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About Dave StudemanDave 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.Choose year: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Dave Studeman's Articles2004One-Batter PitchersDecember 31, 2004Looking at the LOOGY's and ROOGY's of 2004. THT Live: Bert and RichDecember 30, 2004THT Live: Another Kind of ReliefDecember 29, 2004The One About Win ProbabilityDecember 27, 2004What it is, and why we like it. THT Live: Happy Holidays to AllDecember 24, 2004More About the Free AgentsDecember 21, 2004Another look at the dollars and sense being thrown around this offseason. THT Live: Stunned UpdateDecember 20, 2004THT Live: Pretend You’re Billy Beane….December 19, 2004THT Live: The Latest from WashingtonDecember 19, 2004THT Live: Gammons Wins SpinkDecember 16, 2004Getcha 2004 Hardball Times Baseball Annual Right Here!December 13, 2004The 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 ValueDecember 13, 2004Analyzing the latest player deals. THT Live: The Williams ContractDecember 10, 2004A Good Starter is Hard to FindDecember 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 RantDecember 07, 2004Heroes and SteroidsDecember 03, 2004Studes asks what it all means. THT Live: Proving MoneyballDecember 01, 2004THT Live: Win Shares AgingNovember 29, 2004Making the Most of What You’ve GotNovember 29, 2004A quick look at not only who hit what, but who hit what when. THT Live: Happy ThanksgivingNovember 25, 2004THT Live: Miller at MillerNovember 23, 2004The Free Agent Win Shares ChartNovember 22, 2004Nearly 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, ContractsNovember 22, 2004A quick look at the deals a couple of pitchers signed this weekend. Inside the Mind of Brian SabeanNovember 17, 2004Brian 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, 2004THT Live: State of the Baseball BlogNovember 15, 2004THT Live: Hardball Times Baseball Annual ErrataNovember 14, 2004THT Live: The 2004 Scouting Report by the Fans for the FansNovember 08, 2004The 2004 Hardball Times Baseball Annual Sneak PreviewNovember 05, 2004Have 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, 2004Another 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, 2004Studes 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, 2004THT Live: Manny the MVP?October 28, 2004THT Live: Foulke in lead for Series MVPOctober 27, 2004THT Live: Schilling Takes Game TwoOctober 25, 2004THT Live: Bellhorn first game MVPOctober 24, 2004THT Live: It’s the Redbirds and Red SoxOctober 21, 2004THT Live: Re-calculatedOctober 14, 2004THT Live: A Book and a CalculatorOctober 13, 2004Net Win Shares ValueOctober 13, 2004Studes combines salaries and Win Shares to introduce a new definition of valuable. THT Live: Yankees Set RecordOctober 04, 2004My Weekend Game Diary: October 2October 03, 2004Taking a look at Saturday's games, including two wild division clinchers. My Weekend Game Diary: October 1October 02, 2004Studes reviews Friday's games and uses Win Expectancy to shed a little light on the outcomes. THT Live: Dodgers Clinch TieOctober 01, 2004THT Live: Giants/Padres postmortemSeptember 30, 2004THT Live: Wildcard RaceSeptember 30, 2004THT Live: Mets Hire MinayaSeptember 29, 2004THT Live: Pennant Races GaloreSeptember 29, 2004Notes. No News, No Quotes. Just Notes.September 27, 2004With 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 UpdatedSeptember 25, 2004THT Live: Crazy Magic NumbersSeptember 23, 2004Two, Two, Two Outs in OneSeptember 21, 2004Double 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 ToughSeptember 20, 2004THT Live: Cubbies in the LightSeptember 15, 2004Win Shares for MVPSeptember 14, 2004Studes discusses why Win Shares are the best statistical tool to use for those MVP debates. THT Live: Updated Stats Now AvailableSeptember 10, 2004THT Live: The Astros have won 12 straightSeptember 09, 2004THT Live: Ichiro’s Other QuestSeptember 07, 2004Ichiro’s QuestSeptember 06, 2004Can 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 EstimatorSeptember 06, 2004THT Live: Team Spotlight: the Red SoxSeptember 06, 2004THT Live: And Win Shares TooSeptember 04, 2004THT Live: THT Leaderboard: Out%September 03, 2004THT