How FanGraphs (and Baseball Reference) could instantly, costlessly & vastly improve calculation of offensive WAR (empirically examining park factors part … uh … mmm … 5!)
We’ve been examining the empirical—that is, actual data-supported—performance of park factors across a series of posts (here, here, here, & here). The motivating impetus has been to evaluate “the great park factor tradeoff.” Park factors enable a form of “context-free” evaluation of performances—one that seeks to extract batter “skill” from the influence of differently configured […]