Understanding Sabermetrics (38 page)
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Authors: Gabriel B. Costa,Michael R. Huber,John T. Saccoma
Bonds, Barry
Boyer, Ken
Brown, Dr. Bobby
Camden Yards, Oriole Park at
Career value
Carlton, Steve
Clemente, Roberto
Cobb, Ty
Color barrier
Correlation
Crawford, Willie
Cumulative home run ratio (CHR)
Dean, Dizzy
Delahanty, Ed
Designated hitter
Diagnostic test
DiMaggio, Joe
Dodger Stadium
Ebbets Field
Equivalence coefficient (EC)
Fantasy league
Fenway Park
Fielding average (FA)
Fielding runs (FR)
Free agency
Gehrig, Lou
Gehringer, Charlie
Gibson, Bob
Gibson, Josh
Gold Glove
Green Cathedrals
Grove, Robert Moses (“Lefty”)
Guidry, Ron
HDG22
HDG23
Henderson, Rickey
Hernandez, Keith
The Hidden Game of Baseball
Hitting streaks
Hoban, Mike
Hoban effectiveness quotient (HEQ)
Hodges, Gil
Home run rate (HRR)
Howard, Ryan
Interleague play
Isolated power (ISO)
James, Bill
Jeter, Derek
Johnson, Walter
Jones, Cleon
Kantoku shou
Keeler, Wee Willie
Koufax, Sandy
League factor (LGF)
Least squares
Linear weights
Maddux, Greg
Mantle, Mickey
Mattingly, Don
Mays, Willie
McGwire, Mark
McNally, Dave
Mean
Measures of dispersion
Median
Mode
Mora, Melvin
Morneau, Justin
Most Valuable Player Award (MVP)
Non-Sabermetrical factors
On-base plus slugging (OPS)
Outs on base (OOB)
Paige, Satchel
Palmer, Jim
Palmer, Pete
Park-adjusted runs created (PARC)
Park factor
Peak value
Pitching runs (PR)
Player career total (PCT)
Polo Grounds
POP, accumulating OPS and BA
Power factor (PF)
Pujols, Albert
Pythagorean Record
Ramirez, Manny
Range factor (RF)
RCTECH
Regression
Retrosheet
Robinson, Brooks
Robinson, Frank
Robinson, Jackie
Rodriguez, Alex
Rookie of the Year Award
Rose, Pete
Run productivity average (RPA)
Runs created (RC)
Ruth, Babe
Ryan, Nolan
Saccoman, Dr. John J.
Scatterplot
Schmidt, Mike
Seaver, Tom
Simulation
Slugging times on-base percentage (SLOB)
Smith, Dave
Standard deviation
Sultan of Swat
TECHRC
Thomas, Frank
Total average (TA)
Total power quotient (TPQ)
Utley, Chase
Valenzuela, Fernando
Wagner, Honus
Walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP)
Williams, Ted
Wills, Maury
Win shares (WS)
Wins above average (WAA)
Wood, Wilbur
World Champion Mets
Wright, David
Wrigley Field
Yankee Stadium
Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center
About the Authors
Gabriel B. Costa
is a Roman Catholic priest, ordained for service in 1979 for the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. He is also a mathematician and is on an extended academic leave from Seton Hall University. He is a professor of mathematical sciences at the United States Military Academy, located at West Point, New York, where he also functions as an associate chaplain. He is a member of SABR and has published in
The Baseball Research Journal
,
Elysian Fields Quarterly
and other journals. He has been a Yankees fan since he was 10 years old in 1958.
is a Roman Catholic priest, ordained for service in 1979 for the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. He is also a mathematician and is on an extended academic leave from Seton Hall University. He is a professor of mathematical sciences at the United States Military Academy, located at West Point, New York, where he also functions as an associate chaplain. He is a member of SABR and has published in
The Baseball Research Journal
,
Elysian Fields Quarterly
and other journals. He has been a Yankees fan since he was 10 years old in 1958.
Michael Huber
is an associate professor of mathematics at Muhlenberg College. He was a co-teacher of sabermetrics at the United States Military Academy with Father Gabriel Costa from 1996 to 2006. His book,
West Point’s Field of Dreams: Major League Baseball at Doubleday Field
, was published in 2004 by Vermont Heritage Press, chronicling 87 exhibition games played between Army cadets and major league baseball teams. A lifelong baseball fan, he enjoys rooting for the Baltimore Orioles, attending minor league games, and modeling rare events in baseball, such as triple plays, no-hitters, and hitting for the cycle.
is an associate professor of mathematics at Muhlenberg College. He was a co-teacher of sabermetrics at the United States Military Academy with Father Gabriel Costa from 1996 to 2006. His book,
West Point’s Field of Dreams: Major League Baseball at Doubleday Field
, was published in 2004 by Vermont Heritage Press, chronicling 87 exhibition games played between Army cadets and major league baseball teams. A lifelong baseball fan, he enjoys rooting for the Baltimore Orioles, attending minor league games, and modeling rare events in baseball, such as triple plays, no-hitters, and hitting for the cycle.
John T. Saccoman
is an associate professor of mathematics and computer science at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. He team-teaches one of the earliest known sabermetrics courses there with its founder, Father Gabriel Costa. His work has appeared in numerous SABR publications, including
Deadball Stars of the National League
,
Deadball Stars of the American League,
and
The Fenway Project
. He has contributed biographies of Gil Hodges and Willie Mays, among others, to the SABR Bio Project. A charter member of the Elysian Fields (NJ) Chapter of SABR, John resides in northern New Jersey with his son (and fellow Mets fan) Ryan and Bosox-loving wife Mary.
is an associate professor of mathematics and computer science at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. He team-teaches one of the earliest known sabermetrics courses there with its founder, Father Gabriel Costa. His work has appeared in numerous SABR publications, including
Deadball Stars of the National League
,
Deadball Stars of the American League,
and
The Fenway Project
. He has contributed biographies of Gil Hodges and Willie Mays, among others, to the SABR Bio Project. A charter member of the Elysian Fields (NJ) Chapter of SABR, John resides in northern New Jersey with his son (and fellow Mets fan) Ryan and Bosox-loving wife Mary.
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