Beschreibung:
The book will be of interest to basefall fans who want to learn some sabermetrics, and also people who know sabermetrics but would like to use R in their data exploration. Many students do not work on baseball data because the datasets are very large. By learning R through our book, they will be encouraged to do more baseball research on their own.
1. The Baseball Datasets. 2. Introduction to R. 3. Traditional Graphics. 3. The Relation between Runs and Wins. 4. Value of Plays Using Run Expectancy. 5. Advanced Graphics. 6. Balls and Strikes Effects. 7. Career Trajectories. 8. Simulation. 9. Exploring Streaky Performances. 10. Learning about Park Effects by Database Management Tools. 11.Exploring Fielding Metrics with Contributed R Packages.