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About Dan Fox

Dan is a software developer who lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado with his wife and two daughters. Dan has been writing about baseball for several years on his blog Dan Agonistes and is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).


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Dan Fox's Articles

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Five Questions: Kansas City Royals

March 20, 2006
There are more than five, but Dan gives it his best shot.

Whitey Ball

March 15, 2006
Dan takes a look at the base running exploits of the Cardinals under Whitey Herzog.

The Crucible of Competition

March 08, 2006
Dan praises The Fielding Bible and how it sheds light on the battles of spring.

Book Review: Winners

March 02, 2006
Dan takes a look at the new book by Dayn Perry.

A Closer Look at Run Estimation

February 27, 2006
Dan applies a few more tests to run estimation formulas while addressing the larger topics involved.

Odds and Ends

February 14, 2006
Dan clears up some issues that came up in recent articles on competitve balance and the sacrifice fly.

Competitive Balance and the CBA

February 06, 2006
Has the current collective bargaining agreement actually increased competitve balance?

Scoring on the Sacrifice Fly

February 01, 2006
Dan takes a quick look at just who scores on sacrifice flies.

A Second Look at Luck

January 24, 2006
Dan takes an opportunity to make corrections in his THT Baseball Annual 2006 article "Are You Feeling Lucky?"

To Go or Not to Go?

January 19, 2006
That's the question Dan takes on this week when considering sacrifice flies.

Run Estimation for the Masses

January 12, 2006
Dan delves into the depths of OPS as a tribute to his biggest fan.

Sacrificing in 2005 Redux

January 04, 2006
Dan goes back to the field to look at the merits of the sacrifice in 2005.

Not So Sweet Surrender

December 20, 2005
Dan digs into the probability of a successful sacrifice.

Patience and Position

December 13, 2005
Dan takes a second look at the walk rates of Caribbean players with a little nudging from the community at large.

Take a Walk on the Patient Side

December 09, 2005
Graphs, more graphs and the anger of Felipe Alou

A Short Digression into Log5

November 23, 2005
Dan provides additional support using the log5 method to predict the results of batter/pitcher matchups.

A Blatant Plug: The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2006

November 16, 2005
Dan previews the base running numbers included in this year's annual while shamelessly plugging the book.

Tony LaRussa and the Search for Significance

November 10, 2005
What binomial distributions, p-values and the log5 method have to do with 5-by-7 index cards.

Book Review: Mind Game

November 03, 2005
Dan takes a look at the book Mind Game by the writers of Baseball Prospectus.

But for This…

October 31, 2005
Doug Eddings, Ozzie Guillen, and the canonical story of "but for this."

And Then There Was One

October 28, 2005
The White Sox blow away all contenders and claim their first World Championship since 1917. Dan takes a look at Game 4 from a Win Probability perspective.

The Distinctive Chone Figgins

October 25, 2005
Dan takes a look at the third baseman with speed and its relationship to the defensive spectrum.

Pujols Carries Cards to St. Louis

October 19, 2005
How fast fortunes can change. Game 5 from a Win Probability perspective.

Astros Get the Split

October 15, 2005
The Astros win in St. Louis to even the NLCS at one game a piece.

Angels Fly to the LCS

October 11, 2005
Dan takes a look at Game 5 from a Win Probability perspective.

Egalitarianism and the RBI

October 03, 2005
When it comes to RBIs equality of outcome is governed by equality of opportunity.

Pennants are Won in ?

September 30, 2005
In the case of the AL Central the answer is April.

Stats, Science, Circumstance, and the Power of Language

September 23, 2005
Barry Bonds hits number 704 and Dan explores his visceral reaction

Rube Bressler Redux?

September 16, 2005
Rick Ankiel as the next Rube Bressler and the role of decreasing variation

You Can Count on It

September 08, 2005
Controlling the strike zone and the justification of Lloyd McClendon.

And Here’s the Pitch ...

September 06, 2005
Just how useful is pitch data in assessing performance? Dan takes a quick look.

The Curious Case of Emil Brown

August 26, 2005
The odds of Emil Brown being a useful player and other fascinating subjects.

A Day in the Life of a Stringer

August 22, 2005
The miracle of getting paid to watch baseball.

Circle the Wagons: Running the Bases Part III

August 11, 2005
Dan wraps up his series on baserunning by converting incremental bases into runs and wins

Circle the Wagons: Running the Bases Part II

August 04, 2005
Dan refines his baserunning framework discussed last week to include park effects.

Circle the Wagons: Running the Bases Part I

July 28, 2005
Dan rights an age old wrong and takes a five-year look at baserunning.

A Tale of Two Third Basemen

July 21, 2005
The many similarities of Sean Burroughs and Mark Teahen.

Baseball’s Hegelian Dialectic

July 14, 2005
Another salvo in the great debate between scouts and stats.

Winning in Extreme Environments

July 07, 2005
Dan takes another look at an aging sabermetric conclusion

Pythagoras and the White Sox

June 27, 2005
A look at the Smart Ball Sox of 2005 and an investigation on the reliability of the Pythagorean method in the middle of a season.

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