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Graph of the Day: Notable Mid-season Deals
With the trading season upon us again, today's Graph of the Day looks at some of the more memorable mid-season deals. The graphs shows the player's worth by WAR for the acquiring team in the season he...
Graph of the Day: Historical All Star Results
Today begins the saddest three days of the summer - the three days with no real baseball games. Yes, we've got the Home Run Derby, and the All Star Game, but despite the hype, they just aren't a...
Graph of the Day: 2009 All Star WAR Matchup
The 2009 All Star teams were announced yesterday in preparation for the July 14th game at the new Busch Stadium in St. Louis. While many are going to be identifying the unworthy (Jonathan Papelb...
Graph of the Day: 61+ Home Run Seasons
Only four men have ever hit more than 60 home runs in a single season. In the seven seasons in which they achieved the feat, they racked up 462 home runs between them, or an average of 66 per ye...
Graph of the Day: Breaking Even on the Basepaths
It's common knowledge in sabermetric circles that it's not just the stolen base that's important, it's also the caught stealing. A base stealer is only valuable if the impact of his successful s...
Graph of the Day: The 2008 Rangers Infield
Last week I showed you the outfield for the 2008 Texas Rangers. This week we take a look at the infielders for last year's team. As always, I'm using David Pinto's defensive charts based on his ...
Graph of the Day: The 2008 Rangers Outfield
The Texas Rangers are in first place, and a lot of credit has been given to their improved defense. Today's Graph of the Day looks at last season's outfield defense using David Pinto's Probabalistic M...
Graph of the Day: Offense and the Economy
This weekend, I was discussing with a reader some of the possible reasons for the offensive explosion in the mid-1990s. You're all familiar with the list of possibilities: livelier ball, smaller ball...
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