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Thursday, August 14, 2008
wOBA online
Stat Corner is a new site by friends of The Book Matthew Carruth and Graham MacAree. It looks like they are focusing on presenting stats you can’t find elsewhere, so that’s good.
Since they are just starting out, and seem to be willing to try new things, I think they’ll be open to suggestions. Here are mine after first use:
1. The team page should list their special stats for 2008, and make their names hyperlinked. Right now, just their names are hyperlinked. No reason for me to go one player at a time on the same team.
2. The team info page should also be present under a league page, so we can see those numbers in context. Things should flow hierarchically (league, team, player), with information on each page.
3. Make the headings clickable or hoverable, so we can see what they mean.
4. On the Pitch data page, each year should be clickable to have further drill down. In fact, Matthew at THT had presented such stats in an article. It’s a great presentation, and I’d hope to see it here some day.
That’s all for now. Good luck guys!
I’m not sure why, but minor league players come up in the search but without stats. And not just guys on the 40-man roster. If the creators don’t want MiLB stats, I’d just eliminate the minor league players from the search.
Also, a hovering glossary would be helpful… like what BP does with their in-article stats, if that’s possible.