quasi_winshares: The Twins’ Magical Run Will Likely Go Through The Yankees....

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Description

The raw data behind the story "The Twins’ Magical Run Will Likely Go Through The Yankees. (Because Of Course.)" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-yankees-always-have-the-twins-number-will-this-postseason-be-different/

Usage

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Format

A data frame contains 98,796 rows representing Quasi-Win Shares(QWS), prorated to 162 team games, for every player from 1901 as of Sept. 27, 2019 and, and 16 variables:

name_common

Player name

age

Player's age on June 30 of season

player_id

Player's https://www.baseball-reference.com/ ID

year_id

Season

team_id

Baseball-Reference ID of team

lg_id

League of team

pct_pt

Share of total team playing time (measured by plate appearances and leverage-weighted innings) for player

war162

Wins Above Replacement per 162 team games, averaging B-R and FG WAR

quasi_ws

Quasi Win Shares. Three times total wins created per 162 games; generated by adding WAR162 to wins BELOW replacement (determined by playing time) and rounding to nearest whole number

stint_id

Order of team stints for player within season

franch_id

Lahman DB franchise ID for team

prev_franch

Previous franchise played for (NA if player debuted for team)

year_acq

First season for player with that franchise

year_left

Last season for player with that franchise

next_franch

Next franchise played for (NA if player retired with or is currently on team)

p

If played as a Pitcher

c

If played as a Catcher

X1b

If played as a First Base

X2b

If played as a Second Base

X3b

If played as a Third Base

ss

If played as a Shortstop

lf

If played as a Left Field

cf

If played as a Center Field

rf

If played as a Right Field

Source

What’s The Best Way To Build a Major League Baseball Team? https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/whats-the-best-way-to-build-a-major-league-baseball-team/


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