Sports Analytics Methods – Baseball Pythagorean Theorem



This is a review of the baseball Pythagorean Theorem research conducted by Jay Heumann. In baseball, the general belief is that a team’s ratio of runs scored to runs allowed is actually a better predictor of a team’s future performance than their winning record.  This is based on the baseball Pythagorean Theorem, which uses the… The post Sports Analytics Methods – Baseball Pythagorean Theorem appeared first on Agile Sports Analytics.

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