Sports Analytics Methods - OpenWAR Baseball Analytics



This is a review of the openWAR baseball analytics research conducted by Benjamin S. Baumer, Shane T. Jensen, and Gregory J. Matthews. The purpose of sports is to win.  Analysts use statistical methods to study key areas of interest.  One challe...

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