Variation in play over the course of a season

   A player's final statistics might not actually be equal to his average production for the team.

 

Recalculating a tainted record

   Steroids aren't the only bias in baseball history, and not the only bias to affect the much debated single season home run record.

 

Good statistics

  A few that work, that correlate with team wins, and that really tell a lot about a player

 

'Runs created' not the only good offensive statistic

   It's a good one, but some others correlate well.

 

Career peaks come earlier than thought

   26 year old players might not actually be such youngsters

 

Stats like 'range factor' biased by lurking variables? Perhaps not

   In the final analysis, those variables don't really matter

 

Era adjustments

   How good was the competition 100 years ago? How might Ruth do today?

 

Closers, wins and saves

   Is closer a rediculous position? I lay out an argument here.

 

ERA vs. wins

   Wins might not actually be such a great stat for pitchers

 

Triple crown stats not the best way to grade a player

   They're interesting to count, but perhaps don't mean much

 

Players not "doing their job" trading outs for bases

   It's a bad strategy from the start

 

Pitching not the most important part of the game

   Hitting plays a big role, but most of us knew that.

 

RISP leaves much unanswered

   Whether or not clutch hitting can happen, RISP doesn't measure it well.

 

Great plays aren't always such good defense

   Bad routes are often the cause of acrobatic defense.

 

Starting pitchers and position players: Who's more valuable?

   Turns out, there's not a big difference.

 

You can't tell a player's worth by watching a game

   One game doesn't tell us much of anything in baseball.

 

Correlation of hitting statistics

   Which statistics tell the most about a player's ability to do what?

 

Correlation of pitching statistics

   Of the major pitching statistics, which ones match up best with the others?