Baseball, data, and storytelling
An updated version of the new database is available now from the download page. In addition to updating all tables with data through the 2017 season , there are some minor changes to the structure of the database. If you’re interested in learning more about those changes or wish to be part of a discussion about maintaining and improving the…
An index of baseball guides available online, from the 1870s through today.
My presentation from the 2013 SABR convention on how “big data” has transformed the baseball world, and why bigger changes are coming.
My twenty-five year journey with Pete Rose.
How a book that Roger Angell gave to Dick Young ended up on my bookshelf.
Visualizing the voting trajectories for 1000+ Hall of Fame candidates
Radical shift has helped Pirates become contenders
Sports related board games are as old as the sports themselves.
More than 90% of “big money” college sports programs lose money
Recent discovery demonstrates value of archives
After 23 years, all of the ballplayers older than me have left the game.