Editing Sabermetrics (section)

==Advancements from 1985–present ==
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Bill James' two books, ''[[The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract]]'' (1985) and ''[[Win Shares]]'' (2002) have continued to advance the field of sabermetrics.<ref name="james2">{{cite web|url=http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/s/2002/1105/1456563.html|title=Red Sox hire James in advisory capacity|last=Neyer|first=Rob|date=November 5, 2002|access-date=March 7, 2009|work=[[ESPN.com]]}}</ref> The work of his former assistant [[Rob Neyer]], who later became a senior writer at ESPN.com and national baseball editor of SBNation, also contributed to popularizing sabermetrics since the mid-1980s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/rob-neyer-interview/|title=Rob Neyer Interview|last=Jaffe|first=C.|date=October 22, 2007|work=[[The Hardball Times]]|access-date=November 2, 2007}}</ref>

[[Nate Silver]], a former writer and managing partner of ''Baseball Prospectus'', invented [[PECOTA]] (''Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseballprospectus.com/glossary/index.php?search=PECOTA|title=Baseball Prospectus: Glossary|website=www.baseballprospectus.com|access-date=2016-05-05}}</ref>) in 2002–2003, introducing it to the public in the book ''Baseball Prospectus'' in 2003.<ref>Nate Silver, "Introducing PECOTA," in Gary Huckabay, [[Christina Kahrl|Chris Kahrl]], Dave Pease ''et al.'', Eds., ''Baseball Prospectus 2003'' (Dulles, VA: Brassey's  Publishers, 2003): 507–514.</ref>  It assumes that the careers of similar players will follow a similar trajectory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baseballprospectus.com/|title=Baseball Prospectus|access-date=2012-03-04}}</ref>

Beginning in the 2007 baseball season, MLB started looking at technology to record detailed information regarding each pitch that is thrown in a game. This became known as the [[PITCHf/x]] system, which uses video cameras to record pitch speed at its release point and crossing the plate, location, and angle (if any) of a break.<ref name=":12"/> 

[[FanGraphs]] is a website that utilizes this information and other play-by-play data to publish advanced baseball statistics and graphics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FanGraphs Baseball {{!}} Baseball Statistics and Analysis |url=https://www.fangraphs.com/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=FanGraphs Baseball |language=en}}</ref>