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    last-place finishes of
    Sauer, R. D.
    Saunders, Joe
    Schilling, Curt
    Schmidt, Martin
    Schott, Steve
    Schuerholz, John
    Schwarz, Alan
    Seattle Mariners: effect of park factor adjustments on
    employees working in analytics
    last-place finishes of
    onbase
scores of
    use of sabermetrics by
    Seattle SuperSonics
    Selig, Bud
    Shapiro, Mark
    SI index.
See
Saber-Intensity (SI) Index
    Silver, Nate
    Skill-Interactive ERA (SIERA)
    Slugging Percentage (SLG).
See also iso
metric
    Smith, Dave
    Smith, Sean
    Smith, Tal
    Smoltz, John
    soccer
    Span, Denard
    Spatial Aggregate Fielding Evaluation (SAFE)
    split pool plans
    Stanley, Steve
    STATS LLC
    Stavisky, Brian
    Stengel, Casey
    Sternberg, Stuart
    steroid use
    stolen bases.
See
base stealing
    straight pool plans
    streakiness
    strikeout rate
    as batting statistic
    as pitching statistic
    year-to-year reliability of
    strikeout-to-walk ratio: as batting statistic
    as pitching statistic
    Swisher, Nick
    switch-hitting
    talent compression
    Tampa Bay Rays
    effect of park factor adjustments on
    employees working in analytics
    last-place finishes of
    onbase
scores of
    payroll of
    saber-intensity of
    successful use of sabermetrics by
    use of sabermetrics by
    Tango, Tom
    Teahen, Mark
    team payrolls
    coefficient of variation of
    competitive balance and
    payroll compression
    relationship to Win Percentage
    revenue sharing and
    sabermetric intensity (SI) index and
    use of sabermetrics to reduce.
See also
player salaries
    team revenue: effect of stadiums on
    relationship to winning percentage.
See also
revenue sharing
    Tejada, Miguel
    TENDEX formula
    Texas Rangers: effect of park factor adjustments on
    employees working in analytics
    last-place finishes of
    Thome, Jim
    Thorn, John
    Tippett, Tom
    Toronto Blue Jays
    effect of park factor adjustments on
    employees working in analytics
    last-place finishes of
    saber-intensity of
    sacrifice bunting and
    Trouble with the Curve
(2012)
    true defensive range (TDR)
    TruMedia
    2002 amateur draft
    Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR)
    “Underestimating the Fog,” (James)
    Upton, B. J.
    Utley, Chase
    UZR.
See
Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR)
    Value Over Replacement Player (VORP)
    Verducci, Tom
    video analytics
    Votto, Joey
    Walker, Dixie
    Walker, Eric
    Walk Rate (WR)
    as batting statistic
    impact of on player salaries
    impact of on runs scored
    as pitching statistic
    reliability of
    undervaluing of
    walks and hits per inning pitched (WHIP)
    Wang, Victor
    WAR.
See
Wins Above Replacement (WAR)
    Washington Nationals: effect of park factor adjustments on
    employees working in analytics
    last-place finishes of
    Wasynczuk, Andy
    Weaver, Earl
    weighted On-Base Average (wOBA)
    Weil, Sandy
    Wells, Vernon
    Williams, Kenny
    Win Percentage (WPCT)
    effect of hitting skills on
    effect of payroll on
    effect of run scored/allowed ratio on
    James’ Pythagorean Expectation and
    ratio of standard deviation to idealized standard deviation
    relationship of team revenue to
    revenue sharing and
    Saber-Intensity (SI) Index and
    Wins Above Replacement (WAR)
    of Oakland A’s draftees
    Winston, Wayne
    wOBA.
See
weighted On-Base Average (wOBA)
    Wood, Mike
    Woolner, Keith
    WPCT.
See
Win Percentage (WPCT)
    WR.
See
Walk Rate (WR)
    Wright, Craig
    Wright, David
    XR.
See
eXtrapolated Runs per 27 outs (XR)
    yardage charts
    Zaidi, Farhan
    Zduriencik, Jack
    Zito, Barry
    Zone Rating.
See also
Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    Many practitioners, colleagues, friends, and sports industry mavens have been enormously helpful to us in the preparation of this book. In particular, we would like to thank Ben Alamar, Jim Albert, Sandy Alderson, Dave Allen, TJ Barra, Dave Berri, Roger Blair, Dave Cameron, Will Carroll, James Click, Daniel Cohen, Mark Cuban, Frank Deford, Christina DePasquale, Paul DePodesta, Dan Duquette, Meaghan Fileti, Adam Fisher, Sarah Gelles, Jessica Gelman, Gary Gillette, Wyc Grousbeck, Dave Heeren, John Henry, Nick Horton, Bill James, Shane Jensen, Michael Kalt, Ari Kaplan, Stan