Month: September 2014

A Sabermetric Approach to Predicting Major League Standings

Bill James, the Father of Sabermetrics,  introduced his ”Pythagorean Theorem of Baseball”.  His theorem provides a formula to predict a team’s winning percentage (W%)  using the runs scored (RS) and runs allowed (RA) by the team for a season.  Sabermetrics uses mathematics (especially Statistics) to make objective baseball decisions. The Pythagorean Theorem of Baseball states: …