Which hitters swing the most often at first pitch fastballs? Which have the most success?

How and why is as important as what when it comes to finding out a player’s true worth.

I should have included this in Today at THT, but please know that THT’s intrepid leader, Dave Studeman, will be speaking about Win Shares and other sabermetric concepts at Northwestern University on Thursday. Here are the details: When: Thursday, 7PM Where: University Hall, 1897 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL Snacks: Doubtful, but it’s always possible Dress […]

Here are the facts: Angel Hernandez isn’t so bad on balls and strikes.

David Appelman and his staff have been working hard at Fangraphs, and their new wOBA leaderboards provide state of the art offensive stats.

The “ultimate” MVP stat.

How the Cubs title drought since 1908 was more likely than the Expos/Nationals missing the playoffs for 27 years, and a bunch of math in between.

Let’s see if it differs for different types of hitters.

On the day Rickey Henderson gets elected to Cooperstown, THT takes a look back at some of the things that made the game’s greatest leadoff man so special.

Are these high salaries really justified?