Frontiers in Major League Baseball (Record no. 105514)
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| control field | 978-1-4419-0831-5 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9781441908315 |
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| Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-1-4419-0831-5 |
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| Classification number | HD87-87.55 |
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| Subject category code | KCP |
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| Subject category code | POL024000 |
| Source | bisacsh |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.9 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ruggiero, John. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Frontiers in Major League Baseball |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | Nonparametric Analysis of Performance Using Data Envelopment Analysis / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by John Ruggiero. |
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| -- | New York, NY : |
| -- | Springer New York, |
| -- | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | XV, 139 p. |
| Other physical details | online resource. |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Sports Economics, Management and Policy ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation | 1 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction, Literature Review -- Measuring Team Performance -- Returns to Scale -- Managerial Efficiency: Panel Data (Stochastic DEA) -- Technical Change: Steroids, Juiced Ball -- Applications to the Labor Market: Free Agency -- Index of Player Quality: Hitters, Position Players -- Index of Player Quality: Pitchers -- Player Quality: Evaluating Hall of Fame Selection -- Summary and Applications. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This book focuses on the application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to Major League Baseball (MLB). DEA is a nonparametric linear programming model that is used across academic disciplines. In sports economics, authors have applied the technique primarily to assess team and/or managerial efficiency. The basis for performance analysis is economic production theory, where it is assumed that baseball can be viewed as a production process whereby inputs (player quality measures) are transformed into outputs (wins, attendance). The primary advantage that DEA has over more traditional regression based approaches is the ability to handle multiple inputs and multiple outputs. Further, the approach is nonparametric and hence, does not require a priori specification of the production function. The book develops the theory of DEA in the context of a production environment. A focal point is the assessment of technical and cost efficiency of MLB teams. It is shown that previous frontier applications that measure efficiency provide biased results given that the outcome of a game is zero-sum. If a team loses a game due to inefficiency, another team wins a lost game. A corrected frontier is presented to overcome this problem. Free agent salary arbitration is analyzed using a dual DEA model. Each free agent's contract zone is identified. The upper and lower bounds, representing the player's and team's perspective of value, respectively, are estimated. Player performance is estimated using a modified DEA model to rank order players based on multiple attributes. This model will be used to evaluate current Hall of Fame players. We provide arguments for other players who are deserving of membership. We also use our measure of performance and evaluate age-performance profilers for many ball players. Regression analysis is used to identify the age of peak performance. The method is used to evaluate some of the all-time greats. We also use the method to analyze admitted and implicated steroid users. The results clearly show that performance was enhanced. This book will provide appropriate theoretical models with methodological considerations and interesting empirical analyses and is intended to serve academics and practitioners interested in applying DEA to baseball as well as other sports or production processes. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Economics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Economic policy. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Industrial management. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Economics/Management Science. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Economic Policy. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Management/Business for Professionals. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Economics general. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Operations Research/Decision Theory. |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Title | Springer eBooks |
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| Display text | Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781441908308 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Sports Economics, Management and Policy ; |
| Volume number/sequential designation | 1 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0831-5 |
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