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Statistics sometimes tell the story

By By Jim Baker
MLB Insider

Friday, February 6, 2004

I've been using Bill James' Win Shares a bit this week and that's generated quite a few letters asking just what a Win Share is and how it's calculated. I'll explain the first and give you a link that better explains the second. A Win Share is a single number that covers the whole shooting match: offense, defense and, if the player in question is a pitcher, pitching. What is especially neat about it is that it takes into account context. A player's home park advantage/disadvantage is factored i ...

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