“With or without you” (a/k/a WOWY) has been a staple of sports analysis for some time. In some sports, it is the backbone of so-called “plus/minus”; in baseball, Tom Tango popularized the idea as WOWY ...
Last year, Baseball Prospectus introduced our Regressed Probabilistic Model (or “RPM”) for catcher pitch-framing. RPM uses PITCHf/x data to increase the measured accuracy of the actual contributions ...
Pavel Datsyuk (13) makes his teammates better, and WOWY (with or without you) charts show the improvement his teammates see when they play with him. (Mike Mulholland/MLive.com) Line combinations and ...
Plus-minus stats have become part of the everyday vernacular in the NBA. From simple plus-minus to NBA WOWY and the development of more sophisticated metrics like RAPM, RPM, and PIPM, it’s become a ...
Edmonton Oilers’ 1-0 overtime win over Carolina on Monday marked the end of a topsy-turvy first half of the 2015-16 season for the locals. The club currently enjoys a brief respite in a hectic ...