Handbook of Statistical Methods and Analyses in Sports

This handbook will provide both overviews of statistical methods in sports and in-depth treatment of critical problems and challenges confronting statistical research in sports. The material in the handbook will be organized by major sport (baseball, football, hockey, basketball, and soccer) followed by a section on other sports and general statistical design and analysis issues that are common to all sports. This handbook has the potential to become the standard reference for obtaining the necessary background to conduct serious statistical analyses for sports applications and to appreciate scholarly work in this expanding area.

Baseball Evaluation of Batters and Base Runners Ben Baumer, Pamela Badian-Pessot Using Publicly Available Baseball Data to Measure and Evaluate Pitching Performance Carson Sievert, Brian Mills Defensive Evaluation Mitchell Lichtman Situational Statistics, Clutch Hitting, and Streakiness Jim Albert American Football Estimating Team Strength in the NFL Mark Glickman, Hal Stern Forecasting the Performance of College Prospects Selected in the National Football League Draft Julian Wolfson, Vittorio Addona Evaluation of Quarterbacks and Kickers . Drew Pasteur, John A. David Situational Success: Evaluating Decision-Making in Football Keith Goldner Basketball Probability Models for Streak Shooting James Lackritz Possession-based Player Performance Analysis in Basketball Jeremias Engelmann Optimal Strategy in Basketball Brian Skinner, Matthew Goldman Studying Basketball through the Lens of Player Tracking Data Luke Bornn, Daniel Cervone, Alexander Franks, Andrew Miller Hockey Poisson/Exponential Models for Scoring in Ice Hockey Andrew Thomas Hockey Performance via Regularized Logistic Regression Robert Gramacy, Matt Taddy, Sen Tian Statistical Evaluation of Ice Hockey Goaltending Michael Schuckers Educated Guesswork - Drafting in the National Hockey League Peter Tingling Soccer Models for outcomes of soccer matches Phil Scarf, Jose Rangel Sellitti Jr Rating of team abilities in soccer Ruud H. Koning Player ratings in soccer Ian G. McHale, Samuel D. Relton Effectiveness of in-season coach dismissal Lucas M. Besters, Jan C. van Ours, Martin A. van Tuijl Referee bias in football Babatunde Buraimo, Dirk Semmelroth, Rob Simmons Other sports Golf Analytics: Developments in Performance Measurement and Handicapping William Hurley, Mark Broadie Research Directions in Cricket Tim Swartz Performance development at the Olympic Games Elmer Sterken

Jim Albert is Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Bowling Green State University; Mark E. Glickman is Senior Lecturer on Statistics at Harvard University; Ruud H. Koning is Professor of Sports Economics at the University of Groningen; and Tim Swartz is Professor of Statistics and Actuarial Science at Simon Fraser University.