Posts By Tom Knuppel
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465BlogBsR BaseRunning
Measuring speed in baserunning wasn’t a precise metrics for many years. Today they define this category as a statistic that takes stolen...
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BABIP- Batting Average on Balls in Play
Batting Average on Balls In Play (BABIP) measures how often a ball in play goes for a hit. A ball is “in...
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Measuring ISO
What is ISO? In baseball, Isolated Power or ISO is a sabermetric computation used to measure a batter’s raw power. One formula is slugging percentage minus...
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Runs Created Formula- What is It?
The Runs Created Formula in the Sabermetric world is defined as it estimates a player’s offensive contribution in terms of total...
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New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club
New York Knickerbockers Formed Baseball history began in earnest in the summer of 1842 in New York City. There is no doubt...
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OPS Sabermetric Talk
What is OPS? Simply add on-base percentage and slugging percentage to form OPS. This is a relative new statistic that is meant...
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What is SLG in Baseball?
Understanding sabermetrics and the use of slugging percentage is a better process of evaluating a hitter and is superior than using the...
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Understanding Sabermetrics- OBP and wOBA
What is Sabermetrics? It is the empirical analysis of baseball, especially baseball statistics that measure in-game activity. Sabermetrics was created in an...
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Free Shoeless Joe Jackson!
Joe Jackson needs to get his lifetime ban from baseball lifted and considered for the Hall of Fame. This is the opening...
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Top 25 International Prospects
Let’s take a look at the Top 25 International Prospects in baseball and where they have signed. Top 25 International Prospects 1...
