Braves Chart of the Day: June 10, 2009

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

It's been a while since I looked at Win Probability Added, since I'm not really keeping my own stats like I have in past years (I use Excel web queries of FanGraphs to get my data).  No one would likely be surprised by the Braves' leaderboard, which is topped by ...

Possible improvements to Win Probability stats

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Since I am constantly referring to win-probability-based stats on the site, it seems fitting every now and then to take a look at what WPA actually tells us, what adjustments I'm already making to help it tell us more, and what adjustments could be made to make it even better.  ...

2008 Braves WPA Stats Posted

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Links to static pages are on the sidebar. I have separate pages this year (including much more detail) for hitting, pitching, and relief. Last week's stats are now in Monday's post. 2008 Hitting Stats 2008 Pitching Stats 2008 Relief Stats I'll be updating these pages each week on Monday, with the goal of having ...

Examining the Braves’ clutch performance

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

One of the easiest ways to get a sabermetrician riled up is to tell him or her that so-and-so is the best hitter because he always gets it done in the clutch.  People throw around the term "clutch hitter" for guys like David Ortiz and Derek Jeter, but the truth ...