Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts hires statistics analyst

June 16, 2010 by Bruce Levine · Leave a Comment 

Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts hires statistics analyst Ari Kaplan.

Who've been the best drafters of the decade?

May 24, 2010 by Jonathan Mayo · Leave a Comment 

A look at statistics and awards compiled by players drafted over the past 10 years reveals that the A's, D-backs, Red Sox and Nationals have been among the best when it comes to acquiring talent via the First-Year Player Draft.

Baseball UPDATE: How Hampton Roads pros are faring in the majors and minors (through Sunday)

May 19, 2010 by Content Keyword RSS 2 · Leave a Comment 

Baseball: How Hampton Roads players are faring in the majors and minors The area has many players in pro baseball, including David Wright, Ryan Zimmerman, the Upton brothers and a bunch of guys in the minors. From April through early October, their season-long statistics are updated here each week.

The No-No: A Beauty of Baseball

April 25, 2010 by Content Keyword RSS 2 · Leave a Comment 

Some say baseball can be defined by just statistics, but only a true fan can see past the statistics and see the beauty of the game.� Some people say that a cycle is just four hits, that a perfect game is just another win, a walk off home run is just a hit, that a no hitter is just another win! In the next few weeks I will dive into baseball lore, legend, databases, Wikipedia articles, and my ...

Stagg senior has baseball players’ numbers

April 19, 2010 by Content Keyword RSS 2 · Leave a Comment 

Stagg High School senior Albert Zuanella doesn't play baseball, but he loves statistics. So much so that he plans tomajor in statistics with the hope of landing a job in the field ofsabermetrics. That's the official term for the industry in which statisticians analyze and measure the results of every baseball game mathematically.

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