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I’m Avery Ellis, a student at Bowdoin College in Maine who’s interested in sports analytics.
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The Next Step: Hockey
Well, my summer job fell through, so here I am, tackling hockey. The project I’m currently working on is somewhat basic, but it builds off of the research that a bunch of other teams are working on. I’m working on addressing hockey’s pace of play, specifically in the 3rd period, and asking a fundamental question:…
Previous Work: proPF (Fantasy Football, 2018)
I’m willing to bet if you read this post, then you play some form of simulatory sports game. OOTP, Madden, 2K, etc–pretty popular. All sorts of fantasy sports, too. As an avid fantasy football player, I know that there have been weeks where I have left huge amounts of points on my bench and wracked…
Previous Work: eRPA (Baseball, 2017)
When a batter steps into the batter’s box, what odds does he have of contributing something, anything, to his team’s run probability? Kind of a weird question. But it’s interesting to look at. I looked at Tangotiger’s Run Probability values, sorted by base-out state (http://www.tangotiger.net/re24.html) and I tried to use them to find something useful.…
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