Tag: history

Bill James, sometimes casually referred to as “the baseball analytics guy,” has had a profound impact on the world of baseball through his work as a writer, historian, and statistician.

The iterative and decentralized journey from the children’s game of rounders to modern baseball makes it difficult to pinpoint exactly where it all started. However, with the debunking of the myth of Cooperstown, Hoboken, New Jersey, presents a highly convincing case.

“Sabermetrics” is the term you’ll often come across in the baseball world. It’s the analysis of baseball through objective evidence, mainly baseball statistics.