November 20, 2009
Order Now The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2010 is now in development and will ship in mid November! This year's book will feature articles by THT's staff as well as Bill James, Tom Tango and Craig Wright. If you use this link to purchase the Annual, you will be in the first group to receive it and you'll be supporting THT. 
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John Barten Brian Borawski Craig Brown Evan Brunell David Gassko Jonathan Hale Brandon Isleib Chris Jaffe Max Marchi Bruce Markusen Harry Pavlidis Jeff Sackmann Dave Studeman Steve Treder Bryan Tsao Tuck! Dan Turkenkopf Colin Wyers Geoff Young John Brattain And here's the full roster.
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Team statistics are available on the THT Team Page and we have listed the definition of all of our stats in the THT Glossary. If you use a Firefox browser, you can download THT search plugins, with which you can look up THT stats from anywhere on the web. Our Most Recent Stats ArticlesOffense/Defense number (Part 2)by Brandon IsleibAdapting the Power/Speed number to see who's contributed most to both halves of the game. Outfielders and catchers get ranked in this installment. Offense/Defense number (Part 1)by Brandon IsleibAdapting the Power/Speed number to see who's contributed most to both halves of the game. Infielders are covered this time around. Get rid of the DLFby Joe DistelheimHolliday's error illustrates an argument for the designated hitter in the NL. Strikeout rates through the yearsby Geoff YoungSame as it ever was? Eh, not so much. Who’s going to win the MVP?by David GasskoDavid looks at the MVP and Cy Young races, using a model he developed for his article in The Hardball Times Annual 2010. Man vs. computerby David GasskoCan a baseball analyst beat his own projection system? David checks the results of his preseason predictions. THT Dartboard: Week Twenty-fiveby Matthew CarruthThe American League is just about set for October, but there's still a race for the NL Wildcard thanks to a dominating week from the Braves bullpen. Portrait of a reliever: Firpo Marberry, 1925by Brandon IsleibReliever man meets Retrosheet meticulousness meets recent metric. THT Dartboard: Week Twenty-fourby Matthew CarruthThe Dartboard returns after a two week hiatus and some teams have noticeably moved around. WAR vs. Win Sharesby Dave StudemanOr... is Kenny Lofton a legitimate Hall of Fame candidate? What are little runs made of?by Colin WyersFancy run estimators like linear weights explained in layman's terms. Park effects and batted ball typesby Harry PavlidisGameday relies on stringers to classify batted balls. How consistent are they? How accurately can we estimate a hitter’s runs? (Part 2)by Colin WyersHow well do we know what we think we know? THT Dartboard: Week Twentyby Matthew CarruthThe National League has some teams with helium as the Wildcard race is still all sorts of jumbled How accurately can we estimate a hitter’s runs? (Part 1)by Colin WyersPretty accurately, but not perfectly. | |||