Why is BASEBALL so statistic driven while other sports are not?
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No doubt about it....over da head, here.
Statistics are used to analyse all sports, contrary to the belief that baseball and all sports are used to analyse statistics.
"Standard" baseball statistics does not consider game situations. For example: A walk with bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth with the game on the line is more important than a HR in the bottom of the 9th with the home team down 10-0.
May I suggest a few of the many books for research:
(just tuck them under the pillow.)
J. Albert, J Bennett & JJ Cochran: Anthology of Statistics in Sports. ISBN 0-89871-587-3
H K Lee, Bayesian nonparametrics via Neural Networks
T. W O'Gorman, Applied Adaptive Statistical Methods: Tests of Significant and Confidence Intervals
R Barlow, Engineering Reliability
B James, J. Albert, H Stern. Answering Questions about Baseball Using Statistics
H Stern,. Brownian Motion Model for the Progress of Sports Scores
S M Berry. Drive for Show and Putt for Dough
R Hooke. Null Hypothesis
Journal of American Statstical Association
Chance
M Schell. Baseball All-Time Best Hitters
J Simonoff. Move over, Roger Maris: Breaking baseball's most famous record.
many others
Should you be interested in Stats for other sports (i.e. Football, Basketball, Ice Hockey, Tennis, Golf, Track, Triathlons, So((er, Darts, Blackjack.....email me to collaborate!
Regards
Statistics are used to analyse all sports, contrary to the belief that baseball and all sports are used to analyse statistics.
"Standard" baseball statistics does not consider game situations. For example: A walk with bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth with the game on the line is more important than a HR in the bottom of the 9th with the home team down 10-0.
May I suggest a few of the many books for research:
(just tuck them under the pillow.)
J. Albert, J Bennett & JJ Cochran: Anthology of Statistics in Sports. ISBN 0-89871-587-3
H K Lee, Bayesian nonparametrics via Neural Networks
T. W O'Gorman, Applied Adaptive Statistical Methods: Tests of Significant and Confidence Intervals
R Barlow, Engineering Reliability
B James, J. Albert, H Stern. Answering Questions about Baseball Using Statistics
H Stern,. Brownian Motion Model for the Progress of Sports Scores
S M Berry. Drive for Show and Putt for Dough
R Hooke. Null Hypothesis
Journal of American Statstical Association
Chance
M Schell. Baseball All-Time Best Hitters
J Simonoff. Move over, Roger Maris: Breaking baseball's most famous record.
many others
Should you be interested in Stats for other sports (i.e. Football, Basketball, Ice Hockey, Tennis, Golf, Track, Triathlons, So((er, Darts, Blackjack.....email me to collaborate!
Regards
Ever notice those huge charts football coaches hold during games? A lot of what's on the chart is game plan based on statistical tendencies from breaking down game film. Other sports break down film for tendencies too.quote:Originally posted by TRhit:
Why is BASEBALL so statistic driven while other sports are not?
I'll guess the reason stats became so big in baseball is they have been used for decades to fill the air between pitches in a broadcast.
Baseball fans know their stats. In other sports the fans may know who holds the record but can't give you the numbers.
Probably because you can measure a player's contribution to a team more accurately than other sports. In baseball, nearly everything can be counted while in other sports, many aspects are more difficult to put numbers to. For example, in basketball there is a very good defensive player that may get a good amount of blocked shots, but there is no way to count the number of shots he disrupts just because of his presence. Or in football, it isn't counted how many times an offensive lineman opens up the hole for the running back or how often the fullback's block on the linebacker springs the tailback for a big gain.