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| - Baseball Prospectus, sometimes abbreviated as BP, is a think-tank focusing on sabermetrics, the statistical analysis of the sport of baseball. Baseball Prospectus has fathered several popular new statistical tools which have become hallmarks of baseball analysis, including VORP (Value over replacement player)[1], PAP (Pitcher Abuse Points)[2], EqA (Equivalent average)[3], PERA (Peripheral ERA), and PECOTA[4]). Voros McCracken's pathbreaking article on DIPS also first appeared on the BP website.[5] Baseball Prospectus creates several products:
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| - Baseball Prospectus, sometimes abbreviated as BP, is a think-tank focusing on sabermetrics, the statistical analysis of the sport of baseball. Baseball Prospectus has fathered several popular new statistical tools which have become hallmarks of baseball analysis, including VORP (Value over replacement player)[1], PAP (Pitcher Abuse Points)[2], EqA (Equivalent average)[3], PERA (Peripheral ERA), and PECOTA[4]). Voros McCracken's pathbreaking article on DIPS also first appeared on the BP website.[5] Baseball Prospectus was founded in 1996 by Clay Davenport, Gary Huckabay, Rany Jazayerli, and Joe Sheehan, with the publication of the first annual set of forecasts. The analysis and statistics favored by Baseball Prospectus are similar to the principles followed by Oakland A's General Manager Billy Beane as featured in the book, Moneyball by Michael Lewis. BP has often been considered the modern successor to Bill James' Baseball Abstract series of books in the 1980s. Baseball Prospectus creates several products:
* The web site BaseballProspectus.com, which contains articles, statistical reports, and fantasy baseball tools. Some content is free; since 2003, most has only been available to paid subscribers. A dozen authors write regular bylined columns on the site and numerous other writers contribute occasional articles. The site has 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. In December 2006, BP.com added a new free feature: a blog called "Baseball Prospectus: UNFILTERED."
* A best-selling annual book (current edition Baseball Prospectus 2007) that contains statistics and analysis of the past season and forecasts of the upcoming season.
* Other baseball-related books, such as Mind Game: How the Boston Red Sox Got Smart, Won a World Series, and Created a New Blueprint for Winning (2005) (ISBN 0-7611-4018-2) and Baseball Between the Numbers (2006) (ISBN 0-465-00596-9). The latter was chosen by the editors of Amazon.com as the best book on baseball (and third best on sports in general) published in 2006.[6]
* A syndicated and podcasted radio show, Baseball Prospectus Radio[7].
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