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Sabermetric Formulas

Coined by baseball historian and statistician Bill James, sabermetrics refers to a highly statistical approach to understanding team and player performance. With detailed historical baseball data and formulas for key stats like FIP, OPS and SIERA, Wolfram|Alpha can be your personal "sabermetrics 101" tutor.
Pitching

Compute the values for key stats, like FIP.

Calculate pitcher statistics:

game score
fielding independent pitching
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Player Offense

Calculate a wide range of offensive statistics, including OPS.

Calculate player offensive statistics:

on base plus slugging
runs created
weighted on base average
batting average on balls in play
isolated power
secondary average
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Player Defense

Compute defensive statistics for any player and compare the results with the pros.

Calculate player defensive statistics:

range factor
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Team Statistics

Apply team-specific sabermetric formulas to stats for any pro or amateur team.

Estimate how many games a team should win:

Pythagorean expectation
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