Dick Cramer

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Dick Cramer (1942 – ) has been doing sabermetrics for just about as long as anyone alive. He started analyzing baseball statistics in the middle 1960s, not long after graduating from Harvard, and by 1969 Cramer had discovered (or re-invented) a worthy metric now known as OPS. In 1971, Cramer discovered SABR via a squib in The Sporting News; in short order, Bob Davids introduced him to Pete Palmer. In the ‘70s, Cramer served SABR in various positions and published a great deal of research, including work on clutch hitting that remains a touchstone 40 years later. In 1980, Cramer co-founded STATS Inc. and remained involved with that company until 1994. After a decade-long hiatus, Cramer returned to baseball in 2004, doing important work with Dave Smith and Retrosheet since then. He was honored with SABR’s Henry Chadwick Award in 2015.

 

 

 

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  • Clutch Hitting Revisited
  • Average Batting Skill Through Major League History
  • Do Clutch Hitters Exist?
  • Effect of Relief Pitching
  • The Batter’s Run Average

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