Originally Posted by
Cookie Monster
I started getting interest in sabrmetrics, as many guys, reading Rob Neyer column at ESPN. Then I found "baseball primer" (now named baseball think factory) and spent many hours reading articles there everyday. So, I was not taught of the levels of baseball stats, but following the developments (as DIPS) anyone would infer the levels. Now there are many good reads, "The book" by Tango is a must, and you can find great info in the website. Another good sites: Hardball times, BTFactory, Baseball primer, etc.
Sorry about my poor English. By clumping I mean uneven distribution. For example, a team hitting 2 singles on 1st inning and 2 more in 2nd inning is expected to score 1 or 0 runs. The opponent hits 4 singles on 1st inning and 0 in second. It should score 2 or 3 runs. Both made the same number of hits and outs, but the 2nd team got lucky, as the hits were unevenly distributed.