Stats & Sabermetrics
ERA, WHIP and FIP: Pitching Stats Explained
How earned runs work, how ERA and WHIP are calculated, why FIP focuses on strikeouts, walks and homers, plus ERA+ and xFIP, and when to use each.
Stats & Sabermetrics
Stats & Sabermetrics
OPS and OPS+ Explained: The Simple Stat That Beat Batting Average
How OBP and slugging combine into OPS, why OPS slightly overrates power, and how OPS+ adjusts for park and league so that 100 means average.
Stats & Sabermetrics
How to Read a Baseball Box Score, Line by Line
A line-by-line guide to the baseball box score: the line score, batting and pitching lines, the notes section and pitcher decisions like W, L and S.
Stats & Sabermetrics
WAR Explained: What Wins Above Replacement Really Measures
What Wins Above Replacement measures, how replacement level works, why FanGraphs and Baseball-Reference disagree, and how to read WAR values.