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Thursday, February 04, 2010
BtB Sabermetric Writing Awards Results: Best Researcher or Writer
1. Tom Tango
I honestly was surprised to see Tango take first place overall in the voting. But I probably shouldn’t be. Tom isn’t flashy, but he is one of the few remaining major sabermetric voices still active from the generation that immediately followed Bill James’ more or less solo era. And he’s also one of the most prolific, playing a significant role in the development or establishment of virtually every major statistic that we used to evaluate players: WAR, wOBA, FIP, WPA, LI, WPA/LI, lwts, Base Runs, Fan Scouting Report, wRC+...the list goes on and on. Perhaps as a result of his role as a consultant for the Mariners, he didn’t seem to contribute as many major original research projects in 2009 as he has in the past. Nevertheless, he contributed a large volume of smaller pieces throughout the year, and more importantly played a major role in helping to draw attention to and improve countless individuals’ work at his blog. He is very deserving of our final saber award for 2009. Congrats!
You almost made me believe I deserve it! I’m pretty sure I got some “Al Pacino” type of votes for past services.
I think my vote went for Dave or Max. As I was going down the list from 6 to 2, I was thinking “Uh, well, those should be the top five… who else could be ahead of them?” I was very surprised to see me there.
Well, thank you guys. It’s a pleasure to contribute what I can, when I can, and to see this community share, develop and grow as it has. And if I played some part in all that, that pleases me tremendously. There are many bright and dedicated researchers that are out there, and I look forward to seeing their names nominated in the coming years, and more importantly to seeing their research.
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