sabermetrics
Baseball statistics science
Sabermetrics is the statistical analysis of baseball, using data to evaluate player performance and team strategy beyond traditional measures like batting average or wins.
The term honors the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).
Sabermetric analysis favors metrics like on-base percentage and wins above replacement: The front office relies heavily on sabermetrics in player acquisitions.
Data-driven baseball management story
- undervaluedRated below true worth
- arbitrageExploiting price discrepancies
- old-schoolAdhering to past methods
- scoutingObserving to gather information
Return to former state
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- varianceSpread around the mean
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
predictive · modeling · simulation · outliers · percentile · projection · weighted · normalization
Player worth measure
Small infantry formation
- matchupsPaired competitive encounters
- bullpenRelief pitcher staging area
- lineupOrdered list of participants
- shiftsMoves or work periods
opener · closer · situational · sequencing · pinch-hitter · handedness
Moneyball
Data-driven baseball management story
- undervaluedRated below true worth
- arbitrageExploiting price discrepancies
- old-schoolAdhering to past methods
regression
Return to former state
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- varianceSpread around the mean
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
quantitative · predictive · modeling · simulation · outliers · percentile · projection · weighted · normalization · baseline
WAR
Player worth measure
platoon
Small infantry formation
- matchupsPaired competitive encounters
- bullpenRelief pitcher staging area
- lineupOrdered list of participants
shifts · opener · closer · situational · sequencing · pinch-hitter · handedness
- Baseball HistoryBabe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron
- sports statisticianbatting average, ERA, field goal percentage, WAR, points per game
- sports analyticsMoneyball, analytics, WAR, OPS, exit velocity
- sports coverageplay-by-play, color commentary, highlight reel, game recap, pre-game
sabermetricsgut instinct
Immediate unreasoned knowing
conventional wisdom · intangibles · gut feeling · tradition · folk wisdom
sabermetricsfolk wisdom
Traditional communal knowledge
received wisdom · anecdotal evidence · tribal knowledge · old wives' tales · superstition