 2008
What are the most well rounded offensive seasons of all-time? Read and find out.

Up and down the Hall of Fame Vote

November 24, 2008
A look at where Hall of Fame candidates stack up based on how long they've been on the ballot.

October country’s refugees (part 2 of 2)

November 10, 2008
Based on the season simulator database put together by SG from the Replacement Level Yankee Weblog, let's find out who were the best teams to ever miss the World Series.

THT Live: Happy 90th Birthday, Bob!

November 03, 2008

October country’s refugees (part 1 of 2)

November 03, 2008
With the help from the season simulator by SG from the Replacement Level Yankee Weblog, let's find out who was the best team to completely miss the World Series.

Interview: Carlos Gomez, MLB scout

October 27, 2008
An interview with former THT contributor and current Diamondbacks scout Carlos Gomez

THT Live: Best Civic Anniversary Ever?

October 26, 2008

The corpse on the dissecting table

October 13, 2008
I come not to praise the 2008 Cubs, but to bury them.

THT Live: The Gifts of Pittsburgh

October 01, 2008

THT Live: Ben Jacobs: modern day Nostradamus

September 30, 2008

Cooperstown Calling Contemporary Managers?

September 29, 2008
A look at the Hall of Fame prospects for the most notable current skippers.

THT Live: Fielder vs. Braun

September 27, 2008

The Yost-ings of yesteryear

September 22, 2008
THT's (self-proclaimed) manager expert looks at history's managerial removals most similar to Ned Yost's unexpected departure last week.

The grand national conversation

September 15, 2008
Chris takes another look at the BBWAA's voting process to uncover what really makes it tick.

30 teams, 30 theme songs

September 08, 2008
An attempt to find just the right song to describe each team's 2008 season.

In the name of Ethelred and all that is unready

August 25, 2008
An examination of the most extreme examples in baseball history when a batter overcame a dreadful start to have a stellar season.

Gouge Away

August 18, 2008
In a follow-up to his most responded to column from last year, Chris compares add-on costs like order processing charges and convenience fees for all 30 teams to see who gouges the most and least in MLB.

Matching presidents and ballplayers, 1933-2008

August 11, 2008
Finishing up where last week left off.

Matching presidents and ballplayers, 1869-1933

August 04, 2008
Just a fun mental exercise — take every president and find the ballplayer from his administration that best resembles him.

Rating the BBWAA (Part 2)

July 28, 2008
Finishing up the investigation on how good a job the BBWAA has done picking Hall of Famers over the years.

Rating the BBWAA (Part 1)

July 21, 2008
So ... how good a job has the BBWAA really done selecting Hall of Famers?

The 2008 Von Hayes All-Stars

July 07, 2008
Some men age gracefully and gradually. Then there are these guys.

Ten things I didn’t know before SABR 38

June 30, 2008
THT's annual recap of the most enjoyable weekend of the year.

How Joe DiMaggio Revolutionized Cooperstown Voting

June 09, 2008
The history of the BBWAA Hall of Fame vote can be divided into two phases: pre- and post-DiMaggio.

The bad century

June 02, 2008
In the century the Cubs have gone without a title, what has been their best squad? Let's have SG from the Replacement Level Yankee Weblog run 1000 sims of the best teams to find out.

Ten most impressive no-hitters of all time

May 26, 2008
Or, more precisely, the 10 most impressive lineups ever held hitless.

The Julio Franco Era

May 19, 2008
Now that he's finally retired, THT looks back at how the world has changed over the course of his life and career.

Book Review: The 1973 Story

May 12, 2008
A review of Hammerin' Hank, George Almighty, and the Say Hey Kid: The Year that Changed Baseball Forever by John Rosengren.

How Soon is Now?

May 05, 2008
What does the Cards' hot April start tell us about how they'll play the rest of the season?

Franchise Managerial Hiring Tendencies

April 28, 2008
Certain teams like going after particular types of managers. A look at the half-dozen teams with the most striking hiring tendencies.

THT Live: Streaking Cubs

April 22, 2008

Joe Posnanski Interview

April 21, 2008
THT sits down with the statworld's favorite mainstream writer.

Cubdom’s great lost opportunity

April 14, 2008
One of the Cubs' best chances since 1908 to win it all may have come in 1964, when they were 76-86, 17 games out of first.

Book Review: Big Book of Baseball Legends

April 07, 2008
A review of a special installment of Mythbusters, featuring Rob Neyer.

Baseball’s strangest and most amazing team pitching splits: 1957-2007

March 31, 2008
Plus a pair of hitting ones for good measure as well.

Five Questions: Milwaukee Brewers

March 10, 2008
A look into the crystal ball to see what 2008 holds for the Brew Crew

2007’s Most Historic and Impressive Team Splits

March 03, 2008
Having downloaded nearly 150 team splits for every squad since 1957, Chris clues us in on which teams' hitting and pitching achievements from last year were the most amazing.

Homer tracker

February 25, 2008
A look at which players and teams should see the biggest changes to their power numbers, based on the info at Greg Rybarczyk’s Hit Tracker website.

The Gods and Dogs of Garbage Time

February 18, 2008
Traditionally, when people talk about who is a choker and who is clutch, they point to how they hit in clutch situation. Let's flip it around and look at who is at his best when it matters least.

Bill James Interview

February 04, 2008
He's got a new book coming out. And a new website. So behold THT's interview with baseball's bearded wizard.

The 10 greatest Game Sevens in World Series history

January 21, 2008
Chris completes his World Series journey with an examination of the ultimate ultimates.

Pete Palmer interview

January 14, 2008
A chance to pick the brain of one of the godfathers of sabermetrics.

THT Live: My predictions vs. Reality

January 08, 2008

Tomorrow’s Cooperstown election results today

January 07, 2008
Well, no, not really. But, if you track 10 basic trends for BBWAA voting, you can essentially figure out how tomorrow's announcement will go before it happens.

Ten best World Series Game Sixes ever

January 04, 2008
It turns out a lot of your finest Game Sixes occur when the team that's down three game to two wins. Makes sense if you think about it.

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