R Analysis of Rookie Data December 11, 2018December 16, 2018micahmelling@gmail.com The below is the HTML output of an R Markdown file I recently completed for a class project. The project isn’t perfect (I [...]
Which Teams are Most Similar Offensively? February 6, 2017January 20, 2018micahmelling@gmail.com This is a short post about finding similarities among the offenses of MLB teams. To accomplish this aim, I used two statistical methodologies [...]
An In-Depth Analysis of Clayton Kershaw November 28, 2016January 20, 2018micahmelling@gmail.com Clayton Kershaw has been one of the most dominant pitchers in the MLB over the past several years. At only 28, he’s already [...]
Clustering (Almost) Every MLB Team…Ever September 2, 2016January 20, 2018micahmelling@gmail.com Welcome to blog number three! This piece seeks to cluster MLB teams based on their offensive and defensive stats. I used the teams [...]
Inaugural Blog: Eric Hosmer’s Statcast Data July 22, 2016January 20, 2018micahmelling@gmail.com Welcome to baseballdatascience.com! This site combines two of my passions: baseball and data science. I look forward to (hopefully) bringing you fresh, quantitative-based viewpoints [...]