LoneRedSeat
04-13-04, 09:13 AM
Critics of performance analysis often ask what SABR members are actually trying to do with all of their stats. A SABR member tells us in this Baseball Prospectus article:
http://premium.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2766
The Pittsburg Pirates section contains the info, including this quote:
" When you really get down to it--when you're able to get past the numbers, the misconceptions, and the contrarian attitude that's sometimes included in our writing--what "we" as performance analysts are really trying to do is institute a system of accountability within the front offices of Major League Baseball. That’s it. Sabermetrics isn’t about inciting the proletariat to rise up and change the way baseball is covered; it’s not about drafting college pitchers, OBP, or Billy Beane; hell, it’s not even about pitch counts--though all those ideas are at least somewhat related to the cause. Analyzing performance through statistics--adjusted statistics that strip away the illusions and tell you what’s really going on--is just a way to make the decision-makers in MLB more accountable for their actions. Because the minute accountability is introduced into any business, productivity, and the quality of the product in question, improves significantly. "
http://premium.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2766
The Pittsburg Pirates section contains the info, including this quote:
" When you really get down to it--when you're able to get past the numbers, the misconceptions, and the contrarian attitude that's sometimes included in our writing--what "we" as performance analysts are really trying to do is institute a system of accountability within the front offices of Major League Baseball. That’s it. Sabermetrics isn’t about inciting the proletariat to rise up and change the way baseball is covered; it’s not about drafting college pitchers, OBP, or Billy Beane; hell, it’s not even about pitch counts--though all those ideas are at least somewhat related to the cause. Analyzing performance through statistics--adjusted statistics that strip away the illusions and tell you what’s really going on--is just a way to make the decision-makers in MLB more accountable for their actions. Because the minute accountability is introduced into any business, productivity, and the quality of the product in question, improves significantly. "