Using Analytics To Challenge Conventional Baseball Wisdom

Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 11 - 20
Published: Nov 23, 2015
Abstract
Baseball, like most other sports, has a set of tenets that began early and have survived virtually unquestioned.  Modern analytics gives us an opportunity to examine some of these long-held tenets to see if they were founded on solid evidence.  This research examines some common baseball wisdom through an initial study utilizing simulation.  In particular, the profiles of several baseball teams are constructed and various factors are examined by...
Paper Details
Title
Using Analytics To Challenge Conventional Baseball Wisdom
Published Date
Nov 23, 2015
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
11 - 20
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