Live: Yankees/Red Sox outlookSeptember 02, 2004THT Live: Team Spotlight: San Diego PadresSeptember 01, 2004How Teams Score: A PicturebookAugust 31, 2004Studes pulls together a few graphs to illustrate how some major league teams are scoring runs this year. THT Live: The Schedule that RemainsAugust 30, 2004THT Live: Ranger SpotlightAugust 28, 2004THT Live: Stats UpdateAugust 27, 2004When Bad Teams Happen to Good PlayersAugust 23, 2004Randy Johnson's and Steve Carlton's Win Shares, and the Win Share totals for each team this year. THT Live: Team Spotlight on ArizonaAugust 22, 2004THT Live: THT Leaderboard: LD%August 20, 2004THT Live: Spotlight on the BravesAugust 19, 2004THT Live: More batted ball typesAugust 18, 2004THT Live: Joe and JustinAugust 17, 2004The Pitcher is a Pinch HitterAugust 17, 2004How rare is Brooks Kieschnick's dual role with the Brewers? Let's take a look. THT Live: Baseball and PoliticsAugust 16, 2004THT Live: Team SpotlightAugust 15, 2004THT Live: All-Time Win SharesAugust 15, 2004THT Live: Win Shares Trade ReviewAugust 14, 2004THT Live: The Latest StatsAugust 13, 2004THT Live: Ballpark MusicAugust 11, 2004As Time Goes ByAugust 08, 2004A look at how players perform across the fourth dimension. THT Live: Win Shares UpdatedAugust 02, 2004A Mets Fan WeekendAugust 02, 2004Denial and isolation, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. Same old story. THT Live: Mets Get Two PitchersJuly 30, 2004THT Live: Individual StatsJuly 30, 2004THT Live: Team StatsJuly 30, 2004THT Live: Ballpark UpdateJuly 27, 2004A Random Walk in San JuanJuly 26, 2004Studes gets lost wandering around this year's ballparks. THT Live: 45.00July 26, 2004THT Live: NEL Update: the 100th seriesJuly 26, 2004THT Live: Great New SiteJuly 26, 2004THT Live: Win Shares UpdatedJuly 24, 2004THT Live: Some Bonds PerspectiveJuly 23, 2004THT Live: Mets call up WrightJuly 21, 2004Graphing the PastJuly 19, 2004Studes 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 GoJuly 16, 2004THT Live: THT Leaderboard: BA/RISPJuly 14, 2004THT Live: Mariners’ articleJuly 13, 2004THT Live: Live Minor League ScoreboardJuly 12, 2004Catching UpJuly 12, 2004A midseason look at each of the league's best and worst fielding catchers. THT Live: Meet the MetsJuly 07, 2004THT Live: Win Shares UpdateJuly 07, 2004THT Live: Graphs and Team StatsJuly 03, 2004THT Live: Data Erratum ReduxJune 29, 2004Data Erratum Et CeteraJune 28, 2004Studes uses his entire Latin vocabulary for the title of his article, which is filled with non sequiturs and caveats. Alas, it is no magnum opus. THT Live: Updates GaloreJune 27, 2004THT Live: Streaky TeamsJune 23, 2004THT Live: Petit TwoJune 22, 2004Never Swat an Infield FlyJune 20, 200440% of the flyballs that Dustin Hermanson has allowed this year have been infield flies. Okay, that's interesting, but what does it mean? Studes tries to figure it out. THT Live: All Star Ballot PoetryJune 20, 2004THT Live: THT Leaderboard: BABIP and LD%June 18, 2004THT Live: Ladder of Baseball CompetenceJune 17, 2004THT Live: Doug’s StatsJune 15, 2004The Run ProducersJune 14, 2004We're not talking about Nathan Lane or Matthew Broderick, the former stars of "The Producers." We're talking about Scott Rolen, Vlad Guerrero and baseball's run-producing stars. Dave takes a look at them all, and determines who should REALLY be leading each league in RBIs. THT Live: Sortable Win SharesJune 13, 2004THT Live: League CompetitionJune 13, 2004THT Live: All New StatisticsJune 11, 2004THT Live: Team Graphs ‘n StatsJune 11, 2004THT Live: Catching their Z’sJune 10, 2004Manager Scorecard Post ScriptJune 08, 2004Dave's last article on managerial strategies sparked a couple of e-mails that sparked some more research that sparked this article. The Manager ScorecardJune 07, 2004Dave looks at this year's managers, and how often they use their favorite strategies. THT Live: AL Position WSAAJune 06, 2004THT Live: Who Gets Credit? Evaluating Brewers’ Win SharesJune 05, 2004THT Live: Win Shares UpdateJune 05, 2004THT Live: THT Leaderboard: ERA vs. FIPJune 04, 2004THT Live: Graphically SpeakingJune 04, 2004THT Live: Reds Sweep MarlinsJune 02, 2004Who’s the Red Sox MVP?May 30, 2004We're almost a third