Player Won-Lost Records in Baseball: Measuring Performance in Context - Paperback
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Player Won-Lost Records in Baseball: Measuring Performance in Context - Paperback
$71.91
by Tom Thress (Author)
Baseball analysts often criticize pitcher win-loss records as a poor measure of pitcher performance, as wins are the product of team performance. Fans criticize WAR (Wins Above Replacement) because it takes in theoretical rather than actual wins.
Player won-lost records bridge the gap between these two schools of thought, giving credit to all players for what they do--without credit or blame for teammates' performance--and measuring contributions to actual team wins and losses. The result is a statistic of player value that quantifies all aspects of individual performance, allowing for robust comparisons between players across different positions and different seasons. Using play-by-play data, this book examines players' won-lost records in Major League Baseball from 1930 through 2015.
Author Biography
Economist Tom Thress, has been a SABR member since 2003 and has had research published in By the Numbers and the Baseball Research Journal. He lives in Portland, Maine.
Number of Pages: 304
Dimensions: 0.7 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN
Publication Date: September 11, 2017
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