Archive for the 'Stats' Category

Picking apart what may be the best pitching prospect in baseball…

A pleasurable new book, plus 2008 Win Shares.

Using the Three True Outcomes, a look at five players who specialized in making the defense work.

What does the Cards’ hot April start tell us about how they’ll play the rest of the season?

John returns with his final installment looking at how much ball clubs are worth

Arizona comes down a little further closer to Earth but still reigns supreme over MLB.

David looks at Ben Sheets from a statistical, mechanical and injury perspective with help from Dan Loeterman and Chris Neault.

Guess who twinkled and lit up the streets and who just tinkled and wet their sheets?

On April 30, 1961 Willie Mays became just the ninth player to hit four home runs in a game. Richard looks back on Mays’ feat, and the other men who have clubbed four round-trippers in a single day.

There is a new stadium in the rotation: Nationals Park