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PECOTA, an acronym for Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm, [1] is a sabermetric system for forecasting Major League Baseball player performance. The word is a backronym based on the name of journeyman major league player Bill Pecota, who, with a lifetime batting average of .249, is perhaps representative of the typical PECOTA entry.
The 2011 NFL collective bargaining agreement saw players agree to having their on-field location and health metrics tracked. [2] Next Gen Stats was developed by the NFL in partnership with Zebra Technologies and Wilson Sporting Goods. [1] The former is the NFL's official player tracking partner, with the partnership beginning in 2014.
STATS, Inc. was founded in April 1981 [3] by John Dewan, [4] who became the company's CEO. The company name is an acronym for "Sports Team Analysis and Tracking Systems". STATS was an outgrowth of the grassroots non-profit Project Scoresheet, a volunteer network created to collect baseball statistics. [5]
Nathaniel Read Silver (born January 13, 1978) is an American statistician, writer and poker player who analyzes baseball, basketball and elections.He is the founder of FiveThirtyEight and held the position of editor-in-chief there, along with being a special correspondent for ABC News until May 2023. [2]
The resulting percentage is often compared to a team's true winning percentage, and a team is said to have "overachieved" or "underachieved" compared to the Pythagorean expectation. For example, Bill Barnwell calculated that before week 9 of the 2014 NFL season, the Arizona Cardinals had a Pythagorean record two wins lower than their real ...
Howard Bender (Feb '11 - present) [25] – Founder of The Fantasy Baseball Buzz, also a contributor to the 2011 Fantasy Baseball Guide magazine and ESPN Radio. [26] Jason Catania (Mar '11 - present) [27] – Also writes for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN Insider. [28] Ben Duronio (Jan '12 - present) [29] – Also writes for the Capitol Avenue Club ...
Jeff Sagarin (born 1948) [1] is an American sports statistician known for his development of a method for ranking and rating sports teams in a variety of sports. [2] His Sagarin Ratings have been a regular feature in the USA Today sports section from 1985 to 2023, [2] [3] have been used by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee to help determine the participants in the NCAA Men's Division I ...
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