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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Aging curves, various categories

By Tangotiger, 07:33 PM

Good work, and, darn it, I wish I would have thought to do this:

I did this huge thing about 4 years ago that showed the aging pattern of players by position, but I never thought about doing it numerically like this.

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UPDATE: Fast players improve faster, and then age more gracefully, than other players.

(7) Comments • 2011/06/01 • Sabermetrics • Forecasting
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Cory speaks!

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Extra, extra, read all about it: MLB has inter-conference play this weekend!

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Is the Shift actually working?

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Are bullpen sessions predictive?

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Lincecum the catcher

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Poll: I would have suspended Lawrie/Alomar for ___ part of the season

May 20 20:59
How do you incentivize a power hitter to bunt?

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Combining Rock-Paper-Scissors (RPS) with “What Number Am I Thinking Of”

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When to buy Facebook?

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Sponsoring MLB jerseys

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