Stats Corner: Competitive Balance For Basketball, Soccer And Hockey
Ever wonder how what the percentage of countries who win international tournaments is relative to the number of members in a particular federation?
Though not.
Too bad. I’m still gonna write about it.
Specifically, I was interested in how many countries have actually won a tournament or (where applicable) earned a medal or reached as far as the [...]
Stats Corner: Forgotten Stampeders Were Perfect In 1948
A couple of years back, the New England Patriots came within whiskers of becoming the second team in NFL history to go undefeated after the ‘72 Miami Dolphins. The Pats from Boston had to settle for going 18-1 with their only loss coming where it counts and hurts most: In the Super Bowl against the [...]
Stats Corner: Breaking Down Dany Heatley
By Chris Boersma
“This is a straight hockey decision. I have nothing against the fans of Ottawa, or the city of Ottawa. I would like the opportunity to go somewhere where I can play to the best of my capabilities and be the player that I can be.” [Heatley]
I found the story about Heatley just a [...]
Stats Corner: A Most Amazing Accomplishment
Some statistics are just that impressive.
Consider Derek Jeter who sits just three hits behind Lou Gehrig on the New York Yankees all-time list. Jeter has 2718 hits in 2115 at-bats while Gehrig needed 2164 to knock in his 2721. So Jeter will likely have done it in less at-bats - I doubt he’ll go into [...]
Tiny Tidbits: Arguello, McNair, Wimbledon, Douches And The Confederations Cup
***Man, it has not been a good July for boxing and football. First, Nicaraguan boxing legend Alexis Arguello allegedly commits suicide and then former Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Steve McNair was violently slain in his home.
Nicknamed “The Explosive Thin Man,” Arguello, 57, was a former WBA Featherweight, WBC Super Featherweight and WBC Lightweight [...]
Stats Corner: Looking At Garret Anderson
I caught the last inning of the Braves/Red Sox game today. De Sawx won 1-zippo.
But I don’t care about that so much. What interested me is a comment made by Thom Brennanananman about Garret Anderson. Something to the effect of “he’s been one of the best hitters in all of baseball over the last 15 [...]
Stats Corner: Top Performing NHL Goalies
By Chris Boersma; Hockey Numbers.
I have been compiling goaltending data since 2003-2004 and felt now was a good time to join it all together in one large database so I can produce statistics that you see below. The tables below include data from playoffs and regular season from 2003-2004 2005-2006 to 2008-2009 (excluding the 2003-2004 [...]
Stats Corner: Carrying Offensive Loads
I was curious about something. With everyone talking about how Crosby, Ovechkin and Malkin (soon to be joined by Ryan Getzlaf?) being the future of hockey, I took a peek at what percentage of their respective team’s goal output they represented over the last couple of seasons. Before I disclose the results, here’s a list [...]
Stats Corner: Stanley Cup Finals Set
By Chris Boersma
Hockey Numbers
DET
PIT
Winner
Even Strength
GF
3.01
2.99
EGF
2.69
2.35
GA
2.57
2.53
EGA
2.31
2.38
SV%
88.9%
89.4%
Power Play
GF
9.94
8.34
EGF
9.04
7.27
GA
0.48
1.37
EGA
0.67
0.84
SV%
87.8%
90.4%
Not exactly sure when Detroit’s injuries will recover. If they all recover Detroit should win this series, otherwise it’s anyone’s series.
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Cavs Win! Neutral Bias Be Damned! Cavs Win!
Makes you wonder about media neutrality.
The shot in question? Lebron James winner with one second to go.
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