"Things worthwhile generally just don't happen. Luck is a fact, but it should not be a factor. Good luck is what is leftover after intelligence and efforts have combined at their best. Negligence or indifference or inattention are usually reviewed from an unlucky seat. The law of cause and effect and causality both work the same with inexorable exactitudes. Luck is the residue of design."
-- Branch Rickey, quoted from Branch Rickey's Little Blue Book, Macmillian Publishing
Stathead is proud to sponsor the Baseball Engineering Online Research Library -- The Internet's best and most complete online library of baseball research, research, and commentary. This is the home page for discussions of baseball engineering and modelling, with an explicit focus on making better strategic and tactical decisions for a baseball team.. You'll find information here related to statistics, performance, strategy, and economic issues pertaining to the baseball, analyzed primarily (but not exclusively) from a mathematical and/or engineering point of view.
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| The Baseball Engineering Online Research Library | |
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| Author Index | Listing of all articles by author |
| Article Index | Listing of all articles by title (under construction) |
| Subject Index | Listing of all articles by subject (under construction) |
| Category | Description |
| Current Statistics | The latest performance statistics, including some Stathead exclusives! |
| Offense | Articles related to hitting, stolen bases, and other topics on run production. |
| Pitching | Research into the performance and prediction of pitchers. |
| Defense & Fielding | Insights into the long-murky world of fielding. Includes catcher's defense. |
| Economics, Labor, and Law | Salaries, strikes, competitive strategies, budgeting, and legal issues. |
| General Essays | Thoughts on a variety of baseball topics. |
| Complete Statistics | Putting offense, pitching, and defense all together to understand player value. |
| Short Studies | Brief studies intended to answer a specific statistical question. |
| Just For Fun | Light hearted articles poking fun at the obsession many analysts (including ourselves) have with the numbers. |
| Recommended Links | Other places to visit for the best in baseball news & information. |
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