Tag Archives: Sabermetrics

Baseball Sabermetrics

baseball sabermetricsPreviously I made a couple of Baseball Sabermetrics videos and it was a lot of fun. In this Sabermetrics tutorial I’ll cover a few of the Sabermetrics formulas I missed.

One question I received from a few of you was which team uses Sabermetrics most effectively. You’ll find that answer in the first query below named TTRC for Teams.

I also show how to perform many Sabermetric Pitching formulas below.

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Sabermetrics 3

Sabermetrics BaseballI continue covering some neat Sabermetrics formulas in this video. If you missed part 1 of my Sabermetrics Tutorial, check it out first.

I’m going to cover a few new complicated formulas including: Theoretical Team Runs Created, Batting Average on Balls in Play, Weighted On Base Average and more. I’m also going to show you how to easily save queries using views.

This tutorial has been a great deal of fun. All formulas follow the video.

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Sabermetrics 2

Sabermetrics BaseballHere I continue my Sabermetrics Baseball tutorial. If you missed part one, check it out first because in it I show you how to get all of your tools. It is here Sabermetrics.

I’m going to introduce a few new SQL functions being CONCAT, COALESCE and HAVING.

We will also calculate the top players based on RBIs, HRs, Batting Average, On Base Percentage, and Slugging Percentage. And, I’ll show you how to pull in data on the players position and their salary.

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Sabermetrics

SabermetricsIn this article I introduce you to the world of Sabermetrics. Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball statistics to measure player performance, in game probabilities and much more.

With Sabermetrics you’ll be able to do most anything from decide who was the greatest hitter of all time to analyze the probability that your team will win.

But, to get started with Sabermetrics, you need to first get your tools being MySQL and a Baseball Stat Database. Both are free! More info follows the video below.

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