Player Won-Lost Records In Baseball: Measuring Performance In Context

Baseball analysts often criticize pitcher win-loss records as a poor measure of pitcher performance, as wins are the product of team performance. Fans criticize WAR (Wins Above Replacement) because it takes in theoretical rather than actual wins. Player won-lost records bridge the gap between these two schools of thought, giving credit to all players for what they do--without credit or blame for teammates' performance--and measuring contributions to actual team wins and losses. The result is a statistic of player value that quantifies all aspects of individual performance, allowing for robust comparisons between players across different positions and different seasons. Using play-by-play data, this book examines players' won-lost records in Major League Baseball from 1930 through 2015.

• | Author: Tom Thress
• | Publisher: McFarland & Company
• | Publication Date: Sep 11, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Sports & Recreation
• | ISBN-10: 1476670242
• | ISBN-13: 9781476670249