So you want to be a baseball nerd. Wise choice. Of all the types of nerd I've experienced, baseball nerd has been the most rewarding. It definitely tops that time I was into pogs.
Fielding Independent Pitching converts a pitcher's three true outcomes into an earned run average-like number. The formula is (13*HR+3*(HBP+BB)-2*K)/IP, plus a constant (usually around 3.2) to put it on the same scale as earned run average.
Advanced stats might seem like a complicated foreign language, but becoming conversational is actually very easy. Learn how to analyze a pitcher's numbers.
So you want to be a baseball nerd. Wise choice. Of all the types of nerd I've experienced, baseball nerd has been the most rewarding. It definitely tops that time I was into pogs.
Fielding Independent Pitching converts a pitcher's three true outcomes into an earned run average-like number. The formula is (13*HR+3*(HBP+BB)-2*K)/IP, plus a constant (usually around 3.2) to put it on the same scale as earned run average.
Advanced stats might seem like a complicated foreign language, but becoming conversational is actually very easy. Learn how to analyze a pitcher's numbers.
