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About Dave Studeman

Dave Studeman and Pete Simpson are the creators of the Baseball Graphs website, and Dave is currently the manager of the Hardball Times. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and other fancy journals, and mentioned in several books, such as Fantasyland. His work has even been translated into Taiwanese, a language in which he actually makes some sense.


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Dave Studeman's Articles

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2004

One-Batter Pitchers

December 31, 2004
Looking at the LOOGY's and ROOGY's of 2004.

THT Live: Bert and Rich

December 30, 2004

THT Live: Another Kind of Relief

December 29, 2004

The One About Win Probability

December 27, 2004
What it is, and why we like it.

THT Live: Happy Holidays to All

December 24, 2004

More About the Free Agents

December 21, 2004
Another look at the dollars and sense being thrown around this offseason.

THT Live: Stunned Update

December 20, 2004

THT Live: Pretend You’re Billy Beane….

December 19, 2004

THT Live: The Latest from Washington

December 19, 2004

THT Live: Gammons Wins Spink

December 16, 2004

Getcha 2004 Hardball Times Baseball Annual Right Here!

December 13, 2004
The THT Baseball Annual is now available for you to purchase. Visit our sales site to purchase your copy today. We also have a list of updates and related information in the attached article.

Fair Market Value

December 13, 2004
Analyzing the latest player deals.

THT Live: The Williams Contract

December 10, 2004

A Good Starter is Hard to Find

December 08, 2004
$7 million a year for Kris Benson? $4 million a year for Paul Wilson? $3 million plus for Lidle? $2 million for Rusch? Troy Percival? Eric Milton? What is going on?

THT Live: A Rant

December 07, 2004

Heroes and Steroids

December 03, 2004
Studes asks what it all means.

THT Live: Proving Moneyball

December 01, 2004

THT Live: Win Shares Aging

November 29, 2004

Making the Most of What You’ve Got

November 29, 2004
A quick look at not only who hit what, but who hit what when.

THT Live: Happy Thanksgiving

November 25, 2004

THT Live: Miller at Miller

November 23, 2004

The Free Agent Win Shares Chart

November 22, 2004
Nearly 20 percent of last year's Win Shares have filed for free agency. Here's a quick review of the impact free agent losses will have on each team.

The Benson and Rusch Gambles, Er, Contracts

November 22, 2004
A quick look at the deals a couple of pitchers signed this weekend.

Inside the Mind of Brian Sabean

November 17, 2004
Brian Sabean just signed a 37-year-old shortstop to a three-year contract. What was he thinking? A look at age, salaries and a couple of Francos.

THT Live: Wouldn’t it be Great if this Guy had a Blog?

November 17, 2004

THT Live: State of the Baseball Blog

November 15, 2004

THT Live: Hardball Times Baseball Annual Errata

November 14, 2004

THT Live: The 2004 Scouting Report by the Fans for the Fans

November 08, 2004

The 2004 Hardball Times Baseball Annual Sneak Preview

November 05, 2004
Have I mentioned that we're going to sell a book? Here's a sneak preview of the Table of Contents.

Who Hit What?

November 03, 2004
Another sneak preview of The Hardball Times 2004 Baseball Annual, this time revealing the batting tendencies of major league batters.

Who Gave Up What?

October 31, 2004
Studes reviews some of the stats that will be included in the 2004 Hardball Times Baseball Annual, which will go on sale next week.

THT Live: Postseason Awards that count!

October 29, 2004

THT Live: Manny the MVP?

October 28, 2004

THT Live: Foulke in lead for Series MVP

October 27, 2004

THT Live: Schilling Takes Game Two

October 25, 2004

THT Live: Bellhorn first game MVP

October 24, 2004

THT Live: It’s the Redbirds and Red Sox

October 21, 2004

THT Live: Re-calculated

October 14, 2004

THT Live: A Book and a Calculator

October 13, 2004

Net Win Shares Value

October 13, 2004
Studes combines salaries and Win Shares to introduce a new definition of valuable.

THT Live: Yankees Set Record

October 04, 2004

My Weekend Game Diary: October 2

October 03, 2004
Taking a look at Saturday's games, including two wild division clinchers.

My Weekend Game Diary: October 1

October 02, 2004
Studes reviews Friday's games and uses Win Expectancy to shed a little light on the outcomes.

