baseball-reference.com redesign

by Randy Richardson on Apr 3, 2009 6:37 PM CDT Comment 25 comments

As most of you know, baseball-reference.com is an invaluable source of statisical info. The site was already great, but they recently reformatted it and it is now off-the-charts great. It's much more visually appealing and user friendly. Check out the Rangers '08 page. For, the pitchers, they now put the h/9, bb/9, so/9, so/bb, and hr/9 in the main statistical entry - here's Matt Harrison, sponsored by baseballismyboyfriend. And here's Kinsler's page, brought to you by LSB. Kudos to baseball-reference for a great upgrade.

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I was under the impression it would have Total Zone and it doesn't seem to.

Would have been nice to have an easy sortable database of some sort of objective fielding measure, even if it was a little questionable and only goes back to 1955. The quick-and-dirty usage opportunity got me excited.

But that’s a minor gripe. This is 99% awesome.

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by philkid3 on Apr 3, 2009 6:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I like fangraphs for

defensive stuff and some of the more advanced metrics, but nothing beats baseball-reference for quick use.

"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels

by Randy Richardson on Apr 3, 2009 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The problem with FanGraphs for defense is that UZR only goes back a few years.

And their site doesn’t have all the nifty sortability of B0R.

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by philkid3 on Apr 4, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

*B-R

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by philkid3 on Apr 4, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Total Zone Rating is there under the fielding stats.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alomaro01.shtml

Rtot in the fielding. Breaks out home and road as well.

by sean.forman on Apr 4, 2009 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

That is damn cool

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Apr 4, 2009 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

REALLY?!

That’s awesome. I swear when it was in beta it wasn’t there and i just assumed.

Thanks, Sean!

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by philkid3 on Apr 4, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I remember seeing TZ

But I think BR reorganized the stat page layout in between beta and release.

by jwiscarson on Apr 4, 2009 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm now going to keep track of Albert Pujols's pursuit of the All-Time RAA lead at first.

He’s currently 29 1/2 runs behind Keith Hernandez.

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by philkid3 on Apr 4, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

By the way, Sean.

You are, quite litterally, my hero.

And have been since I was like 15.

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by philkid3 on Apr 4, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

In Other Words:

Thanks for everything.

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by philkid3 on Apr 4, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

sum

They also have a way of adding multiple years together. Interesting.

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Apr 3, 2009 7:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i was suprised by the redesign

didnt know it was in the works

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Apr 3, 2009 7:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I love checking out the sponsors....

by bdavison94 on Apr 3, 2009 8:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah, it's fun

baseballismyboyfriend has Rupe’s page too. ghostofErikThompson has Metcalf’s page with his open letter. Some company in Michigan has already picked up Laird’s page. Andrus doesn’t have a sponsor yet, I guess you can’t buy it until he has some mlb stats.

"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels

by Randy Richardson on Apr 3, 2009 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone who wants it though

Is gonna have to be quick on the trigger, or “The Fantasy Baseball Sherpa” will no doubt steal it.

She was a grand old lady...

by lonestarJon on Apr 3, 2009 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Ryin A on Apr 3, 2009 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

x

Tenzing Norgay

My cool sig.

by Ryin A on Apr 3, 2009 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Apparently this is him:

Scott Swanay, President & Chief Sherpa, graduated from Harvard in 1987 with a degree in Applied Math & Computer Science. He worked as an actuary for the next 17 years, holding a series of positions with increasing levels of responsibility. He completed a series of ten rigorous exams to become a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS) in 1998.

In 2004 Scott decided to combine his lifelong passion for sports with his statistical and analytical expertise, leaving his previous field to pursue his dream full-time. He spent the next two years developing the products that led to the creation of Fantasy Baseball Sherpa. He has been very successful in fantasy baseball leagues using these products, and now he looks forward to sharing this information with you. Follow the Sherpa!!!

She was a grand old lady...

by lonestarJon on Apr 3, 2009 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs