wraa Stories - Beyond the Box Score
WAR Lords of the Diamond (Position Players)
In this new series of Purple Row Academy, I will step on the toes of both RMN and TOGB somewhat--in examining the concept of Wins Above Replacement (WAR)--also called Win Value--in detail, with a historical context slanted toward the best Rockies players as ranked by career WAR in future...
Counting Rocks: There are so many statistics....which one should I use?
Surprise, Rowbots! RockiesMagicNumber is still in Toronto slaving over his coverage of the World Baseball Classic, and I'll be "out of office" next week, so I'm subbing in this week to offer a slightly different version of Counting Rocks. Baseball is the game for statistics junkies. It just...
Quantifying the Offensive Rebound
Five position players played for the Brewers full time through most of 2007, 2008, and will play full time in 2009 if healthy. Prince Fielder, Rickie Weeks, J.J. Hardy, Ryan Braun, and Corey Hart hit exceptionally well in 2007 and as a group dropped off in 2008, though other improvements in defense...
The Colorado Rockies and wRAA, 2007-2008
Rox Girl has used wOBA (weighted On-base Average) in some of her recents pieces. For those that don't know what wOBA is, it is, as FanGraphs informs us, "a solid, context-neutral statistic that values hitting properly." FanGraphs has also recently added wRAA to its pages. It stands for weighted...
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