Varying Run Environments Within Teams
How much can run environments differ for starting pitchers on the same team?
Sabermetric Primers
Saberizing a Mac #5: Calculating wOBA
After years of dormancy, Beyond the Box Score re-opens a classic guide to creating your own sabermetric workbench.
Introducing a predictive version of wOBA
Would a re-weighting of wOBA components lead the statistic to be more predictive?
Teaching the Mainstream about Sabermetrics
What concepts do you use to explain sabermetrics to your uninitiated friends? I'd start with Sky Kalkman's list.
BABIP and Regression toward the Mean
The search for evidence to back many sabermetric assumptions about year-to-year batting average on balls in play for pitchers.
Strikeouts! Walks! Leaderboards! Oh My!
Beyond the Box Score presents this year's ERA leaders, based solely on their strikeouts and walks.
Stop using K/BB!
Using K/BB isn't quite as effective as using a measure such and K%-BB%. Let's find out why.
The FIP/ERA Gap: A History
Has the gap between a pitcher's ERA and FIP always existed? Or is it something that has begun to occur just recently?
Strikeouts and BABIP
The relationship between strikeouts, BABIP and team BABIP are not as strong as one might expect.
Is BABIP sheer luck?
Batting average on ball in play (BABIP) is one of baseball's greatest mysteries. It has been shown that pitching skill and defense have some effect on BABiP, but their effect pales in comparison to that of sheer luck.
Optimizing Your Lineup By The Book
Finding the ideal batting order is overrated, but if you're going to do it, do it right. BtB shows how, from the leadoff hitter down through the number nine hitter (who shouldn't be the pitcher).
Stop using K/9 and BB/9!
A look at BABIP's effect on the 'per 9' metrics and why you shouldn't use them.
ERA+ Vs. ERA-
What's the difference between ERA+ and ERA-, and why does it matter?
FDP and Braves Starters (Part 3)
At the end of last month, FanGraphs rolled out a new pitcher valuation metric: Fielding Dependent Pitching (or FDP). Check out how FDP describes three great Braves starters other than the "Big Three."
FDP and Braves Starters (Part 2)
At the end of last month, FanGraphs rolled out a new pitcher valuation metric: Fielding Dependent Pitching (or FDP). Check out how FDP describes the Braves' legendary "Big Three."
Fielding Dependent Pitching And Atlanta Braves Starting Pitchers (Part 1 of 3)
At the end of last month, FanGraphs rolled out a new pitcher valuation metric: Fielding Dependent Pitching (or FDP). This week, at Beyond the Boxscore, we describe it to our readers, as well as provide FDP looks at great Braves starters.
Talking "Clutch" Hitting on MLB Network
Last night, I talked about "clutch" hitting on MLB Network's Clubhouse Confidential. The discussion was based on this article here on Beyond the Box Score from a few months ago, which looked at...
Bill Petti Talks Ballpark Factors on Clubhouse Confidential
Bill Petti (now with Fangraphs and with roots at Beyond the Box Score) appeared on the MLB Network's Clubhouse Confidential to discuss park factors.
What Starting Pitcher Metrics Correlate Year-to-Year?
Some pitching metrics are more descriptive than predictive. Here's a quick reference for which metrics correlate year-to-year for starting pitchers.
Opportunities: Another Flaw in Fielding Metrics?
All fielding opportunities are not created equal, causing there to be great variance in modern advanced fielding metrics.
What Hitting Metrics Correlate Year-to-Year?
Bill Petti | Ever wanted a handy table for the year-to-year correlations of batting statistics? Well look no further.
Anatomy of a Luck vs. Skill Evaluation
Bill Petti | Anatomy of a Luck vs. Skill Evaluation
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About UZR But Were Afraid to Ask
The ability to substantiate defensive performance in an analytical form has become, in essence, almost a necessity for sabermetricians in need of verification of whether a fielder is a solid...
Is Ubaldo Jimenez the Rockies Worst Starting Pitcher?
Very few pitchers over the last couple of seasons have been as fun to watch as Ubaldo Jimenez. The right-hander has made two straight Opening Day starts and has since been tagged with "ace" status....
The Definitive Sabermetric Guide to Managing
Shouldn't managers do their job more innovatively and sabermetrically? Shouldn't their GM's push them to do so?
A Missing Element in Pitcher Batted Ball Tendency?
Simply looking at percentages isn't enough! The true impact of a pitcher's batted ball splits cannot be determined without looking at his strikeout rate.
