Major League Baseball viewership has gradually declined since its peak in 2007, according to Baseball Reference. Because of what MLB commissioner Rob Manfred calls “organic changes,” the game’s most ...

Modern statistics are changing the way MLB players are evaluated. In MVP discussions, fans will more often hear WAR (wins ...

“Moneyball” popularized advanced statistics in baseball, including one oft-used stat known as OPS. What exactly does OPS measure? Of all American sports, baseball might have the most complicated ...

This is a story about a well-known metric, maligned by some in the industry, that has been hiding a secret for at least 20 years. It is rare that anything in baseball can hide in plain sight for so ...

As Opening Day approaches, diamond devotees are dusting off copies of The Baseball Encyclopedia and refreshing their memories on the sport’s hallowed statistical records: batting average, home runs, ...