Analyzing baseball data with R

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Analyzing baseball data with R

Max Marchi, Jim Albert

(The R series)

CRC Press, c2014

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-328) and index

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内容説明

With its flexible capabilities and open-source platform, R has become a major tool for analyzing detailed, high-quality baseball data. Analyzing Baseball Data with R provides an introduction to R for sabermetricians, baseball enthusiasts, and students interested in exploring the rich sources of baseball data. It equips readers with the necessary skills and software tools to perform all of the analysis steps, from gathering the datasets and entering them in a convenient format to visualizing the data via graphs to performing a statistical analysis. The authors first present an overview of publicly available baseball datasets and a gentle introduction to the type of data structures and exploratory and data management capabilities of R. They also cover the traditional graphics functions in the base package and introduce more sophisticated graphical displays available through the lattice and ggplot2 packages. Much of the book illustrates the use of R through popular sabermetrics topics, including the Pythagorean formula, runs expectancy, career trajectories, simulation of games and seasons, patterns of streaky behavior of players, and fielding measures. Each chapter contains exercises that encourage readers to perform their own analyses using R. All of the datasets and R code used in the text are available online. This book helps readers answer questions about baseball teams, players, and strategy using large, publically available datasets. It offers detailed instructions on downloading the datasets and putting them into formats that simplify data exploration and analysis. Through the book's various examples, readers will learn about modern sabermetrics and be able to conduct their own baseball analyses.

目次

The Baseball Datasets Introduction The Lahman Database: Season-by-Season Data Retrosheet Game-by-Game Data Retrosheet Play-by-Play Data Pitch-by-Pitch Data Introduction to R Introduction Installing R and RStudio Vectors Objects and Containers in R Collection of R Commands Reading and Writing Data in R Data Frames Packages Splitting, Applying, and Combining Data Traditional Graphics Introduction Factor Variable Saving Graphs Dot Plots Numeric Variable: Stripchart and Histogram Two Numeric Variables A Numeric Variable and a Factor Variable Comparing Ruth, Aaron, Bonds, and A-Rod The 1998 Home Run Race The Relation between Runs and Wins Introduction The Teams Table in Lahman's Database Linear Regression The Pythagorean Formula for Winning Percentage The Exponent in the Pythagorean Formula Good and Bad Predictions by the Pythagorean Formula How Many Runs for a Win? Value of Plays Using Run Expectancy The Runs Expectancy Matrix Runs Scored in the Remainder of the Inning Creating the Matrix Measuring Success of a Batting Play Albert Pujols Opportunity and Success for All Hitters Position in the Batting Lineup Run Values of Different Base Hits Value of Base Stealing Advanced Graphics Introduction The lattice Package The ggplot2 Package Balls and Strikes Effects Introduction Hitter's Counts and Pitcher's Counts Behaviors by Count Career Trajectories Introduction Mickey Mantle's Batting Trajectory Comparing Trajectories General Patterns of Peak Ages Trajectories and Fielding Position Simulation Introduction Simulating a Half Inning Simulating a Baseball Season Exploring Streaky Performances Introduction The Great Streak Streaks in Individual At-Bats Local Patterns of Weighted On-Base Average Learning about Park Effects by Database Management Tools Introduction Installing MySQL and Creating a Database Connecting R to MySQL Filling a MySQL Game Log Database from R Querying Data from R Baseball Data as MySQL Dumps Calculating Basic Park Factors Exploring Fielding Metrics with Contributed R Packages Introduction A Motivating Example: Comparing Fielding Metrics Comparing Two Shortstops Appendix A: Retrosheet Files Reference Appendix B: Accessing and Using MLBAM Gameday and PITCHf/x Data Bibliography Index Further Reading and Exercises appear at the end of each chapter.

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