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Activity Number: 197
Type: Roundtables
Date/Time: Monday, August 2, 2010 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistics in Sports
Abstract - #309366
Title: Bridging Eras in Sports, Revisited
Author(s): C. Shane Reese*+
Companies: Brigham Young University
Address: Department of Statistics, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
Keywords: Bayesian hierarchical model ; semiparametric model
Abstract:

We revisit the Berry, Reese, Larkey (1999) paper which addresses the problem of comparing abilities of players from different eras in professional sports. We study National Hockey League players, professional golfers, and Major League baseball players from the perspectives of homerun hitting and hitting for average. Within each sport the careers of the players overlap to some extent. This network of overlaps, or bridges, is used to compare players whose careers took place in different eras. The goal is not to judge players relative to their contemporaries, but rather to compare all players directly. Hence, the model used in the paper is a statistical time machine.


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