of the way through the season and the Red Sox, as expected, are having a fine year. In fact, there are so many players contributing to the team's success, it's hard to pick a team MVP. Dave looks to Win Shares for help. THT Live: Win Shares UpdatedMay 30, 2004THT Live: Glavine vs. WillisMay 28, 2004THT Live: THT Leaderboard: GB/FB for BattersMay 28, 2004A Matter of ImbalanceMay 23, 2004Studes looks at the unbalanced schedules of each team, and how they might affect the pennant races. THT Live: Another Met Near No-HitterMay 23, 2004THT Live: Introducing Win Shares Above AverageMay 23, 2004THT Live: Stats UpdateMay 22, 2004THT Live: In Memoriam: Doug PappasMay 22, 2004THT Live: Team Win SharesMay 19, 2004THT Live: PerfectionMay 18, 20042004 Win Shares Have ArrivedMay 16, 2004We've computed Bill James' uber-statistic, Win Shares, for all players so far in 2004. You can find them in our Stats Section, and you can read a bit more about them in this article. THT Live: Stats, Graphs and All-StarsMay 15, 2004How are the Angels Doing It?May 11, 2004A quick graphical look at this year's version of the Anaheim Angels. THT Live: Updates and OdditiesMay 10, 2004THT Live: Mets bring up BaldwinMay 10, 2004Groundballs, Flyballs and Line DrivesMay 09, 2004A closer look at those batting ball types we're collecting. THT Live: We got your UpdatesMay 07, 2004THT Live: Graphs ‘n StatsMay 03, 2004THT Live: Those Texas RangersMay 03, 2004About Those Stats…May 02, 2004Dave reviews some of the statistics we're posting on The Hardball Times, with a closer look at what some of the stats mean and where we're going with all these numbers. THT Live: Stats UpdatedMay 01, 2004THT Live: Kodak MomentsMay 01, 2004THT Live: THT Leaderboard: NL ErrorsApril 28, 2004THT Live: THT Leaderboard: Tigers in the clutchApril 27, 2004THT Live: Pitching Stats TooApril 26, 2004THT Live: Stats and GraphsApril 25, 2004THT Live: No Hitter GoneApril 25, 2004THT Live: Pitching Line DrivesApril 23, 2004THT Live: THT Leaders: Line DrivesApril 22, 2004Visiting the New BallparksApril 22, 2004Studes' brother has visited all major league ballparks, and we have his review of the two newest additions: PetCo Park in San Diego and Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. THT Live: THT Leaderboard: AL DERApril 21, 2004THT Live: THT Leaderboard: StL RC/GApril 20, 2004THT Live: THT Leaderboard: AL OPSApril 19, 2004The Lost Marlins Preseason PreviewApril 18, 2004Combing through his hard drive, Dave came across the preseason preview that he wrote for the Florida Marlins, but forgot to submit. Wonder what Dave had to say about the fast-starting Fish? THT Live: Sosa: 2 HR’s in 2 AB’sApril 18, 2004THT Live: The Anderson DealApril 16, 2004The Curious Case of Jae SeoApril 11, 2004The Mets could use some healthy young arms in their starting rotation. So what's up with 27-year-old Jae Seo? THT Live: Mets sign Steve Trachsel through 2006April 07, 2004THT Live: Mets trade CedenoApril 03, 2004Remembering Honus WagnerApril 03, 2004Sunday night, TNT will show "The Winning Season," a movie about the guy who is likely to remain the greatest shortstop of all time, if ARod continues to play out of position. A look back at the accomplishments of the man called "The Flying Dutchman." THT Live: It’s the First of AprilApril 01, 2004A Paean to APBAMarch 31, 2004Dave thinks back on those APBA cards, older brothers, and the metallic ring of shaking dice. Salaries and Win Shares: An IntroMarch 30, 2004What can Win Shares tell us about player salaries? A lot, as it turns out. THT Live: The Golden Age of Managing?March 29, 2004Five Questions: Chicago White SoxMarch 29, 2004What will history say about the beginning of Ozzie Guillen's managerial career? Studes examines the back-to-back AL Central second-place finishers, by way of their new manager. THT Live: Timo for GinterMarch 28, 2004THT Live: A Pitching Graph for the AgesMarch 26, 2004THT Live: Does Questec Affect the Strike Zone?March 23, 2004THT Live: Rocky’s ViewMarch 22, 2004THT Live: The First Scouting ReportMarch 18, 2004THT Live: Jose Reyes pulls a hammyMarch 15, 2004THT Live: Craig’s College Pitchers EvaluationMarch 14, 2004Click here to return to the home page. |