To get things started here, I'll introduce myself. My name is Will, and I guess you could say I'm an aspiring sabermetrician. More accurately, I'm a fan of the game of baseball, who happens to be highly interested in the realm of higher knowledge in baseball statistics, otherwise known as sabermetrics. I've been playing fantasy baseball for about 5 years now, and I've been pretty successful in various competitive leagues. Recently, I've been motivated to take my understanding of the game to another level, particularly in terms of statistical analysis. I've begun reading a great deal of sabermetric work, mostly on the internet, and my interest in the subject has only grown. I figured this blog would be a good way to start writing about my interests. I'm in no way a pro (yet), so if you are reading this and happen to be a pro, don't hold a grudge if something doesn't seem to make sense. Trust me, a lot of the stuff I write at first might not seem to make much sense...I'm still getting the hang of this stuff. Please leave a comment if you have anything to say - I'd appreciate the feedback.
For the most part, I'm going to try to post some sort of significant investigation each week. I'm thinking that this will be focused towards answering a specific question, which I will present the week before. Some of these might be oriented towards fantasy baseball, but not all of them will. However, everything I post here (maybe with the exception of an occasional comedy post) will focus on the sabermetric view of baseball.
I'll write my first real article tomorrow. I'll keep it simple to start, and take a look at batted ball stats in order to determine the luckiest and unluckiest hitters and pitchers of 2009.
A sabermetric perspective on the world of baseball
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