I'll Continue My Babbling ...
With this sabermetric system, which is constantly updating, the "professor" derived an All-MLB team. Included in this formula is "Win Share", "Similarity Score", "ERA Score", and "Basic Defensive Score".
"Win Share" ... A lot of offensive attributes, including Runs, RBI's, OBP, etc.. One of the formulas is "Runs Created", which is (Hits + Walks) X (Total Number Of Bases), then divide that total w/ (Plate Appearances). Also compared ballparks; for instance, a guy that has 100 RBI's in Coors Field where you need 6 runs average to win has a far less value than a guy who has 80 RBI's in a park where you need 4 runs average to win. A lot of other undiscussed formulas used to create this.
"Similarity Score" ... Basically, using all the other formulas to even see if you can compare a player with another player.
"ERA Score" ... Uses years that the player played baseball. I'm not a historian, so I found out a lot of decent information that they use here. For instance, pre 1920 was the "Dead Ball" era, in which the baseball was used over and over until the yarn inside started to become undone. This created a very, very soft ball, which reduced in runs tremendously. League leaders in home runs usually had around 10 home runs per year. 1920 - 1960 was "Live Ball" era, where an extra hard ball was used, creating easier homeruns. 1960, the strike zone was changed giving the tremendous edge to the pitcher. So on, and so on, basically, the "professor" is gathering any kind of information that's possible.
"Defensive Score" ... With the runs the player creates, also takes into conclusion how many runs the player gives up. The "professor" said this is the part of the formula that needs extreme updating, because defensive stats are so 'primitive'. There's a common day field of researchers who now look at every game, every pitch, and mark down the velocity of the pitch, location of the pitch, velocity of the ball hit, location of the ball hit, etc ... They also look at position of the defensive players and what "sector" the ball is hit to. An example was an outfielder that stood in Sector 68 (can't remember #) should catch a ball w/ a certain velocity hit into Sectore 47 approx. 76% of the time. These researchers want to someday have a permanent camera set atop every stadium that maps out visual sectors on the field. They also want to implant "chips" in baseballs and on the baseball players to decide player GPS position on field, speed of ball, etc...
So, with all this information, including the 'primitive' defensive stats at his disposal, the All-MLB Team created using this system is :
Catcher : Yogi Berra
( Josh Gibson could've, but not enough stats)
1st Base : Lou Gehrig
2nd Base : Joe Morgan
3rd Base : Mike Schmidt
Short Stop : Honus Wagner
Left Field : Ted Williams
Center Field : Willie Mayes
Right Field : Babe Ruth
Starting Pitcher : Roger Clemens
There's also a certain-batting order, pitching changes, etc. but the program didn't reveal that. Keep In Mind, not just offensive stats is used. Era-Specific stats had a huge part in his equation, he stated, b/c a guy that hit 10 homeruns during the "Dead Ball" era was equivalent to 70 homeruns in the modern era. But the system is updating and changing to this day.
Okay, sorry for taking up space. Just thought some people might find this interesting. Not being a huge baseball nut, I still found it very interesting. Maybe b/c I'm the geek that always wants to crunch numbers and make "systems". But check out the other start times and try to watch it.
