PUBLISHED RESEARCH

Published research in sports analytics at the Wharton School applies data analysis and statistics to enhance performance, strategy, and decision-making in sports.

Published Research

By Ryan S. Brill (W’23) and Abraham J. Wyner

Introducing Grid WAR: rethinking WAR for starting pitchers

Research focus: mathematical modeling; baseball; pitching; wins above replacement

Published Research

By Ryan S. Brill (W’23), Sameer K. Deshpande and Abraham J. Wyner

A Bayesian analysis of the time through the order penalty in baseball

Research focus: baseball, Bayesian statistics, mathematical modeling, pitching, time through order penalty

Published Research

By Namita Nandakumar (W’18)

What Does It Mean To Draft Perfectly? An Evaluation Of Draft Strategy In The National Hockey League

Research focus: National Hockey League, amateur draft, game theory

Published Research

By Sameer K. Deshpande* and Abraham Wyner

A hierarchical Bayesian model of pitch framing

Research focus: Baseball; Bayesian modeling; uncertainty
quantification.

Published Research

By Shane T. Jensen, Kenneth E. Shirley and Abraham J. Wyner

BAYESBALL: A BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODEL FOR EVALUATING FIELDING IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Research focus: Spatial models, Bayesian shrinkage, baseball fielding