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Why Statistics Work So Much Better In Baseball Than In Basketball

31 March, 2009 (09:00) | Baseball, Basketball, Statistics | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

I am a fierce believer in sabremetrics, which is the study of statistics in baseball to determine a player’s value in terms of wins, among other things.  In baseball, a game can be distilled down to a certain number of one-on-one at-bats.  These are unique battles between pitchers and hitters that can be analyzed statistically.  [...]