It seems as though almost all media consumed today comes to us by way of ads or sponsorships. Of course, this blog post isn’t sponsored by anything (nor does its traffic warrant such consideration),...
If you watch baseball games, which you probably do if you find yourself reading this, you’re likely familiar with announcers employing phrases like “he just went with it” or “hit it where it was...
Earlier this year, I took a hack at defining what I referred to as pitch mix variation. Pitch mix variation, as I conceived of it at least, would be a single number to capture...
Although they offer really helpful snapshots of particular data points, measures of central tendency (mean, mode, etc.) sometimes leave a lot to be desired. To help with that, there are all sorts of measures...
Last year, I wrote a post which outlined the application of a K Nearest Neighbors algorithm to make pitch classifications. This post will be, in some ways, an extension of that as pitches will...
It should come as no great surprise that versatility is an attractive trait in just about any profession; baseball is no exception. Defensive prowess and versatility, skills that have become more clearly quantifiable in...
Several weeks ago I took a rough hack at quantifying the variation of any given pitcher’s pitch mix. As a step back, and tangential extension of that exercise, below is a very general summary...
What follows is a general attempt to create a super simple, catch-all metric that aims to define how varied any given pitcher’s pitch mix is, relative to the rest of the league. My goal...
What follows is largely about home runs. In short, I was curious to know what percentage of home runs were multi-run home runs and in turn what percentage were of the solo variety. From...
Baseball players, you’ll be surprised to hear, are evaluated in part based on how fast they are. You know: speed is one of the five tools! To that end, what follows briefly examines player...
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