Statistics and Baseball Fandom

Sabermetric Infrastructure of Expertise

Bibliographic Data

ID12804395
AuthorsB Burroughs (0000-0002-1298-4161, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume15
Issue3
Pages248-265
Publication date2018-06-19
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGames and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1555-4120 • E-ISSN: 1555-4139
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1555412018783319
OpenAlexW2809188069
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited22

Baseball is a rich mélange of tradition, spectatorship, evaluation, and fandom. Statistical fandom is presented as a cultural infrastructure, which influences how all fans perceive the game including what is valued in the game, how the game itself is played, and Major League Baseball as an industry. In building off of Halverson’s conception of a fantasy plane of baseball fandom, this research theorizes an additional statistical plane. Sabermetrics serve as a microcosm for a larger statistical turn in sports and reporting. The labor of saberfans builds a cultural algorithm through statistical analysis that shapes all fan engagement. Sabermetric inputs become an infrastructure of expertise through which the larger sporting public understands and evaluates baseball and culture

Advertising · Business · Fandom · Fantasy · Football · Game studies · League · Media studies · Multimedia · Political science · Popular culture · Sociology · Stadium · Statistical analysis · Statistics · Video game · American Sports and Literature · Computer Science · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society

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