Meet BIP_RBA: “Balls-in-play runs below average”

This is the third instalment in the “let’s look at BIP pitcher tendencies . . . .” The overall project is aimed at some big questions in the study of baseball performance: Does any pitcher-specific propensity genuinely limit the quality of balls hit in play? If so, what sorts of pitchers and which pitchers in […]
BIP_RBA data

BIP_RBAb blog post BIP_RBA_ver1 blog post user notes BIP_RBAb analysis script Lahman pitcher data Lahman names BBR_sh_sf BBR_2024 pitcher_patch 1930_79_BIP 1980_99_BIP 1912_29_BIP 2000_2024_BIP team_fielding_composite knuckleball identifier BIP_RBA_v1 parameter generator script BIP_RBA_v1 score generator script BIP_RBA_v1 parameters