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Innings

Sabermetrics

Inning Outcomes

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Does the inning affect player production? Do certain batters perform better under pressure (in the late innings of a ball game when the outcome usually hangs in the balance)? Conversely, can we derive any patterns from a pitcher’s performance over…

Sabermetrics

What Happened to Steve Carlton?

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Steve Carlton, otherwise known as “Lefty”, will turn 74 this December.  In today’s age of specialization and analytics driven pitching decisions, it seems a lifetime ago since we saw a pitcher amass 280 innings.  Carlton managed to do it 5…