Offensive Stats 101Measuring offense has been one of the most common set of statistics and batting averages can be found in newspapers from the late 1800s. The following formulas, descriptions and statistics will provide you with the common and not-so-common items currently being used to measure offense. | ||||
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height and weight , by living or deceased, or by a range of common statistical categories. Then you can sort the results by any common statistic, by the teams with the most players matching that category, by players with the most seasons matching that category, or by most recent, youngest, oldest, final year, or year of debut, and others.
The Batting or Pitching Game Finder. This tool allows you to search player game totals (think 4 for 5 with 3 RBI, or 10-SO shutouts) filtering on any of a dozen or more choices. This can be done either on a single player level or on any batter from nearly sixty years or on any pitcher. The same can be done for Team Batting or Team Pitching Totals.
The Batting or Pitching Streak Finder. This tool allows you to search player games looking for the most consecutive games matching a particular set of criteria. This can be done either on a single player level or on any batter from nearly sixty years or on any pitcher. The same can be done for Team Batting or Team Pitching Streaks. Note that when searching for batters, you should limit your searches to 10-15 years when searching through all games.
The Batting or Pitching Event Finder. This tool is player specific and will out put a detailed summary and play-by-play list of all events of a specific type from a single year or an entirecareer . For example, you can see all of Harmon Killebrew's triples or even his outs to the second baseman.
The Batter vs. Pitcher Tool. This tool presents a complete sortable list of batter or pitcher with totals for every opponent they faced by career or by year. Clicking on the player's name will lead you to a detailed output of their head-to-head plate appearances.
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Non-Player Specific ToolsSeason FindersPlayer Batting / Player Pitching Find single-season or multi-year totals to create leaderboards by team, position, age and more Game Finders Player Batting / Player Pitching Team Batting / Team Pitching Find individual games matching a variety of criteria. Includes options for postseason and All-Star games. Event Finders Batting by Team / Pitching by Team All-Star Batting / All-Star Pitching Postseason Batting / Postseason Pitching Find individual plays matching a variety of criteria and get a summary line for all matching plays Streak Finders Player Batting / Player Pitching Team Batting / Team Pitching Find streaks of games for teams or players. Includes options postseason and All-Star games. Other Finders Inning Summary, leads after 7, leads lost, ... Batting Order Position, team results by bop Game Result Search Tools Standings, for any date in major league history Situational Records, best home records, etc. Streaks, Best N game stretches within a season. Head-to-Head Records | Player Specific ToolsEnter a player name and go to the PI toolTools are also linked to directly from the player's Baseball-Reference Page in the batting and pitching toolbars. You will also find links if you go to the gamelogs or splits for a player. This is a shortcut to the specific page for that player.Note: The search is done in the background as you type, so depending on your internet connection, the names appearing in the dropdown will differ from what you have typed in. Allow it a second and it should catch up. |
The five main tools for the Baseball-Reference.com Play Index are:
The Batting or Pitching Season Finder. This tool allows you to search full-season or multi-year totals to find your own custom leaderboards. You can look at the entire history of baseball from 1871-2012 with every year, team, and position available, or you can filter the results in a vast number of ways: by specific years, by age, by first six seasons or last ten seasons, by American League only, by Cubs only, by switch-hitters, by catchers, by outfielder or infielder, by year of debut, but active or retired, by Hall of Famer, byThe Batting or Pitching Game Finder. This tool allows you to search player game totals (think 4 for 5 with 3 RBI, or 10-SO shutouts) filtering on any of a dozen or more choices. This can be done either on a single player level or on any batter from nearly sixty years or on any pitcher. The same can be done for Team Batting or Team Pitching Totals.
The Batting or Pitching Streak Finder. This tool allows you to search player games looking for the most consecutive games matching a particular set of criteria. This can be done either on a single player level or on any batter from nearly sixty years or on any pitcher. The same can be done for Team Batting or Team Pitching Streaks. Note that when searching for batters, you should limit your searches to 10-15 years when searching through all games.
The Batting or Pitching Event Finder. This tool is player specific and will out put a detailed summary and play-by-play list of all events of a specific type from a single year or an entire
The Batter vs. Pitcher Tool. This tool presents a complete sortable list of batter or pitcher with totals for every opponent they faced by career or by year. Clicking on the player's name will lead you to a detailed output of their head-to-head plate appearances.
Please let us know of any difficulties.
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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.
Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.
Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.
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