jk1mm/moneyball-app

Realtime MLB Insights using Streamlit

M⚾NEYBALL

~ Web analytics application that provides the 👌 insights for your MLB team ~

⭐ All-in-one platform for extracting Major League Baseball's team insights. Moneyball provides quick access to baseball-reference data and provides intuitive team rankings based on the following categories:

• Batting
• Starting Pitching
• Relief Pitching
• Fielding

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Usage

Navigating the Tool:

1. Select a Season and Metric of interest. This will initially generate some data of team statistics relevant to the selected values.
2. Choose a team in the Select Team dropdown to view the overall and category-based rankings. Details of the category scoring is explained in Categorization Logic.

Categorization Logic

Currently, there are 4 Metric available. Here is a breakdown of the category-based rankings available for each:

1. Batting

Category	Description	Variables Involved
Hitting	Ability to get base hits	BA
Power	Ability to hit for power	HR
On Base	Ability to get on base	OBP
Base Stealing	Ability to steal bases	SB CS
Efficiency	Ability to maximize run scoring opportunities	LOB R HR
OVERALL	Runs scored per game	R/G

2. Starting Pitching

Category	Description	Variables Involved
Winning	Ability to keep the game at a winning state	Wgs Wlst Lsv
Quality Start	Ability to have quality starts	QS%
Stamina	Ability to accumulate large pitch counts	80-99 100-119 ≥120
Efficiency	Ability to accumulate innings	IP/GS
OVERALL	Pitcher outing score	GmScA

3. Relief Pitching

Category	Description	Variables Involved
Saves	Number of saves	SV
Holds	Number of holds	Hold
Clean Closes	Save rate	SV%
Win %**	Ability to win as a result of relief	Wgr Lgr
Game Pressure	Pressure faced by pitchers	aLI
OVERALL**	Ability to strand runners on base	IS%

4. Fielding

Category	Description	Variables Involved
Defensive Efficiency	Balls in play converted into outs	DefEff
DRS	Relative number of defensive runs saved or cost	Rdrs/yr
Fld%	Standard fielding percentage	Fld%
Good Plays	Good Plays/Misplays runs above average	Rgood
DP	Number of double plays completed	DP
OVERALL**	Total Zone Runs: Considering outfield arms, infield double play induces, catcher efficiency	Rtot/yr

• Metrics in ** needs to be re-evaluated for more proper evaluation.

Setup

Common Issues

SSL Certs

On Mac, go to Applications/python3._ and double click Install Certificates