The Sports Resource Blog

No matter how well a player performs, playing time has a huge impact on per game statistics. Per game metrics remain the favorite of the mai...

Here’s a brief recap on last weekend’s MIT Sports Analytics Conference. The conference doubled in size from last year, and again delivered i...

Park effects have a huge impact on baseball statistics. Yet this area is confusing and often misunderstood. Here are some key points on park...

Believe it or not, one of biggest factors in any offensive comparison is defensive position. Let’s take two of the top contenders for the Am...

On the surface, Ricky Nolasco’s statistics (8-7, 4.86 ERA) make his season look far worse than his strong 2008 campaign (15-8, 3.52). Believ...

He is one of the game’s top home run hitters. He knocks balls over the fence at a greater rate per plate appearance than Albert Pujols, Mann...

There’s a force more powerful than the Steelers defense or a monster slam from Shaquille O’Neal. It explains everything in sports from the s...