http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/benchmarks Questions tagged with 'benchmarks' at Ask MetaFilter. Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:19:32 -0800 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:19:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/34395/Baseball%2Dstatistics%2Dnewbie Help me find statistical benchmarks for sabermetric baseball stats. I run a website that’s about the successes and, more accurately, shortcomings of a baseball team. I have loved baseball since I was about 6, but I am not a stats guy. I am reasonably proficient at understanding common statistics and placing them in context, however, I do not possess (but am trying to gain) the knowledge to contextualize a lot of the sabermetric stats that are out there, without some assistance. <br> <br> So, with that in mind, my question is, is there somewhere on teh interwebs where I can find a definition of what a “good” value is for a given statistic? Baseball Prospectus and Hardball Times both have exhaustive glossaries, and they even get into how stats are calculated, which is very helpful. But a glossary’s not quite what I’m looking for – I’m looking for easily grasped benchmarks. <br> <br> To greatly oversimplify, I know from my years of watching baseball that 18 or more wins in a year is a good year for a pitcher, or that .300 or better is a great year for a batter; what I don’t know is what would typically be considered a “good” OPS, K/BB rate, and so on. Any ideas as to where I could find such a thing? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.34395 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:19:32 -0800 baseball benchmarks sabermetrics statistics pdb http://ask.metafilter.com/7648/Can%2Dyou%2DID%2Dthis%2Dsite%2Dthat%2Dbenchmarked%2Dpage%2Dloads%2Dgraphically I saw an internet benchmark-type site a while back, but I am having trouble finding it... It allowed you to type in a URL and it would show you a graphic analysis of the amount of time it took each element of that page to download. I seem to recall it was through W3, but I couldnt find it there, and googling is taking me to all the wrong places. Anyone know this offhand? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2004:site.7648 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:14:22 -0800 benchmarks internet lkc