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Shows career statistics and player information for various links in one template. Despite the Wikidata property being supplied, it is for reference only. This template does not yet fill in information from Wikidata. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status MLB ID mlb The ID of this player on MLB's website. Found at the end of a player URL. This corresponds to ...
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.
Nate Silver, a former writer and managing partner of Baseball Prospectus, invented PECOTA (Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm [25]) in 2002–2003, introducing it to the public in the book Baseball Prospectus in 2003. [26] It assumes that the careers of similar players will follow a similar trajectory. [27]
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Baseball statistics include a variety of metrics used to evaluate player and team performance in the sport of baseball. Because the flow of a baseball game has natural breaks to it, and player activity is characteristically distinguishable individually, the sport lends itself to easy record-keeping and compiling statistics .
Epstein, known for his role in ending two of baseball's most famous streaks (the Boston Red Sox curse of the Great Bambino in 2004, and as recently as the 2016 World Series, helping end the 108-year drought between World Series wins for the Chicago Cubs), is a member of a growing community in major league baseball who do not rely on years of ...
More recently, similarity scores have been used to determine career paths and projected statistics for players. The logic behind this line of thought is simple: players often follow similar career trajectories to their most similar players, so the historical similar players' performance in years after the active player's current age should be a ...
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), constituted of teams affiliated with MLB clubs. It was founded on September 5, 1901, in response to the growing dominance of the National League and American League, as the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, shortened to the NAPBL or NA.