statistics Stories - Bitter and Blue
Pure Point Rating: A Primer
(Ben - from the FanPosts) What's Pure Point Rating, you ask? Well, interestingly enough, I didn't know about it before I was handily linked over to the recent 10-day contract primer on SB Nation's NBA page. But it is a John Hollinger-designed "Sabermetric" state which attempts to measure a point...
Are the Flames the team where Shooting Percentage comes to die?
I was reading Ryan Lambert's latest at FN, and in particular his giving up on Jay Bouwmeester after having only scored 8 goals in 205 games. It occurred to me that this same feeling that a number of the Flames semi-recent acquisitions stepped into a shaft shooting wise after coming to Calgary did...
Glossaries: Sharkstistics and Potential Points Standings charts explained
These are the Glossaries and Explanations for the different statistical charts that cover the Sharkstistics & Goalie Performance, and also the NHL Magic & Tragic Numbers and the Potential Points Standings, that I tend to post throughout the seasons. They are all posted here so I only have...
Jackets Stats: Forward Totals Per Game
The Columbus Blue Jackets season has really sucked so far, and for all sorts of reasons. The defense has been (probably rightfully) been called out as pathetic, porous, and generally ineffective. Steve Mason has been identified as both the biggest problem and sucker behind that defense. I'm...
More Statistics - Plus/Minus, Pass Completion Percentage
Sidereal has looked into Shots Plus/Minus in the past, and now we will have it updated on a semi-frequent basis. Due to the limits of available data these are for MLS games only. Data is collected from MLSsoccer.com. These are only additional statistics to measure a player's value. As in all things...
Current All-Competitions PP90
UPDATE 11/4: Now with all 2011 competitive matches. This is just meant as a reference to a stat that we use at times. The role listed is the primary one based on usage and playing style. This will be updated within a day after each match. At times an assist is taken away or granted by MLS, USSF or...
Extrapolated Stats: Week 1
Is there a better time to guesstimate how the Chicago Bears will fare than after a season opening victory over the Atlanta Falcons? You know, since one game a season makes and all that jazz. Here's a 16-game extrapolation of team and player statistics based solely off the Bears week one victory....
2011 WNBA Pre-Preview: A framework for evaluating team chemistry
David made an excellent point about putting together teams after the 2011 WNBA Draft: with 11-player rosters, figuring out the process of perfectly fitting the pieces together is arguably a challenge of greater magnitude in the WNBA than other professional sports leagues. Looking across the...
Which Statistics Correlate Most With Wins?
Hey everyone, Just finished a project for the Managerial Statistics course of my MBA. I used team statistics from the 2002-2010 seasons and ran single regressions to discover which statistics made the greatest influence on win totals. Also created my own "Payroll Efficiency" statistic that...
The Boxscore's Story
When Henry Chadwick invented the boxscore for baseball, it was a way in which the story of the game could be told without taking up as much valuable newspaper space. It was a brilliant idea. By following the numbers, one could quickly get an idea about who played well and who did not. One could...
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