Owing to the width of most of the many data tables on this site, it is best viewed from a desktop computer. If you are on a mobile device (phone or tablet), you will obtain a better viewing experience by rotating your device a quarter-turn (to get the so-called “panorama” screen view).
The Owlcroft Baseball-Analysis Site
Baseball team and player performance examined realistically and accurately.
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“Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.”
– Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2
Samuel Johnson
All of them also offer a very great deal more than just stats.
For minor-league stats and news, there’s MiLB.com; one hopes that the recent coup by MLB, wiping out numerous minor-league teams, will not cause this source to dry up (that is, one hopes that MiLB will continue to exist, something that at present is open to question). But note that Baseball-Reference also carries minor-league (and other league) stats.
There are some awfully nice and very useful sites here.
Sean Lahman’s Database: “complete batting and pitching statistics from 1871 to 2023, plus fielding statistics, standings, team stats, managerial records, post-season data, and more”, from (of course) Sean Lahman.
Retrosheet: “Retrosheet's goal today is to provide as much information as possible about every baseball game played in major-league history.”
The Baseball Cube: “collects and organizes historical baseball statistics and data elements for all major levels of baseball. ”
MLB Umpires Missed 34,294 Ball-Strike Calls in 2018. A must-read analysis of umpire inaccuracy by Boston University Master Lecturer Mark T. Williams and a team of graduate students at the Questrom School of Business experienced in data mining, analytics, and statistics.
Nowadays, more and more people want to watch ballgames—or at least get pitch-by-pitch live recountings—than ever before. That accompanies a dramatic rise in the download speed available to most people now, and a plethora of resources for live coverage is now available.
Viewing Games
Note that there are numerous online sources that purport to offer free live streaming of baseball (and most other sports) games. Most or all offer links to streams from overseas that are carrying U.S.-based sources; that is probably illegal copyright violation, and we do not list any of them here.
MLB TV: available as standard or premium (a bit more expensive); prices vary yearly, and usually drop mid-season; note that “blackout and other restrictions apply”, meaning that their “every game” claim is tainted (surprise, surprise). Note that you can get around those blackouts by subscribing to a VPN (Virtual Private Network) service—a few dollars a month—which makes it look to the servers as if you’re somewhere other than where you physically are. Also note that MLBPA (the MLB Players Alumni Association), which is open to anyone—repeat, anyone—who wants to pay their modest $25 “Home Run Fan”annual dues, can get MLBTV for half price (a feature not listed on the linked page).
DirecTV “Extra Innings” package: if you have DirecTV satellite service, this package, at (when last checked) $150 a year for a full MLB season, but also includes the MLB.TV service described just above.
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