subject: New Baseball Statistic Software [print this page] If you are considering to buy or download for free a new baseball statistic software, I encourage you to make sure that that software takes into account data that goes beyond the usual batting averages and earned run average. I learned that a data gathering method was developed almost three decades ago that comprehensively sweeps all data to create a more holistic evaluation of a player's performance.
However, I learned from another fan that a lot of these developments may be attributed to an old invention. It is called the sabermetrics. This is a form or process of baseball data gathering that goes beyond the usual batting averages and Earned Run Average.
Sabermetrics was coined by Bill James. It was derived from the acronym SABR, which stands for the Society for American Baseball Research. It was primarily a process that takes in all the different statistics of a player's game. It used to be that a baseball player's performance or evaluation was purely based on the batting averages or ERA. The sabermetrics took out the other information and integrated it to the two statistics to create a more holistic evaluation.
Below are some of the data that are now being regularly gathered and hopefully, it will show you how comprehensive these new kinds of software. Of course they have the usual, Batting average on balls in play, Base runs Component Earned Run Average and Defensive Efficiency.
Defense-independent component ERA measure the pitching status using other elements of the game such as home runs allowed and innings pitched.
Defense-independent pitching statistics, on the other hand, measure a pitcher's efficiency without the factor of the fielders.
Equivalent average is for hitters. This is really complicated. Let's just say it considers everything the hitter did from hits to base steals.
Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm or PECOTA predicts a player's data in the major categories based on other sabermetric data.
There are many more categories and if you are baseball fan, you will be able to appreciate the comprehensiveness of this process. I would suggest that you search Google deep, sometimes the best baseball statistic software are not as popular.
