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About Max Marchi

Max is a statistician who does analysis on infectious diseases as a day job. When he is at home his attention shifts toward baseball data.


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Max Marchi's Articles

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2011

The 2011 Yogi Berra Award

November 23, 2011
Looking for the game's ultimate hackers.

Baseball at 2:00 a.m.: The postseason from the other side of the pond

October 13, 2011
Or why there are no articles by Max in October

Who is playing the percentages? What are the percentages?

October 11, 2011
To remove or not to remove a rolling starter in the ninth?

Extra plays made: Should we change our point of view?

August 05, 2011
A defensive evaluation conundrum.

THT Live: Top games of the week: July 17-23

July 24, 2011

THT Live: Top games of the week: July 10-16

July 17, 2011

THT Live: Top games of the week: July 3 to 9

July 10, 2011

Evaluating catchers: Framing pitches - part 3

July 08, 2011
Max tries to further improve his estimate on runs saved by virtue of framing pitches

THT Live: Top games of the week: June 26-July 2

July 03, 2011

THT Live: Top games of the week: June 19 to 25

June 26, 2011

Evaluating catchers: Framing pitches, part 2

June 24, 2011
Digging further into the skill.

THT Live: Top games of the week: June 12 to 18

June 19, 2011

THT Live: Top games of the week: June 5 to 11

June 12, 2011

Evaluating catchers: Quantifying the framing pitches skill

June 10, 2011
Max estimates the impact a catcher can have by framing pitches effectively.

THT Live: Top games of the week: May 28 to June 4

June 05, 2011

THT Live: Top games of the week: May 22-28

May 29, 2011

How much should you care for BABIP vagaries?

May 27, 2011
A simple formula to assess how much a pitcher's ERA can be affected by his BABIP fluctuations

THT Live: Top games of the week: May 15 to May 21

May 22, 2011

THT Live: Top games of the week: May 8 to May 14

May 15, 2011

(No more) tinkering with Liriano

May 13, 2011
Poor control, release inconsistency... and a no-hitter.

THT Live: Top games of the week: May 1 to May 7

May 08, 2011

THT Live: Top games of the week: April 24 to April 30

May 01, 2011

THT Live: Top games of the week: April 17 to April 23

April 24, 2011

Dead pull versus inside-out

April 22, 2011
Max explores batters' different tendencies in responding to different pitch locations

THT Live: Top games of the week: April 10 to April 16

April 17, 2011

THT Live: Top games: March 31 to April 9

April 10, 2011

Release point notes

April 08, 2011
Mound heights, pitchers' injuries, altered deliveries: a quick tour on pitching release point.

Curveball command: once more, with feeling

March 10, 2011
Digging some more into the ability to locate curves.

Fine tuning PITCHf/x location data

February 25, 2011
Confirming the flaws and the strengths of the system.

Curveball command

February 11, 2011
Measuring pitchers' ability to hit spots.

Fall Classics countdown

January 28, 2011
In the final article of the series, Max ranks the top five World Series with the help of a statistical tool.

World Series at its best

January 14, 2011
Automation vs. the human element: a comparison of rankings of the best World Series games.

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