The Best MLB All-Star Teams Ever — mlb_as_team

mlb_as_team_talent

Format

A data frame with 172 rows representing Major League Baseball seasons and 16 variables:

yearid: The season in question
gamenum: Order of All-Star Game for the season (in years w/ multiple ASGs; set to 0 when only 1 per year)
gameid: Game ID at Baseball-Reference.com
lgid: League of All-Star team
tm_off_talent: Total runs of offensive talent above average per game (36 plate appearances)
tm_def_talent: Total runs of fielding talent above average per game (36 plate appearances)
tm_pit_talent: Total runs of pitching talent above average per game (9 innings)
mlb_avg_rpg: MLB average runs scored/game that season
talent_rspg: Expected runs scored per game based on talent (MLB R/G + team OFF talent)
talent_rapg: Expected runs allowed per game based on talent (MLB R/G - team DEF talent- team PIT talent)
unadj_pyth: Unadjusted Pythagorean talent rating; PYTH =(RSPG^1.83)/(RSPG^1.83+RAPG^1.83)
timeline_adj: Estimate of relative league quality where 2015 MLB = 1.00
sos: Strength of schedule faced; adjusts an assumed .500 SOS downward based on timeline adjustment
adj_pyth: Adjusted Pythagorean record; =(SOS*unadj_Pyth)/((2*unadj_Pyth*SOS)-SOS-unadj_Pyth+1)
no_1_player: Best player according to combo of actual PA/IP and talent
no_2_player: 2nd-best player according to combo of actual PA/IP and talent