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• Batting with RISP - Another angle on the clutch hitting question, analyzing the performance of hitters with runners in scoring position. (Added: 31-May-00) Author: David Grabiner

• Can you protect a hitter? - "An article that disputes the commonly held belief that having a big hitter ""protecting"" another slugger in the lineup actually improves the hitter's overall production." (Added: 31-May-00) Author: David Grabiner

• Does Clutch Hitting Exist? - Do some hitters have the ability to perform better with the game on the line? (Added: 31-May-00) Author: David Grabiner

• Invisible Offense - Tom Fontaine takes a look at a factor that has a powerful effect on offensive production, but often gets lost among flashier stats. (Added: 31-May-00) Author: Tom Fontaine

• Major League Equivalencies - Bill James developed a system for translating minor league stats to an equivalent major league performance. This article tests the system to see if it has any validity. (Added: 31-May-00) Author: David Grabiner

• Marginal Lineup Value (MLV) - MLV is a way to estimate how many more runs an average team would score with a given player in the lineup. This article explains the entire calculation of MLV. (Added: 31-May-00) Author: Keith Woolner

• Methods and Accuracy in Run Estimation Methods - Jim Furtado's article from the 1999 Big Bad Baseball Annual comparing the accuracy of different baseball stat systems. (Added: 15-Feb-01) Author: Jim Furtado

• Peak ages for hitters - A article in Baseball Weekly sparked a long debate in the online baseball community about whether batters reach their highest production, on average, at age 27, or after age 30. This article presents two studies which support the age 27 conclusion. These studies were mentioned in Baseball Weekly in a followup article on the same topic. (Added: 31-May-00) Author: Keith Woolner

• RBI's are meaningless??? - Many statistically-inclined baseball scholars think that RBI's tell you far less about who the good hitters are as previously believed. This usually touches off a storm of criticism from traditional fans, who bristle at the idea that RBI's aren't meaningful. This article attempts to set the record straight. (Added: 31-May-00) Author: Keith Woolner

• The Sagarin Number, Simply! - Tom Fontaine takes a hard look at Jeff Sagarin's player ratings (as found in Baseball Weekly), and shows a simple relationship between Sagarin's seemingly complicated rating, and plain old batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging average. (Added: 31-May-00) Author: Tom Fontaine

• The Sultans of Stats - Harvard professor pooh-poohs McGwire's records. (Added: 15-Feb-01) Author: Keith Woolner

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