Frontiers in Major League Baseball Nonparametric Analysis of Performance Using Data Envelopment Analysis /

• Main Author: Ruggiero, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Series: Sports Economics, Management and Policy ; 1
• Subjects: Management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Economics.; Management science.; Economic policy.; Economic Policy.; Economics, general.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

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 efficie...

Table of Contents:

• 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.