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MLB All-Star Teams

This folder contains data behind the story The Best MLB All-Star Teams Ever.

Estimates of most talented MLB All-Star teams, 1933-2015

allstar_team_talent.csv contains team talent estimates with the following headers:

Header | Definition ---|--------- yearID | The season in question gameNum | Order of All-Star Game for the season (in years w/ multiple ASGs; set to 0 when only 1 per year) gameID | Game ID at Baseball-Reference.com lgID | League of All-Star team tm_OFF_talent | Total runs of offensive talent above average per game (36 plate appearances) tm_DEF_talent | Total runs of fielding talent above average per game (36 plate appearances) tm_PIT_talent | Total runs of pitching talent above average per game (9 innings) MLB_avg_RPG | MLB average runs scored/game that season talent_RSPG | Expected runs scored per game based on talent (MLB R/G + team OFF talent) talent_RAPG | Expected runs allowed per game based on talent (MLB R/G - team DEF talent- team PIT talent) unadj_PYTH | Unadjusted pythagorean talent rating; PYTH =(RSPG^1.83)/(RSPG^1.83+RAPG^1.83) timeline_adj | Estimate of relative league quality where 2015 MLB = 1.00 SOS | Strength of schedule faced; adjusts an assumed .500 SOS downward based on timeline adjustment adj_PYTH | Adjusted pythagorean record; =(SOSunadj_Pyth)/((2unadj_Pyth*SOS)-SOS-unadj_Pyth+1) no_1_player | Best player according to combo of actual PA/IP and talent no_2_player | 2nd-best player according to combo of actual PA/IP and talent

allstar_player_talent.csv contains team player estimates with the following headers:

Header | Definition ---|--------- bbref_ID | Player's ID at Baseball-Reference.com yearID | The season in question gameNum | Order of All-Star Game for the season (in years w/ multiple ASGs; set to 0 when only 1 per year) gameID | Game ID at Baseball-Reference.com lgID | League of All-Star team startingPos | Postion (according to baseball convention; 1=pitcher, 2=catcher, etc.) if starter OFF600 | Estimate of offensive talent, in runs above league average per 600 plate appearances DEF600 | Estimate of fielding talent, in runs above league average per 600 plate appearances PITCH200 | Estimate of pitching talent, in runs above league average per 200 innings pitched asg_PA | Number of plate appearances in the All-Star Game itself asg_IP | Number of innings pitched in the All-Star Game itself OFFper9innASG | Expected offensive runs added above average (from talent) based on PA in ASG, scaled to a 9-inning game DEFper9innASG | Expected defensive runs added above average (from talent) based on PA in ASG, scaled to a 9-inning game PITper9innASG | Expected pitching runs added above average (from talent) based on IP in ASG, scaled to a 9-inning game TOTper9innASG | Expected runs added above average (from talent) based on PA/IP in ASG, scaled to a 9-inning game

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