Baseball statistics website
FanGraphs.com is a website run by Fangraphs Inc., located in Arlington, Virginia, and created and owned by David Appelman that provides statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history.[1][2]
On September 18, 2009, Fangraphs Inc. launched an iPhone app in partnership with Hawk Ridge Consulting, which has since been discontinued.[3] Fangraphs has a number of content partners including ESPN, SB Nation and Fanhouse.
FanGraphs products
FanGraphs creates several products:
Web sites
- The FanGraphs homepage,[4] which contains articles, statistical reports and also covers baseball history as well as current issues and events, including games and series, injuries, forecasts, player profiles, baseball finance, and the player marketplace.
- RotoGraphs is FanGraphs' fantasy baseball advice and analysis section. It originally featured David Golebiewski of ESPN Inside Edge, Marc Hulet, Brian Joura of newyorkmetsdaily.com, and Peter Bendix.[5] Currently managed by Eno Sarris.
- NotGraphs provides "a place to put things that would otherwise not have a place on FanGraphs".[6] NotGraphs was managed by Carson Cistulli but ceased publishing new content at the conclusion of the 2014 season.[7]
- The Community Blog is an opportunity for readers to share their writing through FanGraphs. In May 2010 an editorial staff was put in place to guarantee an "approval process" within 48 hours of submission.[8]
- The FanGraphs Library is an encyclopedia of Sabermetric statistics and principles run by Neil Weinberg.
Publishing
- FanGraphs releases an annual book The FanGraphs Second Opinion: Fantasy Companion that contains statistics and analysis of the past season, in-depth player profiles, team previews, articles on fantasy strategy and forecasts of the upcoming season.[9]
Podcasts
- Hosted by FanGraphs editor Meg Rowley, FanGraphs Audio is a weekly program archived at FanGraphs Audio.[10]
- Hosted by Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley, Effectively Wild is a thrice weekly podcast.[11] Effectively Wild was initially created as a part of Baseball Prospectus, but moved over to FanGraphs at the beginning of 2017.
- Hosted by Paul Sporer and Justin Mason, Sleeper and the Bust is a fantasy baseball focused podcast that releases episodes regularly, often twice or thrice a week. Jason Collette is a frequent guest on Sundays when Paul is off.[12]
Fantasy Baseball
- FanGraphs works with Ottoneu baseball to offer a fantasy baseball program[13] with prizes.[14]