R^2 lost in translation: from runs produced to WAR

So let’s continue our foray into estimating runs produced. I now want to examine what happens when schemes for measuring individual hitter run production get translated into offensive measures of WAR. It’s not a pretty picture. But first a short recap: 1. I started by constructing a regression model that generates an estimate of player […]

R^2 lost in translation data

Blog post User notes analysis script team_ops_r FG_team_runs_produced team_records team_runs_allowed_diff bbr_offwar fg_offwar team_ops_runs_produced