A Guide to Sabermetric Research - Society for American Baseball …
What is sabermetrics? As originally defined by Bill James in 1980, sabermetrics is “the search for objective knowledge about baseball.” James coined the phrase in part to honor the Society for American Baseball Research.
The Basics - Society for American Baseball Research
This work is three decades old and counting, and it’s getting harder to find. Still, it remains the best place to learn what sabermetrics is, how it works, and how sabermetricians think. That’s all attributable to Bill James himself.
A Guide to Sabermetric Research: What To Research – Society for ...
In sabermetrics, as probably like any other discipline, there’s no official list of topics to research. Most sabermetricians just study what they’re interested in. Often, ideas for subjects come up during conversations with other fans.
A Primer on Statistics - Society for American Baseball Research
For the typical fan, sabermetrics doesn’t represent anything as theoretical as scientific inquiry. Rather, sabermetrics is associated with new and unfamiliar statistics. OPS is the most famous of those new stats.
How to Find Raw Data - Society for American Baseball Research
Back in the beginning days of sabermetrics, data was hard to come by. Some things weren’t too bad — if you wanted to know Bill Terry’s batting average in 1933, there were two encyclopedias, Macmillan and Neft/Cohen, that would tell you.
Benefits - Society for American Baseball Research
Because of the abundance of cheap data, its relative neglect by the academic community, and the fact that the science is so young, sabermetrics is perhaps the best serious field where part-time researchers can routinely make the most significant discoveries.
Literature Search - Society for American Baseball Research
In sabermetrics, however, it’s not quite so simple — much of the best research is published online, on any one of hundreds of websites, without a formal peer-review process to separate the good from the flawed.
SABR Analytics Certification – Society for American Baseball …
SABR has a long and storied history with baseball statistical analysis, evidenced by the link between our name and sabermetrics. SABR’s long history in this area of baseball research, coupled with our mission of advancing the understanding and knowledge of baseball, gives us the distinct pedigree to create and host this program.
Computer-Aided Research - Society for American Baseball Research
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Asking the Right Questions - Society for American Baseball Research
“Sabermetrics” is the search for objective knowledge about baseball through analysis of the statistical record. At its most basic, the evidence is just simple observation and counting. For instance, in early 2010, sabermetrician Dave Allen wondered if better hitters get …