THT Live: Dodgers Clinch Tie

October 01, 2004

THT Live: Giants/Padres postmortem

September 30, 2004

THT Live: Wildcard Race

September 30, 2004

THT Live: Mets Hire Minaya

September 29, 2004

THT Live: Pennant Races Galore

September 29, 2004

Notes.  No News, No Quotes.  Just Notes.

September 27, 2004
With the season almost over, Studes rambles on about a few things, including Victor Diaz, Win Expectancy and the 2004 Yankees' place in history.

THT Live: All Stats Updated

September 25, 2004

THT Live: Crazy Magic Numbers

September 23, 2004

Two, Two, Two Outs in One

September 21, 2004
Double plays are a pitcher's best friend. Studes takes a look at which infields would be voted "Most Popular" at pitcher high school.

THT Live: Angels Hanging Tough

September 20, 2004

THT Live: Cubbies in the Light

September 15, 2004

Win Shares for MVP

September 14, 2004
Studes discusses why Win Shares are the best statistical tool to use for those MVP debates.

THT Live: Updated Stats Now Available

September 10, 2004

THT Live: The Astros have won 12 straight

September 09, 2004

THT Live: Ichiro’s Other Quest

September 07, 2004

Ichiro’s Quest

September 06, 2004
Can you stand another article about Ichiro's quest to break the record for most hits in a season? Sure you can.

THT Live: The MLB Salary Estimator

September 06, 2004

THT Live: Team Spotlight: the Red Sox

September 06, 2004

THT Live: And Win Shares Too

September 04, 2004

THT Live: THT Leaderboard: Out%

September 03, 2004

THT Live: Yankees/Red Sox outlook

September 02, 2004

THT Live: Team Spotlight: San Diego Padres

September 01, 2004

How Teams Score: A Picturebook

August 31, 2004
Studes pulls together a few graphs to illustrate how some major league teams are scoring runs this year.

THT Live: The Schedule that Remains

August 30, 2004

THT Live: Ranger Spotlight

August 28, 2004

THT Live: Stats Update

August 27, 2004

When Bad Teams Happen to Good Players

August 23, 2004
Randy Johnson's and Steve Carlton's Win Shares, and the Win Share totals for each team this year.

THT Live: Team Spotlight on Arizona

August 22, 2004

THT Live: THT Leaderboard: LD%

August 20, 2004

THT Live: Spotlight on the Braves

August 19, 2004

THT Live: More batted ball types

August 18, 2004

THT Live: Joe and Justin

August 17, 2004

The Pitcher is a Pinch Hitter

August 17, 2004
How rare is Brooks Kieschnick's dual role with the Brewers? Let's take a look.

THT Live: Baseball and Politics

August 16, 2004

THT Live: Team Spotlight

August 15, 2004

THT Live: All-Time Win Shares

August 15, 2004

THT Live: Win Shares Trade Review

August 14, 2004

THT Live: The Latest Stats

August 13, 2004

THT Live: Ballpark Music

August 11, 2004

As Time Goes By

August 08, 2004
A look at how players perform across the fourth dimension.

THT Live: Win Shares Updated

August 02, 2004

A Mets Fan Weekend

August 02, 2004
Denial and isolation, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. Same old story.

THT Live: Mets Get Two Pitchers

July 30, 2004

THT Live: Individual Stats

July 30, 2004

THT Live: Team Stats

July 30, 2004

THT Live: Ballpark Update

July 27, 2004

A Random Walk in San Juan

July 26, 2004
Studes gets lost wandering around this year's ballparks.

THT Live: 45.00

July 26, 2004

THT Live: NEL Update: the 100th series

July 26, 2004

THT Live: Great New Site

July 26, 2004

THT Live: Win Shares Updated

July 24, 2004

THT Live: Some Bonds Perspective

July 23, 2004

THT Live: Mets call up Wright

July 21, 2004

Graphing the Past

July 19, 2004
Studes looks at the original eight teams in each league and how their century-long pennant race has progressed. And he also finds some insight into today's game along the way. Remember, "those who do not graph the past are doomed to repeat it."

THT Live: Olerud Let Go

July 16, 2004

THT Live: THT Leaderboard: BA/RISP

July 14, 2004

THT Live: Mariners’ article

July 13, 2004

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