Schell Baseball’s All-Time Best Sluggers

Adjusted Batting Performance from Strikeouts to Home Runs
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-8135-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 408 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Schell, Michael J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Ballsportarten Badminton Baseball
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Geschichte des Sports

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Abbreviations xi

Chapter 1: Fair Ball!: Why Adjustments Are Needed 1

PART ONE: The Methods

Chapter 2: Manager's Game Plan: Method for Identifying the Best Batters 11

Chapter 3: New Ball!: Historical Changes in Offensive Events 28

Chapter 4: Calling It a Career: Examining Player Aging 45

Chapter 5: Talent Search: Measuring the Spread in Player Performance 58

Chapter 6: Home Park Advantage: A Closer Look at Park Effects 69

PART TWO: The Findings

Chapter 7: Swing, Batter!: Adjusting Batting Average 101

Chapter 8: Hit. and Run: Adjusting Double and Triple Totals 108

Chapter 9: This One's Outta Here!: Adjusting Home Run Totals 118

Chapter 10: Changing the Score: Adjusting Run and RBI Totals 131

Chapter 11: The Count: Adjusting Walk and Strikeout Totals 149

Chapter 12: Stealing the Show: Adjusting Stolen Base Totals 162

Chapter 13: Putting It All Together: First, a Look at Traditional Measures 168

Chapter 14: Fantasy League: Baseball's Best Batters 177

Chapter 15: The Players Take the Field: Accounting for Player Position 189

Chapter 16: Final Score: Updates for the 2004 Season 204

Chapter 17: Post-Game Report: Conclusions 209

APPENDICES: Statistical Methods

A The Piecewise Linear Regression Method 219

B Moving Average Smoothing of Data 226

C The Multiple Changepoint Regression Procedure 228

D How to Estimate Ballpark Effects 235

E Transformations of Offensive Event Averages 247

F How to Adjust for Doubles and Triples 257

G Predicting Runs and RBIs from the Batting Record 260

Adjustment Data

H Regular Player Event Averages 265

I Event Performance Spreads 266

J Event Park Effects 267

K Home Run Park Effects 284

Player Results
L Best Individual Seasons 297

M Best Careers 327

N Adjusted Career Offensive Averages 356

Glossary 380

References 387

Player Index 389

Über Autor(innen)

Michael J. Schell is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina and Director of the Biostatistics Core Facility in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the author of Baseball's All-Time Best Hitters: How Statistics Can Level the Playing Field (Princeton).