Updated January 15, 2009!
[Players L-R: Roger Conner, Babe Ruth, & Albert Pujols]
Total Indepent Base Index is adjusted for the rated player's home ballpark, measured against the National League, American League, and when it applies, both leagues' mean. Additionally, I have added a value based timeline. These documented statistics are rounded off and are calculated from the Bill James Handbook 2010.
2010 Total Indepent Base Index Leaders
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[GM Extraordinaire Branch Rickey Contemplating OB%]
500 plate appearance minimum.
1. Alert Pujols .336
2. Prince Fielder .320
3. Joe Mauer .319
4. Adrian Gonzalez .313
5. Joey Votto .313
6. Derek Lee .311
7. Adam Dunn .307
8. Ben Zubrist .305
9. Lance Berkman .305
10. Hanley Ramirez .304
[Bill James in disguise.]
Good-Bye To Some Old Baseball Ideas Branch Rickey
Can Pitchers Prevent Hits On Balls In Play? Tom Tippett
Is Clutch Real? Andrew Dolphin
Measuring The Impact Of Speed Tom Tippett
Understanding The Impact Of Coors Field Tom Tippett
The Sabermetric Manifesto
David Grabiner
Introducing The Fiato-Souders Intrinsic Analysis Matrix SABR Matt
A Baseball Simulator John F. Jarvis
Underestimating The Fog Bill James
Linearization of Win Formulas Mike Mehl
The Theory Of Theft Theodore L.Turocy
Pitcher Workload Joe Sheehan
Empirical Analysis of Bunting Dan Levitt
The Predictive Value of Bases on Balls Dan Levitt
