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Posted onSeptember 14, 2020May 18, 2022Baseball

Mathematical Modeling Tutorial: The TDJ Baseball Model (Part 1)

by jdashbrock

Check out this updated content in which we describe how to model the number of batters faced per inning using a mixture of negative binomial…

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Posted onSeptember 1, 2020September 1, 2020Basketball

[Quick Hit] The Day the Warriors Dynasty Truly Started: Oct 31, 2012

by jdashbrock

October 31, 2012. That’s the day the Warriors dynasty started. On October 31, 2012, Steph Curry agreed to a 4 year, $44 million contract that…

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Posted onAugust 27, 2020August 27, 2020Basketball

NBA Economics and Cost per Win

by jdashbrock

It can be hard to forget that professional sports are a business. As much as we love to talk about owners showing loyalty to players…

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Posted onAugust 17, 2020August 28, 2020Football

Using Average NFL Career Length for 2020 Fantasy Predictions

by jdashbrock

We want to study the average career length of NFL players by position. The average NFL career length is important as a fan as well…

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Posted onAugust 10, 2020October 21, 2020Quick Hits

[Quick Hit] A Nice Way to Show Shooting Accuracy and Shot Selection

by jdashbrock

In working on writing my NBA shooting accuracy article I came up with a neat way to visualize different NBA player’s shot distributions and how…

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Posted onAugust 7, 2020August 7, 2020Uncategorized

The Data Jocks Appeared on the Latest Episode of Pod is Life

by jdashbrock

I spoke to an old friend of mine, Harry Wahl, yesterday on his podcast, Pod is Life. We discussed everything analytics including the baseball restart,…

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Posted onAugust 6, 2020August 28, 2020Basketball

A New NBA Shooting Metric: Shooting Accuracy Points Created

by jdashbrock

Shooting accuracy is one of the most important factors in an NBA player’s success. While easy to determine by eye test, I can’t find a…

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Posted onJuly 29, 2020July 29, 2020Basketball

[Quick Hit] NBA Championship Probabilities

by jdashbrock

In honor of the NBA officially returning to play this week, I wanted to make my predictions about the NBA finals. There is one glaring…

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Posted onJuly 27, 2020July 27, 2020Baseball

Three Effects of a Shortened Baseball Season

by jdashbrock

More than any other sport, baseball is a game of probabilities. Players go on hot streaks, cold streaks, and everything in between. Over the course…

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Posted onJuly 24, 2020July 25, 2020Baseball

[Quick Hit] Will Someone Hit .400 this Year?

by jdashbrock2 Comments on [Quick Hit] Will Someone Hit .400 this Year?

Probably not. There is chatter about how this year’s stats are going to look crazy when taken out of context due to the shortened season.…

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