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• Rickey Henderson: 1958-2024A dominant force in the game in the 1980s and beyond, and Chicago-born, dies of pneumonia four days before his 66th birthday Some startling news as the holidays approach, Christmas baby Rickey Henderson, born in Chicago 66 years ago, has passed away from pneumonia. Henderson was a force on the field for 25 seasons, playing until age 44 in a position and with a skill set that players 20 years young...2024See more articles Rickey Henderson news -
• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1934Larry French at spring training for the Cubs on Catalina Island | Getty Images Some important trades happened this year, but not until after the season. The Cubs, after their 1932 pennant, finished third, six games out of first place in 1933. Hopes were high after they spent much of April and May 1934 in first place, but a slow fade was capped by a 12-14 September, and another third-place ...2024Visit the page Gabby Hartnett news and rumors -
• Top of the Mound
From time to time Baseball Musings look at pitchers who reached the top of the Bill James Baseball Rankings over a particular time period, usually ten seasons. Today the comparison runs from 2020 through 2024. Only four pitchers held the top spot in that time frame; Gerrit Cole, Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer, and Zack Wheeler […]...2024See also Baseball Musings headline news
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• Quarterback similarity scoresCorey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Who is most similar to C.J. Stroud? Bill James is the father of modern statistics in baseball. Published authors like myself owe a debt of gratitude to him that we will never be able to repay. Obviously, most of these statistics are germane only to baseball, but there are some concepts that are portable to other sports....2024Click for news about Three Times rumors -
• Today in White Sox History: October 17With one swing on this day 19 years ago, Albert Pujols made Chicago’s job in the World Series just a little bit easier. | SetNumber: X74419 TK2 The South Siders have to wait a bit before seeing who their opponent will be in the 2005 World Series Chicago Tribune 1923 Manager Kid Gleason, who piloted the villainous Black Sox in 1919 and oversaw the team in the aftermath o...2024See more White Sox latest news -
• Pulling Bibee
Bill James posted a poll on pulling Cleveland starter Tanner Bibee early in the 6-3 Yankees win: The decision to replace Tanner Biibe early in the game (a) kept Cleveland in the game, or (b) just wore out the bullpen to no good effect. — Bill James Online (@billjamesonline) October 16, 2024 I would say […]...2024Check it out Tanner Bibee news and rumors
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1934
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• Today in White Sox History: October 17
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta calls up Andruw JonesBraves Franchise History 1914 - The Braves record 11 hits off Jeff Tesreau and beat the Giants 7-3. Bill James is the winner while Joe Connolly finishes a triple shy of a cycle. 1971 - The Braves purchase infielder Tony LaRussa from the A’s. 1982 - Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Padres and move back within 1.5 games of first place Los Angeles in the NL West standi...2024Read about Andruw Jones -
• A look back at the best-pitched games in Royals historyBill James-style. As the years roll by it’s easy to forget about some of the important historical landmarks in team history. One area that’s always fascinated me is Pitching Game Score, developed by Bill James. This score attempts to gauge a starting pitcher's performance and with complete games becoming a rarity, I wanted to look back at the Royals’ highest Game Score ever. Here is the formula de...2024Check it out Kerry Wood injury update -
• Let’s beat that dead horse for 3-3-3 once again!Because some might be offended by an image of an actual beating of a dead horse, here instead is an appealing view of Dead Horse Point Park in Utah. | discovermoab.com The 2024 White Sox are the perfect team to innovate with its pitching rotation Yes, yes, I know. I’ve promoted the 3-3-3 pitching rotation before, as recently as the trading deadline last year after the White Sox sent off m...2024See more articles White Sox injuries -
• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - February 24, 2024
RPs w/ Rosterable Ratios (+ Two NL Hitters) Relief pitching is a combustible commodity (they're the RBs of fantasy baseball) but using late picks on the proper RPs can help to fortify your pitching. RPs with high SwStr%* and K/9 can add helpful 2x a week dominance. A Rosterable Ratio RP may not provide many saves, but they can add surprisingly high strikeout totals and sneaky wins here and there t...2024Visit the page Fantasy Baseball
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• White Sox can rule — with the Rule of ThreesBBC iPLAYER Never before has any team been more likely to benefit If necessity is the mother of invention, then the mother of necessities calls for the mother of inventions. And boy, do the White Sox face the mother of necessities. Enter the the 3-3-3 system of pitcher rotation, as first put forth by Bill James cohort Dave Fleming in 2009. I’ve written about it twice before, including onc...2023See also White Sox injury report -
• Today in White Sox History: October 17On this day 100 years ago, Kid Gleason stepped away from the rebuilding White Sox. | Chicago Tribune A century ago, Kid Gleason stepped away from his sinking club Chicago Tribune 1923 Manager Kid Gleason, who piloted the villainous Black Sox in 1919 and oversaw the team in the aftermath of eight core members of the roster banned for life, resigned. He spoke to his te...2023See also White Sox injury -
