Last week we began to look at Weighted Runs Above Average (wRAA), which along with Weighted Runs Created (wRC), On-Base Plus Slugging Plus (OPS+) and Weighted On-Base Average (wOBA), are the most useful statistics to evaluate the offensive production of a hitter in my opinion.
What wRAA tells us according to FanGraphs is “the amount of [...]
Stat of the Week
This week we’ll be looking at an offensive statistic that is helpful in evaluating a batter’s contribution to his team, Weighted Runs Above Average (wRAA). So far, the most important offensive statistics that we have looked at in my opinion have been Weighted Runs Created (wRC), On-Base Plus Slugging Plus (OPS+) and Weighted On-Base Average [...]
After our last series on the offensive statistic Clutch, this week we’ll look at a defensive statistic that is useful when comparing it against a player’s Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR). This statistic is called Defensive Runs Saved and was developed by John Dewan and the good people at The Fielding Bible” the preeminent source in [...]
This week we are looking at the statistic Clutch. To refresh your memory about the purpose of the statistic,
“Clutch aims to tell us how a player performs in highly leveraged situations compared to context neutral situations and how much better or worse they hit in those “Clutch” moments. What clutch does is compare a player [...]
After learning about the statistics Leverage Index (LI), Win Probability Added (WPA) and WPA/LI, we will now finally delve into the statistic Clutch, which was created by David Appleman of FanGraphs.
To refresh everyone’s memories let’s quickly go over what each of the statistics represents:
LI - swing in the possible change in win probability. If there is [...]
