NORMALIZING NEGRO LEAGUE STATISTICS
February 13, 2020 by Kevin Johnson · 8 Comments
Most baseball fans are familiar with the concept of ‘normalizing’ statistics. For MLB statistics, the most basic adjustment is to normalize for park effects. The simplest park normalization calculation takes the impact of a team’s park on runs scored then divides that number, either positive or negative, in half, and then that calculation is applied […]
At Home with the Browns
January 10, 2011 by Jeff Polman · 2 Comments
Hello. My name is Jeff and I’m a certified Brownsaholic. Don’t ask me why. The star-crossed franchise hasn’t existed in its St. Louis form since 1953, when the club was sent packing to Baltimore to become birds. George Sisler may be the only Brown that your average baseball fan can name. And I’m from New […]
Hometown Honors Fred Merkle With Plaque
July 28, 2010 by David Stalker · 1 Comment
Fred Merkle is again honored in his hometown of Watertown, Wisconsin. On July 22nd, 2010, Public Bonehead, Private Hero: The Real Legacy of Baseball’s Fred Merkle book author Mike Cameron, and Merkle Historian David Stalker met at Watertown’s Fred Merkle Field to donate a black granite plaque to Washington Park. In 2008, the baseball field […]
Chasing Down Dutch (Hub) Leonard
June 9, 2010 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment
What do Ubaldo Jimenez and Dutch (Hub) Leonard have in common? Nothing and everything. Jimenez is a big, strong, “black”, right-handed power pitcher who features a 95-97 MPH fastball that sometimes reaches triple digits and has sick movement, a slider, curveball, and change-up, the last of which tops out at 88, faster than some hurlers’ […]
