"Perfect games" for every position
We all know what a "perfect game" is for a pitcher ... but what does a perfect game look like for a position player?
Awards & Honors
Updating the Future 3,000 Hit Club Members
Which active players are most likely to accumulate 3,000 career hits?
Secret ballots = Terrible votes
There is no greater threat to Cooperstown's integrity than the BBWAA's use of secret ballots.
2013 BtBWAA Hall of Fame Vote: 8 Players Elected
There's almost no chance that the BBWAA will have made the right choices when the 2013 Hall of Fame class is announced January 9. So we decided to have our own vote.
Dear BBWAA: Release Your Hall of Fame Ballots
Whomever you pick, whomever you snub, whether you vote for anyone at all, voting for the Hall of Fame is a sacred responsibility to the game and all its fans. That means you should own up to your ballot.
L is for LOB%: A Sabermetrics Alphabet Leaderboard
Most of you will either remember reading alphabet books as kids, or are now reading them to your kids like me. Here is a sabermetrics alphabet leaderboard from 2012 for the kid in you.
2012 BtBWAA Awards: NL MVP: Buster Posey
In the final installment of Beyond the Box Score's 2012 awards, we offer our picks for the National League's best overall players.
A WAR Index look at MVP voting
WAR may not be the end-all be-all of player analysis, but the WAR Index can tell us quite a bit about certain MVP candidates, and where the BBWAA voters might have missed.
2012 BtBWAA Awards: NL Cy Young: R.A. Dickey
In the ninth installment of Beyond the Box Score's 2012 awards, we offer our picks for the National League's best pitchers.
2012 BtBWAA Awards: AL Cy Young
In the eighth installment of Beyond the Box Score's 2012 awards, we offer our picks for the American League's best pitchers.
BtBWAA Awards: NL Rookie of the Year
In the seventh installment of Beyond the Box Score's 2012 awards, we offer our picks for the National League's best rookies.
BtBWAA Awards: AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Trout
In the sixth installment of Beyond the Box Score's 2012 awards, we offer our picks for the American League's best rookies.
2012 BtBWAA Awards: National League Gold Gloves
In the fifth installment of Beyond the Box Score's 2012 awards, we offer our picks for the National League's best fielders at each position.
2012 BtBWAA Awards: American League Gold Gloves
In the fourth installment of Beyond the Box Score's 2012 awards, we offer our picks for the American League's best fielders at each position.
Who had the lowest-elevated homers of 2012?
Home runs come in all shapes and sizes. Moonshots. Laser Beams. Just Enoughs. Let's look back at the line drive home runs that stayed closest to the turf in 2012.
BtBWAA Awards: National League Silver Sluggers
In the third installment of Beyond the Box Score's 2012 awards, we offer our picks for the National League's best hitters at each position.
2012 BtBWAA Awards: AL Silver Sluggers
In the second installment of Beyond the Box Score's 2012 awards, we offer our picks for the American League's best hitters of 2012 at each position.
The Filthiest Pitches in Baseball
An analysis of which pitchers have the best fastball, change, curve and more -- and what the most valuable pitch in all of baseball was in 2012.
BtBWAA Awards Executive of the Year: Billy Beane
In the first installment of Beyond the Box Score's 2012 awards, we offer our picks for Major League Baseball's best executives in 2012.
MLB's Least Valuable Players: 2012
Ryan Howard and Johan Santana head 2012's list of least economically valuable players.
Miggy ain't even 2nd-best in the 2012 MVP race
With all the talk being about Trout vs Cabrera, where does Robinson Cano factor in?
MLB's Most Valuable Players: 2012
In an incredible season of baseball, which players brought the most value ($) to their teams?
Considering The NL Rookie Of The Year
Will phenom Bryce Harper run away with the NL Rookie of the Year award, or are pitchers Wade Miley, Lance Lynn, or Mike Fiers more deserving candidates?
A Quick Thought On The AL MVP Debate
Defense matters. Simple home-run-robbery statistics are helping to back up the claim that Mike Trout should be the AL MVP over Miguel Cabrera.
The BtBWAA's 2012 NL All-Star Vote
The fans have had their chance to pick the All-Star teams. What happens when a dozen statheads hold their own vote?
