09.22.2017 - By Baseball Prospectus
This week Harry and Kendall discuss pitcher similarity scores. Where did they come from? What are they? What can they be used for? And what might they evolve into.
This week Kendall learned a little about Ted Williams, and Harry learned something from Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Links:
Pitcher similarity scores by Josh Kalk
Clustering pitchers by similarity by Vince Gennaro
Measuring Pitcher Similarity by Glenn Healey, Shiyuan Zhao and Dan Brooks
Baseball Reference Similarity Score Definition
Pitcher Similarity Scores 2.0 by Stephen Loftus
Finding Comps for Other Signature Pitches by Jeff Sullivan
Kendall's TWIL: Ted Williams, My Father
Harry's TWIL: Baseball TweetTalk, with Neil deGrasse Tyson
You can email Kendall and Harry at [email protected] and follow them on Twitter @stolen_signs.