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Fangraphs
Type of site
Baseball statistics and analysis
Created byDavid Appelman
URLfangraphs.com

FanGraphs.com is a website run by Fangraphs Inc., located in Arlington, Virginia, and created and owned by David Appelman that provides statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history.[1][2] The website, among other things, plots the course of every game, showing which hits and outs changed outcomes.[3]

All major league baseball data on the website, including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, and play-by-play data, are provided by Baseball Info Solutions. Minor league baseball data is provided by Major League Baseball Advanced Media, and distributed by STATS LLC. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, and Run Expectancy data are licensed from InsideTheBook.com. All Ultimate zone rating (UZR) calculations are provided by Mitchel Lichtman. Retrosheet.org play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.[4]

On September 18, 2009, Fangraphs Inc. launched an iPhone app in partnership with Hawk Ridge Consulting.[citation needed] Fangraphs has a number of content partners including ESPN, SB Nation and Fanhouse.

FanGraphs products

FanGraphs creates several products:

Web site

  • The FanGraphs homepage FanGraphs.com, which contains articles, statistical reports and also covers baseball history as well as current issues and events, including games and series, injuries, forecasts, player profiles, baseball finance, and the player marketplace.
  • RotoGraphs is Fangraphs's fantasy baseball advice and analysis section. It originally featured David Golebiewski of ESPN Inside Edge, Marc Hulet, Brian Joura of newyorkmetsdaily.com, and Peter Bendix.[5]
  • NotGraphs provides "a place to put things that would otherwise not have a place on FanGraphs."[6]
  • The Community Blog is an opportunity for readers to share their writing through FanGraphs. In May 2010 an editorial staff was put in place to guarantee an "approval process" within 48 hours of submission.[7]

Publishing

  • FanGraphs releases an annual book The FanGraphs Second Opinion: Fantasy Companion that contains statistics and analysis of the past season, in-depth player profiles, team previews, articles on fantasy strategy and forecasts of the upcoming season.[8]

Radio show

Fantasy Baseball

  • FanGraphs has recently teamed up with Ottoneu baseball.

Regular writers

Current (2011)

  • Dave Allen – Staff writer, Allen is FanGraphs expert in spatial statistics and graphical analysis. He began writing for FanGraphs in May 2009[9]and also writes for Baseball Analysts.
  • Carson Cistulli - Senior writer and editor of FanGraphs, Cistulli is the editor-in-chief of NotGraphs. He previously worked for The Hardball Times and writes the "One Night Only" feature.
  • Marc Hulet - Provides articles and scouting reports on minor league prospects, Hulet was named by Sun Media one of the hundred most influential Canadians in Baseball[14]
  • Jonah Keri - Staff writer for FanGraphs and contributor to NotGraphs, Keri has written for Playboy, ESPN, and Baseball Prospectus. He is also the author of The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First (2011).
  • Matt Klaassen - Staff Writer, contributor to FanGraphs Audio, Klaasen also works for Beyond the Boxscore.
  • Jack Moore - Writer.
  • Joe Pawlikowski - Pawlikowski, also of River Avenue Blues, writes the daily "Morning After" feature.
  • Dayn Perry - Senior writer for NotGraphs, Perry is the author of the book Winners: How Good Baseball Teams Become Great Ones (2006) and Reggie Jackson: The Life and Thunderous Career of Baseball's Mr. October. (2010) He is also a regular contributor to FoxSports.com.
  • Patrick Newman - Covers Japanese baseball for FanGraphs, Newman is the sole writer in charge of following the player movement, general news, and projections for the league. Newman also writes for NPB Tracker
  • Alex Remington - Weekly contributor, began writing on FanGraphs in February 2010 and also contributes to Yahoo! Sports.[15]
  • Eno Sarris - Began writing for FanGraphs in July 2010. Sarris is also a staff writer for NotGraphs and previously wrote for Bloomberg Sports and Amazin' Avenue[16]
  • Tommy Rancel - Began writing for FanGraphs in February 2011[19]. Rancel has also written for ESPN and Bloomberg Sports.
  • Navin Vaswani - NotGraphs staff writer, Toronto correspondent. He has previously written for The Globe and Mail and Sports and the City. While with the globe Vaswani toured the United States to see each of the 29 other stadiums in 55 days for a feature entitled Stealing Home.
  • Jeff Zimmerman - Began writing for FanGraphs in March 2010[20]. Zimmerman writes weekly for FanGraphs where he is the expert on player health and injuries and is a staff writer for RotoGraphs.

Former

  • RJ Anderson

References

  1. ^ "Terms of Service | FanGraphs Baseball". Fangraphs.com. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  2. ^ By David Appelman, Fangraphs.com (February 19, 2007). "SI.com – MLB – Behind the numbers (cont.) – Monday February 19, 2007 3:43PM". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  3. ^ O'Neill, Brian, "Stats Geek: Statistic sheds new light on Big Hit Theory", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/16/2006, accessed 8/25/2009
  4. ^ "Baseball Statistics and Analysis | FanGraphs Baseball". Fangraphs.com. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  5. ^ "Rotographs". Beyond the Boxscore. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  6. ^ "Introducing Notgraphs". NotGraphs. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  7. ^ "Community Blog Guidelines". FanGraphs. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  8. ^ "http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-fangraphs-second-opinion-fantasy-companion/". SB Nation. Retrieved 2011-04-22. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  9. ^ "Pith Type Linear Weights Explained". FanGraphs. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  10. ^ "Bicycle History". FanGraphs. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  11. ^ "Hard Ball Times author archive: Matthew Carruth". The Hardball Times. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  12. ^ "FanGraphs Audio: What's the Deal with Chris Cwik". FanGraphs. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  13. ^ "Jorge De La Rosa Stays in Colorado". FanGraphs. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  14. ^ "Interview: Prospect Guru Marc Hulet Talks Cleveland Indians' Farm System, Future". Wahoo Blues. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  15. ^ "These Days, The Waiting Game Doesn't Pay Off". FanGraphs. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  16. ^ "The Miguel Tejada Trade". FanGraphs. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  17. ^ "Appreciating Pat Burrell". FanGraphs. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  18. ^ "The Curious Case of Cameron Maybin". FanGraphs. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  19. ^ "Edmonds Minor Problem with Kotsays Major Deal". FanGraphs. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  20. ^ "Berkman Officially on DL to Start Season". FanGraphs. Retrieved 2011-04-22.


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