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http://dx.doi.org/10.7465/jkdi.2015.26.4.865

Comprehensive evaluation of baseball player's offensive ability by use of simulation  

Kim, Nam Ki (Department of Industrial Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Kim, Sun Ho (Department of Industrial Engineering, Chonnam National University)
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Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society / v.26, no.4, 2015 , pp. 865-874 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research is to comprehensively evaluate offensive abilities of baseball players who are expected to produce as many runs as possible by their hitting and running. To this end, we establish a simulation program to obtain the so-called scoring index of an individual player. The scoring index of a player is defined as an expected number of runs scored by an imaginary team that is composed of nine copies of the player. As a simulation input, we use 2014 season data of Korean pro-baseball. As a result, we present the scoring indices of top 10 players, 9 Korean pro-baseball teams, and overall 2014 season. The scoring index can serve as a comprehensive evaluation of offensive ability of a player or a team, selection of players for a (national) team or for a starting line-up, estimation of player's worth, and so on.
Keywords
Baseball; offensive ability; runs; sabermetrics; simulation;
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