Some people tell me that I take sabermetrics, the study of statistics in baseball, a little too far. I disagree. Learning sabermetrics has given me a richer picture of the game, a more nuanced ...

The theatrical release of “Moneyball” in 2011 marked the first time many baseball fans — as well as non-sports enthusiasts — were ever exposed to the next generation of baseball statistics, ...

For baseball fans, more than for fans of any other sport, statistics have always played a prominent role in their devotion to the national pasttime. Indeed, sabermetrics—statistical analyses of ...

PHOENIX, AZ - MARCH 10: Infielder Taylor Green #5 of Canada commits a throwing error during the fourth inning of the World Baseball Classic First Round Group D game ...

Don’t even play: you’re not doing anything the weekend of August 16-17th and odds favor you either being in Boston, Massachusetts or being close to an airport that can put you there. And, if you’re ...

What do a classics major, history major, molecular biophysics and biochemistry major and American studies major all have in common? They all became MLB executives after graduating from Yale. Just a ...

Even in the era of Sabermetrics, baseball’s still a mystery. Nobody takes the field expecting to turn a triple play, or slides into second knowing he’ll have to walk with crutches for the next two ...

Advanced statistics or “sabermetrics” such as FIP, WAR, OPS, BABIP, and UZR have become as common in baseball as RBI and ERA. People like Bill James have written books on top of books on the subject ...

A company has withdrawn its application to trademark the term ``sabermetrics'' following opposition from the Society for American Baseball Research. SABR announced its opposition last month to the ...

If Billy Beane ran the Colorado Rockies, how satisfied would he be? Amid baseball’s postponement, that’s the question on my mind this week after rereading “Moneyball,” Michael Lewis’ classic 2003 book ...