Simple Sabermetrics: Fielding Independant Pitching

Zack Greinke once said FIP was his favorite stat. Image courtesy of Chris M70. When it comes to sabermetrics many seem to say,”Bah! You kids and your new-fangles numbers!” Others talk about them as if to say, ”I’m smarter than you and I’ll prove it with my formula prowess!” So before we go any further let’s define sabermetrics. To do that we’ll simply go to Wikipedia: “Sabermetrics is the specialized analysis of baseball through objective evidence, especially baseball statistics that measure in-game activity. The term is derived from the acronym SABR, which stands for the Society for American Baseball Research. It was coined by Bill James, who is one of its pioneers and is often considered its most prominent advocate and public face.” Click to read more or just go watch Moneyball. There have been a couple primary areas that have contributed to the slow (according to some) adoption of sabermetrics: While sabermetrics deals with objective evidence, it is true that subjective evidence...