A noted stat head, Collin Clark turned his love of baseball stats into a master’s degree in applied statistics and data ...

In the nearly 25 years since Sean Forman founded Baseball-Reference while finishing his PhD at the University of Iowa, the website has become the site of record for professional baseball. It has ...

Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. We may earn a commission from these links. Here’s how we test products and why you should trust us. For the last couple of years, numerous ...

In writing about stealth MVP candidates earlier today, I'm reminded of something Bill James wrote 25 years ago. In 1987, Andre Dawson won the National League MVP Award. Playing for the last-place Cubs ...

When it comes to measuring the many-splendored things that happen on a baseball field, we're mostly on extremely solid footing these days. If there's an exception, though, then it's probably in the ...

Why I Love Baseball is a nine week series that will be posted on Tuesdays. The focus this week is on Baseball Statistics I'm horrible with numbers. In fact, I can't do basic math without at least ...

Sabermetrics -- or analytics or advanced metrics or whatever you want to call it -- are an important and indelible part of baseball these days. They illuminate aspects of the game that traditional ...

Not everyone likes math, but unfortunately for some, in fantasy baseball, knowledge of statistics is a necessity. We are about to be barraged by projections in the coming weeks. While some may be ...

As I write this, the New York Yankees and the Orange County Angels of Los Angeles (or whatever they’re calling themselves these days) are an inning into the decisive Game Five of their American League ...

In baseball, statistics offer the comfort of order and certainty, though their greatest power is as a proxy for legacy. Mere symbols on a page — 61*, 714, .406 — make it possible to reach back in time ...