Lab 5: Multiple Regression with Baseball

STAT 20: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Baseball Rules

Key terms to define here are Runs (R) and Wins (W). Here’s a helpful glossary from MLB: https://www.mlb.com/glossary

Baseball Rules

Sabermetrics

Coined by Bill James in 1980, sabermetrics is

“the search for objective knowledge about baseball.”

History of Sabermetrics

• Henry Chadwick, a NY sportswriter, developed the box score in 1859
• “Percentage Baseball” by Earnshaw Cook in 1964
• The Bill James Baseball Abstract, annual book beginning in 1977
• Moneyball

Lab Work Time

25:00