We introduce a novel Skills Plus Minus (“SPM”) framework to measure on-court chemistry in basketball. First, we evaluate each player's offense and defense in the SPM framework based on three basic categories of skills: scoring, rebounding, and ball-handling. We then simulate games using the...

Athletes Unlimited developed an alternative scoring system for the sport of softball, designed to produce greater team parity and to highlight individual performance on a more granular level. The system was analyzed and tested on Major League Baseball data from the 2019 season to determine...

We analyze a large and comprehensive play-by-play dataset of professional games in the National Basketball Association using tools from financial economics to explore the optimality of strategically idling resources in the face of uncertain future demand. We find that starters ought to be idled...