Sam Menzin over Fangraphs, while doing his thesis of all things, stumbled upon this incomprehensibly fascinating find from 1915 which essentially makes the case for weighted On-Base Average (wOBA) before anyone had ever heard of it. It’s called “Why The System of Batting Average Should Be Changed” by F.C. Lane from a 1915 edition of [...]
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Discovery of 1915 article may prove wOBA was invented nearly 100 years ago
Posted in Sabermetrics, tagged Baseball Magazine, FC Lane, history of sabermetrics, Sam Menzin, Why the system of batting averages should be changed, wOBA on November 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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