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Metric Explainers

An Inside Look at How We Create Our Golf Simulation Skeleton
Metric Explainers

An Inside Look at How We Create Our Golf Simulation Skeleton

In our first golf explainer, we introduced FRACAS, a proprietary global ranking method for men’s golf. With FRACAS established, we can use the player rates we’ve created to simulate tournaments and detail how the…

2 years ago Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads
Introducing FRACAS: A Precise Ranking Model Using Field Rating and Course-Adjusted Strokes Gained
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Introducing FRACAS: A Precise Ranking Model Using Field Rating and Course-Adjusted Strokes Gained

We're exploring the leading ranking systems in golf today, explain FRACAS, then put it to work to identify some of the underrated golfers in the game today.

2 years ago Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads, Kevin Chroust
Shape Analysis: Automatically Detecting Formations
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Shape Analysis: Automatically Detecting Formations

Shape Analysis uses tracking data to automatically identify a team’s shape, both in and out of possession, during a game.

2 years ago Jonny Whitmore, Thomas Seidl
Raw Value: A Comprehensive Pitch-by-Pitch Player Evaluation
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Raw Value: A Comprehensive Pitch-by-Pitch Player Evaluation

By now, every analytical baseball mind knows there are countless statistics like batting average, slugging percentage and RBIs that evaluate performance based on the cumulative result of a player’s at-bats.…

2 years ago The Analyst
Identifying Patterns with Movement Chains
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Identifying Patterns with Movement Chains

Movement chains describe the patterns of four player involvements in a passage of play by displaying the locations of the first touches.

2 years ago Jonny Whitmore, Danny Dinsdale
Whiff+: A Look at Which Pitchers Dominate by Generating Swings and Misses
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Whiff+: A Look at Which Pitchers Dominate by Generating Swings and Misses

Whiff rate doesn't paint an accurate picture when it comes to measuring a pitcher's stuff. Whiff+ accounts for what whiff rate does not.

2 years ago The Analyst
What Is Possession Value (PV)?
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What Is Possession Value (PV)?

Possessive Value assigns credit to individual players based on their positive and negative contributions on the ball. But how does it work?

2 years ago Jonny Whitmore
BIP+: Which Batters Do the Most Damage After Making Contact?
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BIP+: Which Batters Do the Most Damage After Making Contact?

In this installment of a series on advanced baseball metrics, we look at what BIP+ reveals about Miguel Sano’s raw power and how Javier Baez could get back on track. For…

2 years ago Taylor Bechtold
Sequences and Possessions in Football
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Sequences and Possessions in Football

Stats Perform’s possessions framework strings together consecutive events into sequences in order to provide a more detailed picture of what’s happening on the pitch.

2 years ago Jonny Whitmore
Discipline+: Why Not Every Decision to Swing is Created Equal
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Discipline+: Why Not Every Decision to Swing is Created Equal

We’re taking a close look at discipline+ to discover what it tells us about the versatility of Mike Trout, Juan Soto and Ronald Acuna Jr. For a look at which players…

2 years ago The Analyst
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