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History of Baseball

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Major League Baseball Rules

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Major League Baseball Statistics

More so than any other sport, statistics in baseball play a large role in analyzing players and teams. Whether you're a common fan just looking for the home run leaders, or a sabermetrician looking for data to use in your research, the Internet has a stat site to fit your needs.

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Basic statistics can be found on almost every site that covers baseball. The sites recommended here were chosen because of they offer a greater depth of statistical information.

If you are unsure of what a stat means, consult Baseball Reference's glossary.

Many of the stats you'll find weren't widely available 10 years ago. These stats, called sabermetrics after the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), attempt to objectively quantify a player's worth and contribution to his team's success more completely than the traditional stats do. For more information on sabermetrics, see the Discovery Channel’s brief explanation of the concept and some of the more widely used new stats.

“Moneyball” details the use of sabermetrics by Oakland Athletics' General Manager Billy Beane in assembling a low-cost that could compete with higher priced teams. Michael Lewis' influential and controversial book is available in the Dulcinea Media Store.

Top Sites for Major League Baseball Statistics

Baseball Reference has used the data compiled by Retrosheet to create a user-friendly database of baseball stats. It has stats for every player and team in MLB history, with game logs and box scores since 1957. It also includes the entire history of draft picks and awards, as well as minor league stats since 1992. An interesting feature is the “Similar Players” chart, which provides comparisons between players at similar places in their careers.

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Retrosheet has compiled box scores for every game since 1957, and all game scores since 1871. The site is a favorite of sabermetricians, many of whom have posted articles in the “Research” section.

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Baseball Prospectus is the best source for sabermetric statistics, with many nontraditional stats created by Baseball Prospectus members themselves, such as VORP (value over replacement player) and PECOTA (Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm). A full list of a statistical category is free to access, but the ability to sort and filter stats requires a subscription. For stat definitions and formulas, visit their glossary on the top right-hand corner.

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The Baseball Cube not only has MLB stats, but also minor league statistics dating back to 1996 and Division I college statistics going back to 2002. It also allows you to search high schools for a list of alumni who have played professionally.

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