• This Day in Braves History: Lonnie Smith has five hitsPhoto by M Digirolamo/Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1914 - The Braves record 11 hits off Jeff Tesreau and beat the Giants 7-3. Bill James is the winner while Joe Connolly finishes a triple shy of a cycle. 1971 - The Braves purchase infielder Tony LaRussa from the A’s. 1982 - Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over ...2023See more articles Lonnie Smith availability report -
• Royals Rumblings - News for August 11, 2023Can’t say I care for the Red Sox city connect jerseys. I mean, they’re fine-ish, just not for Boston | Photo by Nick Grace/Getty Images Out last week, out next week, but here this week At The Star, Jaylon Thompson profiles Cole Ragans: Sweeney said the Royals did their homework on Ragans. They evaluated his entire makeup prior to acquiring him from the Rangers. The process took a couple ...2023Read about Red Sox availability report
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 5Happy birthday, Bob Dernier! | Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. A good day for center fielders, several sad passings, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of...2024Check it out George Gojkovich
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"At least per game score (version two, a Tom Tango 2016 update of Bill James’ original musing): pretty darn good." - 2023
"In a famous 2006 article for Bill James’ website, John Dewan—who went on to become CEO of STATS, Inc." - 2022
"The Bill James Handbook for 2023 is, as always, filled with the statistics you need to get you through the winter — all the numbers for the current players, plus leaders in both traditional and “Bill James” categories in both leagues for the season just completed." - 2021
"coining a term for his contract, a Bill James tweet about analytics, and Shin-Soo Choo leaving MLB to make his belated KBO debut, share Stat Blasts about all-over-30 lineups and players who’ve dominated one position in their franchise’s history, and then (32:17) bring on FanGraphs […]" - 2019
"But a Bill James creation, secondary average, offers another way to measure offense." - 2018
"Bill James, Red Sox executive and one of the pioneers in baseball statistical analysis, sent out the tweet back in November." - 2017
"Jonah Keri talks with baseball wizard Bill James" - 2016
"Apologies to Nate Silver, Bill James and Nostradamus." - 2015
"But, they also employed salty old baseball minds like Lajoie, Allard Baird (the former Kansas City Royals GM), Craig Shipley (a former major league infielder) and Bill James, the Godfather of Sabermetrics." - 2014
"For must of his 40 years spent analyzing and writing about baseball, Bill James, the godfather of the sport's data-driven "Moneyball" movement, was an outcast."
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• Is there hope for the White Sox future?Exclusive imaging of the White Sox analytics department. Other turnarounds don’t suggest it As the season creeps forward to the magical question, “To be 120+ or not to be 120+?” it behooves us to consider other teams that have recently been in dire straits ... though, of course, not necessarily quite as dire. There are four teams to examine that represent a relatively quick turnaround, ea...2024Visit the page White Sox contract rumors -
• The Value of Things: An analytical look at Texans WR Nico Collins’ contractTommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Did the Texans overpay for the standout wideout? There has been a lot of talk on both sides of the Nico Collins extension. I always prefer to wait at least 24 hours for the dust to settle before doing any hard hitting analysis. Analysis and emotion are mortal enemies. Obviously, every move evokes some kind of emotional response. It could range from, “let’s f...2024See more articles Tommy Gilligan trade rumors -
• Just how good was Garrett Crochet’s Opening Day start?It rarely got better than what Garrett Crochet offered this year on Opening Day. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports In White Sox history? 79th percentile ... not bad for a first career effort Yes, it’s been an incredibly long week and especially endless day, but Garrett Crochet’s surprise excellence on Opening Day — pitching at least one inning and exceedingly sharper than anyone had th...2024See more articles Garrett Crochet contract -
• Let’s beat that dead horse for 3-3-3 once again!
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - February 24, 2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 5
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• Book review: The Bill James Handbook Walk-off EditionIt’s had a run of more than three decades. Usually, in November of each year when I acquire a copy of the Bill James Handbook from the publisher, I’ll review it along with posting the projections for Cubs hitters for the following season. But this review will be different, because the 2024 Bill James Handbook doesn’t have any projections, or really, stats of any kind. That’s because it’s going to ...2023Visit the page Dansby Swanson trade rumors -
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 11, 2023
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1934
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• Quarterback similarity scores
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• Today in White Sox History: October 17
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta calls up Andruw Jones
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• The Value of Things: An analytical look at Texans WR Nico Collins’ contract
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• A look back at the best-pitched games in Royals history
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• Just how good was Garrett Crochet’s Opening Day start?
