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Much of the history of analytics in sports traces back to Bill James.
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James was a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).
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He published a series of Baseball Abstracts, which included players' statistics.
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James published the first Baseball Abstract in 1977 (<https://www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript1197.html>; archived at <https://www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript1197.html>).
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James published the first Baseball Abstract in 1977 (<https://www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript1197.html>; archived at <https://perma.cc/Y7J7-GB9V>).
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He coined the term Sabermetrics (which was originally named SABRmetrics, based on the name of the society) to refer to advanced metrics and statistical/empirical analysis of baseball.
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James believed that traditional statistics like batting average, runs batted in (RBIs), and pitchers' wins did not reflect a player's true value—i.e., their contribution to the team's success.
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Instead, he advocated for the use of more advanced metrics that could provide a deeper understanding of a player's performance and value such as on-base percentage (OBP), slugging percentage (SLG), wins above replacement (WAR), and fielding independent pitching (FIP).
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Adapted from Ben Baldwin: https://www.nfl4th.com/articles/4th-down-research.html (archived at <https://perma.cc/S5D8-3NCU>)
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Adapted from Ben Baldwin: <https://www.nfl4th.com/articles/4th-down-research.html> (archived at <https://perma.cc/S5D8-3NCU>)
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# labels on the plot

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