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Welcome to the Youth Sabermetrics web site! This site provides information about the Youth Sabermetrics Book Series and additional resources.
Book 1 offers a step-by-step guide to utilizing the wealth of statistical information in GameChanger to your team’s advantage—with no math skills needed.
Learn the pros and cons of the different stats, how to construct an ideal batting lineup, how to identify ace pitchers, and how to evaluate players' strengths and weaknesses.
Book 2 explains how strategy-related sabermetric concepts can help coaches make optimal decisions during the most crucial moments in a game.
Learn how to assess whether to play for a big inning or a single run, to identify the best ways for your pitcher to mix pitches, and to find your players' best batting approaches.
Book 3 provides a in-depth look at how you can create new statistics beyond what are provided by the GameChanger app to help you in your coaching.
Learn why other stats are valuable, what are the best ones to calculate for the youth level, and why these stats are better for you than others provided by GameChanger. See the resources below for a link to the spreadsheet mentioned in the book.
RESOURCES
Youth Sabermetrics Book 3 Spreadsheet. This Google Sheet calculates helps you to calculate several of the statistics mentioned in the book by pasting your downladed GameChanger data. It also provides printable datasheets to use when creating other statistics mentioned in the book. Directions are provided on the README sheet.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael McBride spends his days as a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine where he teaches game theory and experimental economics. But he has spent many nights on baseball and softball diamonds where he has coached over a dozen seasons at the recreational, all-star, and travel-ball level. You can learn about some of his other baseball research at faircreditbaseball.com.
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