Rosenfeld Jason W.; I, Fisher Jake; Daniel, Adler; … - In: Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports 6 (2010) 2, pp. 1-19
In 1980, Bill James created the Pythagorean win expectation formula with a somewhat counterintuitive idea in mind. James believed, and his formula proved, that a baseball team's current runs scored to runs allowed ratio was better than a team's current record at predicting a team's future...