Baseball Stats and History The complete source for current and historical baseball players, teams, scores and leaders. Minor, Foreign and Negro Leagues.

Links to lots of baseball stuff. 1-15-2018 I have published a book, from the point of view of a fictional manager in a simulation baseball league. See ad to the right for amazon link. That is, except the rules, but you can get them here.

This year the Angels signed Shohei Ohtani. The young Japanese star who played both as a pitcher and outfielder for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Of the Japanese Pacific League. As in Japan, Ohtani is expected to continue to play extensively both as a pitcher and hitter. This raises the question of how to handle Ohtani for fantasy purposes.

Monday, December 11, 2017. Jack Morris had one top 5 finish in ERA and none in FIP ERA. Now you might say that ERA or ERA can be affected by fielders, so if a guy has bad fielders, it hurts his ERA. So then when we adjust his ERA for park effects with ERA , he managed only one top 5 finish. So he was rarely one of the elite pitchers in the league. He also had only one top 5 finish in strikeout to walk ratio.

Win Probability and Box Scores. Some of the best teams in baseball have some of the best bullpens. Rich Hill Has a Theory About Spin and Aging.

An inspiration to nearsighted people everywhere. Boog Powell is your centerfielder, and I guess there will be eight relievers again. Trevor Cahill will join .

When unhappy stars are traded for each other, the result is not necessarily joy for all. Sometimes, good ideas come from bad. This is one of those times. Who goes from playing in the majors to calling balls and strikes, safe or out? Just a few men.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013. This is a very non-baseball post. This is also a very personal post. Slowly the news trickled in. Staying here when you know .