Looking for the best Late-Bloomers in baseball's past.

Here's some work I did recently on a modification of FIP that has even less dependence on defense and luck. The result is a metric with better year-to-year correlation with itself, and better predictive power for ERA. A lot of the comparison built off of a BTB post from earlier this year, so I just wanted to say thanks and to share the link for anyone who's interested.

Pitchers that throw more stay healthier. Why?

A team of nine players to win a one-off, sandlot game. Featuring guest write-ups from an all-star team of writers, including BtB's own Adam Darowski.

What would replacing arbitration with restricted free agency look like?

Today Baseball-reference.com released their results from a research grant provided by the MLB, that uncovered statistics from the Negro Baseball Leagues. All statistically-inclined baseball fans who have serious admiration for the Negro Leagues can rejoice. Now they can not only get their NLB-fix at the Negro League Hall of Fame in Kansas City, but also head over the BR, to research Josh Gibson's OPS or check out Satchel Paige's K/BB rate.

From BtB's own Lewie Pollis...an update to the simple WAR calculator.

I'm in the midst of pulling a ton of Red Sox historical data in preparation for the first Boston Baseball Hack Day on Saturday. I was saddened to see one of the best pitchers in team history has passed away. Parnell pitched ten seasons for the Red Sox, accumulating impressive traditional numbers (123-75, .621 WPCT, 3.50 ERA, 125 ERA+). He also did well by Baseball-Reference's WAR, posting seasons of 8.0 and 5.6 WAR (and three more seasons over 4.0). RIP, Mel.

This is some great work by DRB writer mr. maniac. a ton of info from it and a very good conversation starter. enjoy