Moneyball and Beyond

Moneyball was a revolutionary book in the analysis and interpretation of performance statistics in professional sport. It showed that data analytics could be used for team winning percentage. This course teaches you how to program Python data to verify the Moneyball claims and examine the evolution in Moneyball statistics over the years. This course guides the learner through the process of computing baseball performance statistics using publicly available data. The course covers everything from the analysis and slugging of on base percentages to advanced measures such as wins over replacement (WAR) derived using run expectancy matrix. The learner will be able use these statistics to perform their own player and team analyses by the end of the course.