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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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2011
December 29, 2011
December 27, 2011
A look back at the year that was.
December 21, 2011
December 20, 2011
December 19, 2011
An argument on behalf of the former Houston first baseman.
December 16, 2011
December 14, 2011
December 12, 2011
An argument on behalf of the sabermetric darling.
December 12, 2011
December 09, 2011
December 08, 2011
December 07, 2011
December 05, 2011
Insights into Boston's hiring of Bobby Valentine.
December 05, 2011
December 01, 2011
November 30, 2011
November 29, 2011
November 28, 2011
Before Cooperstown's VC meets on Dec. 4-5, Chris tries to figure out what it will do.
November 28, 2011
November 23, 2011
November 21, 2011
Inspired by the hiring of Mike Matheny to replace Tony La Russa, a look at those who replaced other long-lasting skippers.
November 18, 2011
November 16, 2011
November 15, 2011
November 14, 2011
After noting the worst and weirdest career finales, Chris gives us the best.
November 14, 2011
November 14, 2011
November 10, 2011
November 09, 2011
November 08, 2011
November 07, 2011
Final thoughts on the recently retired manager.
November 07, 2011
November 04, 2011
November 04, 2011
November 03, 2011
November 03, 2011
November 02, 2011
November 01, 2011
October 31, 2011
Based on the system Chris debuted last week for ranking postseason series, here's a look at ranking the overall quality of postseasons in the wild card era.
October 31, 2011
October 28, 2011
October 27, 2011
October 26, 2011
October 25, 2011
October 24, 2011
This is what happens when Chris researches the postseason and comes up with a formula to gauge what makes a postseason memorable.
October 20, 2011
October 19, 2011
October 17, 2011
In a sequel to a column from last month, Chris looks at the oddest ways prominent baseball careers have come to an end.
October 17, 2011
October 13, 2011
October 12, 2011
October 10, 2011
Inspired by last Friday's NLDS dramatics, a list of the 10 best days featuring two memorable postseason games.
October 10, 2011
October 07, 2011
The White Sox managerial hire no one expected.
October 07, 2011
October 05, 2011
October 04, 2011
October 03, 2011
Historic perspective on the departures of Terry Francona and Ozzie Guillen from the Red and White Sox.
October 03, 2011
October 01, 2011
September 30, 2011
September 29, 2011
September 28, 2011
September 27, 2011
September 26, 2011
Which noteworthy players went out not with a bang but a whimper? Read and find out.
September 26, 2011
September 25, 2011
September 22, 2011
September 21, 2011
September 19, 2011
A look back at the memorable series of pitching duels Floyd Youmans found himself in a quarter century ago.
September 19, 2011
September 16, 2011
September 15, 2011
September 14, 2011
September 13, 2011
September 12, 2011
A look at guys with one strong element and often not much else.
September 08, 2011
September 07, 2011
September 02, 2011
September 01, 2011
August 31, 2011
August 29, 2011
In honor of the upcoming 200th Dusty Baker-Tony LaRussa dust-up, a look at managerial rivalries across history.
August 29, 2011
August 26, 2011
August 25, 2011
August 25, 2011
August 23, 2011
August 22, 2011
August 22, 2011
A look back at the Jim Hendry era of Cubs history.
August 19, 2011
August 17, 2011
August 15, 2011
August 15, 2011
A look at those terrifically disappointing players who had terrific careers.
August 11, 2011
August 10, 2011
August 09, 2011
August 08, 2011
August 08, 2011
In honor of 199-game winner Tim Wakefield, Chris writes his 200th THT column on pitchers claiming win No. 200.
August 05, 2011
August 05, 2011
August 04, 2011
August 01, 2011
What players are your borderlines for who belongs in Cooperstown?
July 29, 2011
July 28, 2011
July 26, 2011
July 26, 2011
July 25, 2011
July 25, 2011
In honor of the Braves' recent 10,000th win and impending 10,000th loss, a look at franchise records.
July 22, 2011
July 21, 2011
July 20, 2011
July 20, 2011
July 19, 2011
July 18, 2011
A look at the sabermetric darling entering Cooperstown next weekend.
July 12, 2011
July 12, 2011
July 11, 2011
THT's annual look back at the SABR convention, held this year in the LA area.
July 11, 2011
July 10, 2011
July 09, 2011
July 07, 2011
July 06, 2011
Our annual look at veterans who fell off a cliff this season.
July 01, 2011
June 30, 2011
June 29, 2011
June 27, 2011
Putting last week's surprising resignation of Jim Riggleman into perspective
June 27, 2011
June 23, 2011
June 20, 2011
Putting the quest for 3,000 hits in historical perspective
June 20, 2011
June 13, 2011
A look at the new book about the ESPN sports media leviathan.
June 11, 2011
June 09, 2011
June 09, 2011
June 07, 2011
June 06, 2011
June 06, 2011
Chris gives us his annual look at add-on fees to MLB tickets.
June 02, 2011
June 01, 2011
May 27, 2011
May 25, 2011
May 25, 2011
May 23, 2011
Sometime this year—maybe this week—the Braves' cumulative franchise record will hit .500. Let's take a look at how they got here.
May 21, 2011
May 17, 2011
May 17, 2011
May 16, 2011
May 16, 2011
A look back at the career of Harmon Killebrew
May 14, 2011
May 11, 2011
May 09, 2011
May 09, 2011
Has this year's dismal start doomed the White Sox's hopes?
May 08, 2011
May 05, 2011
May 03, 2011
May 02, 2011
Mickey Mantle's hung over homer and other stories from Jim Bouton's Ball Four.
May 02, 2011
April 29, 2011
April 28, 2011
April 26, 2011
April 25, 2011
A sequel to last week's column on their best games
April 25, 2011
April 18, 2011
Looking through the prism of WPA.
April 13, 2011
April 11, 2011
Why teams are more likely to retire numbers in recent decades.
April 11, 2011
April 04, 2011
Where is my mind? How could I possibly think the Cubs might be good this year?
April 04, 2011
March 28, 2011
Some of the highs and lows of the Rangers and Angels in their half-century of existence.
March 27, 2011
March 21, 2011
What are some things to look out for with the 2011 South Side Sox?
March 08, 2011
March 07, 2011
A look at some managerial career markers the 2011 season should see attained.
February 23, 2011
February 21, 2011
A look at the new book that seeks to be the Freakonomics of sports.
February 19, 2011
February 14, 2011
February 14, 2011
A look at the life and career of the recently-departed MLB skipper.
February 08, 2011
February 07, 2011
Picking up where we left last week, Chris uses the 1,000 seasons sim program from SG at the Replacement Level Yankee Weblog to determine the worst World Series champion ever.
January 31, 2011
With help from SG of the Replacement Level Yankee Weblog, Chris rates the worst World Series champions of all-time.
January 26, 2011
January 24, 2011
Inspired by a Joe Posnanski piece, this picks up where Chris left off last week and looks at worst endings to October contests.
January 19, 2011
January 17, 2011
Inspired by a recent Joe Posnanski piece, Chris counts down some of the worst endings in MLB history.
January 14, 2011
January 10, 2011
Chris looks ahead for Cooperstown, and what it means for the backloggers returning for next year's ballot.
January 09, 2011
January 05, 2011
January 04, 2011
January 04, 2011
January 03, 2011
Why wait for the official announcement when you can read Chris's fourth annual prediction article now?
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