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• Losing Parks
Cybermetrics points to a Bill James article that explores the idea that teams that play in parks that favor the pitcher are better than teams than play in parks that favor the batter. A quick synopsis is that the more your park favors hitters, the worse the team plays on the road. As with most […]...2024
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - February 24, 2024
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• Sunday Notes: An Infielder Only, Carson Williams Has a Bright Future as a Ray
Plus a Whitaker-Rollins-Utley-Trammell thought experiment. a Bobby Veach-Kirk Gibson opinion, get better Bill James, facts and stats galore, and more....2024See more articles Kirk Gibson statistics
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• Today in White Sox History: October 17
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• Acuna’s Feat
Friday saw Ronald Acuna Jr.marry the mother of his children and become the first player to hit 30 home runs and steal 60 bases in a season. I am not a big fan of combination milestones. His 62 steals in 73 attempts is rather impressive. His .337/.419/.574 slash line is very impressive. Bill James came […]...2023See more Ronald Acuna
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 11, 2023
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• Gene Tenace
Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images The walking man According to Google, there are only 37 people in the United States with the first name of Fury. Fury Gene Tenace is one of that very exclusive club. Tenace’s given name was actually Fiore Gino Tenace, but his grandfather, an Italian immigrant, wanted to Americanize the family name, so Fury Gene it was. That grandfather also tagged...2023Visit the page Louis Requena
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• Outside The Confines: A baseball icon is taking a farewell lap
Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera says 2023 will be his final season. We are coming to a point in baseball where it is hard to say what players might be capable of achieving the same kinds of feats that those who are taking their final bows were able to manage. I think most of us would be hard-pressed to name the next player likely to hit 700 home runs...2022Check it out Duane Burleson
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• BCB After Dark: Backup plans
Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks what should be the backup plan at first base. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Oh the weather out there is frightful, but our little club is so delightful. So come on in, grab a chair, listen to the music and talk ...2022Read about Lachlan Cunningham
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• Theo Epstein Erases Losing Traditions as Baseball's Miracle Worker
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• St. Louis Cardinals Boast 1 of History's Best Pitching Staffs
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• Kris Bryant Poised to Be MLB's Best Young Phenom in 2015
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• 10 bold predictions for the new year
Apologies to Nate Silver, Bill James and Nostradamus. Here's a regular guy's list of 10 bold predictions for 2016....2016
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Cardinals' Unique Culture Is One for All, All for One
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• Monday Morning Hangover: Do Any Wild-Card Winners Have a Chance Next Week?
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• Max Scherzer Carves His Place in MLB History with 20-K Masterpiece
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• Zach Britton Can Be MLB's First AL Cy Young Reliever Since 1992
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• Report: At least one MLB team interested in 'Jeopardy!' phenom James Holzhauer
James Holzhauer had made a name for himself by earning nearly $1.5 million during his current streak of 19 consecutive “Jeopardy!” wins, and the baseball fanatic and professional gambler could use his newfound fame to fulfill a lifelong dream. Holzhauer has always been a huge baseball fan, and he was infatuated with the analytics of the game from a very young age. He began at age 8 by creating spr...2019See also Marc Carig
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• Corey Kluber Gets Back on Track with an 18-K Start for the Ages
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1934
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• Is there hope for the White Sox future?
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• Ranking Skenes
Back on July 30, 2024, Tom Tango and I disagreed over where Paul Skenes ranked among starting pitchers. Tom put him seventh, the Bill James Ranking put him 89th. Skenes is now 7th best starting pitcher in MLB He is essentially on a pace over the next few years to be somewhere between Dwight Gooden […]...2024Visit the page Tom Tango
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• A look back at the best-pitched games in Royals history
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• More Baseball Stuff That Makes Me Lose My Goddamn Mind“I opened my eyes and saw the real world, and I began to laugh and I haven’t stopped since.” — Kierkegaard Statistical guru Bill James recently laid bare that Tony Phillips has a higher career WAR than Braves poster boy Dale Murphy in a shocking (to me at least) expose. To be fair, James has […]...2023Click for news about Dale Murphy whispers
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• Max Scherzer Carves His Place in MLB History with 20-K Masterpiece
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• Mike Trout's 2015 Season May Be His Most Valuable Yet
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