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Sabermetrics (originally SABRmetrics) is the original or blanket term for sports analytics in the US, the empirical analysis of baseball, especially the development of advanced metrics based on baseball statistics that measure in-game activity.
In sabermetrics, the defensive spectrum is a graphical representation of the positions on a baseball field, arranged from the easiest (such as first base and the outfield corners) on the left to the hardest (such as the catcher and middle infielders) on the right.
Wins above replacement or wins above replacement player, commonly abbreviated to WAR or WARP, is a non-standardized sabermetric baseball statistic developed to sum up "a player's total contributions to his team". [1]
In baseball, isolated power or ISO is a sabermetric computation used to measure a batter's raw power. One formula is slugging percentage minus batting average.
Win Shares is a 2002 book about baseball written by Bill James and Jim Henzler. The book explains how to apply the concept of sabermetrics to assess the impact of player performance in a combination of several areas, including offensive, defensive, and pitching on their team's overall performance.
You won't see sabermetrics in the box scores, but they're having a larger effect on the game than most people know. And they're a great tool to analyze recent megadeals signed by Jacoby Ellsbury ...
Power–speed number or power/speed number (PSN) is a sabermetrics baseball statistic developed by baseball author and analyst Bill James which combines a player's home run and stolen base numbers into one number. [1] The formula is: = +. [1] (It is the harmonic mean of the two totals.)
In baseball statistics, NERD [a] is a quantitative measure of expected aesthetic value. NERD was originally created by Carson Cistulli [1] and is part of his project of exploring the "art" of sabermetric research. [2]