As we saw in our look at batting statistics, the importance of various numbers and equations depends on the format of the game being played. Stats that may be the Gold Standard for comparing players in Test cricket may be…

An obsession with sports statistics. It's what separates Man from the lesser primates. We start the year obsessing over NBA and NCAA assists, steals, and field goal percentages and NHL penalty-kill numbers. It continues through the spring and summer with…