| mlb_as_team_talent {fivethirtyeight} | R Documentation |
The Best MLB All-Star Teams Ever
Description
The raw data behind the story "The Best MLB All-Star Teams Ever" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-best-mlb-all-star-teams-ever/.
Usage
mlb_as_team_talent
Format
A data frame with 172 rows representing Major League Baseball seasons and 16 variables:
- yearid
The season in question
- gamenum
Order of All-Star Game for the season (in years w/ multiple ASGs; set to 0 when only 1 per year)
- gameid
Game ID at Baseball-Reference.com
- lgid
League of All-Star team
- tm_off_talent
Total runs of offensive talent above average per game (36 plate appearances)
- tm_def_talent
Total runs of fielding talent above average per game (36 plate appearances)
- tm_pit_talent
Total runs of pitching talent above average per game (9 innings)
- mlb_avg_rpg
MLB average runs scored/game that season
- talent_rspg
Expected runs scored per game based on talent (MLB R/G + team OFF talent)
- talent_rapg
Expected runs allowed per game based on talent (MLB R/G - team DEF talent- team PIT talent)
- unadj_pyth
Unadjusted Pythagorean talent rating; PYTH =(RSPG^1.83)/(RSPG^1.83+RAPG^1.83)
- timeline_adj
Estimate of relative league quality where 2015 MLB = 1.00
- sos
Strength of schedule faced; adjusts an assumed .500 SOS downward based on timeline adjustment
- adj_pyth
Adjusted Pythagorean record; =(SOS*unadj_Pyth)/((2*unadj_Pyth*SOS)-SOS-unadj_Pyth+1)
- no_1_player
Best player according to combo of actual PA/IP and talent
- no_2_player
2nd-best player according to combo of actual PA/IP and talent
Source
https://www.baseball-reference.com/ , http://chadwick-bureau.com, Fangraphs