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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.
Pythagorean expectation is a sports analytics formula devised by Bill James to estimate the percentage of games a baseball team "should" have won based on the number of runs they scored and allowed. Comparing a team's actual and Pythagorean winning percentage can be used to make predictions and evaluate which teams are over-performing and under ...
Stats Perform (formerly STATS, LLC and STATS, Inc.) is a sports AI company formed through the combination of Stats and Perform. [1] The company is involved in sports data collection and predictive analysis for use across various sports sectors including professional team performance, digital, media, broadcast and betting. The company began ...
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 record. [12] Bill Simmons cites Barnwell's work before week 10 of that season and adds that "any numbers nerd is waving a “REGRESSION!!!!!” flag right now."
The NFL's broadcast partners, of which Amazon Prime Video is one, utilize and reference Next Gen Stats in their broadcasts. [14] CBS, for example, has used Next Gen Stats in their "RomoVision" visuals on NFL on CBS broadcasts. [15] NGS data has been cited by sports media outlets such as ESPN, [16] Fox Sports, [17] and Sports Illustrated, among ...
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 ...
With the number of statistics so openly available to fans, Stoll combines a number of different statistics such as, home and away records, record vs divisional/non-divisional teams, rush yards per rush, etc., to make educated picks that have paid off more than half of the time. [41]
Oldest player to record a two-point conversion: 38 years, 167 days, Antonio Gates December 2, 2018 Oldest player to throw a touchdown pass : 47 years, 88 days, George Blanda December 14, 1974 Oldest player to have a 300+ yard passing game : 45 years, 151 days, Tom Brady January 1, 2023