We should really wait until we’ve played 20 or 30 games to get a sufficient sample size for analysis, but I’m doing it anyway! We finally have a reasonable amount of data!

Season Stats

The winners of a game are automatically the home team. They get a 1. The losers are the away team and get a -1.

Home Away Diff Date Derek YoungChris Troy Aaron Travis Jeff Tim Kevin WiseChris Dan
1 5 3 2 19/05/04 -1 1 1 -1 -1 1 0 0 0 0
2 5 2 3 19/05/04 1 1 -1 -1 -1 1 0 0 0 0
3 4 1 3 19/05/11 1 -1 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 5 1 4 19/05/11 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0
5 5 0 5 19/05/11 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0
6 5 1 4 19/05/11 1 -1 1 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0
7 5 2 3 19/05/11 1 -1 1 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0
8 5 2 3 19/05/11 1 -1 1 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0
9 5 3 2 19/05/18 1 -1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0
10 3 2 1 19/05/18 1 1 -1 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 0
11 5 1 4 19/05/18 1 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0
12 5 2 3 19/05/18 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0
13 2 1 1 19/05/25 1 -1 -1 -1 1 0 1 0 0 -1
14 3 2 1 19/05/25 1 -1 -1 -1 1 1 1 0 0 -1
15 5 1 4 19/05/25 1 1 1 -1 1 -1 -1 0 0 -1
16 3 0 3 19/05/25 -1 1 1 -1 -1 1 0 0 0 0
17 5 0 5 19/06/01 1 -1 -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 5 0 5 19/06/01 1 -1 -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 5 2 3 19/06/01 1 -1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 5 1 4 19/06/08 1 1 -1 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 0
21 5 2 3 19/06/08 1 -1 1 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 0
22 5 3 2 19/06/08 1 -1 -1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0
23 5 2 3 19/06/22 1 -1 -1 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0
24 2 1 1 19/06/22 1 -1 1 1 0 -1 1 0 0 0
25 6 4 2 19/06/22 1 -1 1 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0
26 5 2 3 19/06/22 1 1 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0
27 5 3 2 19/06/29 1 1 0 0 -1 -1 0 0 0 0
28 5 2 3 19/06/29 1 -1 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0
29 5 1 4 19/06/29 1 -1 0 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0

Games Played

This does not include games playing neutral

Derek YoungChris Troy Aaron Travis Jeff Tim Kevin WiseChris Dan
28.00 27.00 24.00 17.00 16.00 12.00 9.00 5.00 4.00 3.00

Plus/Minus

Derek Jeff WiseChris Troy Dan Travis Tim Aaron Kevin YoungChris
72.00 -1.00 -2.00 -5.00 -6.00 -8.00 -10.00 -17.00 -19.00 -25.00

Plus/Minus Per Game (PMPG)

Derek Jeff Troy Travis WiseChris YoungChris Aaron Tim Dan Kevin
2.57 -0.08 -0.21 -0.50 -0.50 -0.93 -1.00 -1.11 -2.00 -3.80

This is how it’s evolved throughout the season

Linearly Adjusted Plus/Minus Per Game (LAPMPG)

We should really wait until we’ve played 20 or 30 games to do all this…

Derek Jeff Troy WiseChris YoungChris Aaron Dan Travis Tim Kevin
3.30 1.44 0.85 0.84 0.83 0.57 0.27 0.22 -0.36 -1.32

Advanced Linearly Adjusted Plus/Minus Per Game (ALAPMPG)

Using a more advanced and conservative model, we find that:

  • Kevin did not have a good day
  • Derek is good
  • The rest of us are mediocre
Derek Troy Aaron YoungChris Jeff WiseChris Dan Tim Travis Kevin
2.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.12 -0.24 -1.19

As we get more data this will be the best estimate… the one we should focus on.

Comparing the metrics

If you’re on the line, then both metrics agree. If you’re above the line, you’re doing better on PMPG metric. If you’re below the line, you’re doing better on the other metric.

Proportion of Games Played Together

This is a social network analysis. A 1 indicates player A plays on the same team 100% of the time with player B; i.e you always play with yourself! Ha! A -1 would indicate player A always plays against player B. Numbers close to 0 indicate that player A doesn’t typically play in the same games as player B or that they play with and against each other an equal proportion of the time.

Derek YoungChris Troy Aaron Travis Jeff Tim Kevin WiseChris Dan
Derek 1.00 -0.44 -0.27 -0.18 0.09 -0.22 -0.06 -0.34 -0.19 -0.33
YoungChris -0.44 1.00 -0.08 -0.14 -0.38 0.00 -0.19 0.26 0.00 0.11
Troy -0.27 -0.08 1.00 -0.25 -0.15 -0.18 0.00 -0.37 0.20 0.12
Aaron -0.18 -0.14 -0.25 1.00 0.00 -0.21 -0.16 0.33 0.00 0.42
Travis 0.09 -0.38 -0.15 0.00 1.00 -0.29 0.17 0.00 -0.25 -0.43
Jeff -0.22 0.00 -0.18 -0.21 -0.29 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Tim -0.06 -0.19 0.00 -0.16 0.17 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 -0.19
Kevin -0.34 0.26 -0.37 0.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.00
WiseChris -0.19 0.00 0.20 0.00 -0.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00
Dan -0.33 0.11 0.12 0.42 -0.43 0.00 -0.19 0.00 0.00 1.00

The list of suggestions for who should play with or against each other next time.

Player A Player B W/A Score
YoungChris Derek With -0.44
Dan Travis With -0.43
Dan Aaron Against 0.42
Travis YoungChris With -0.38
Kevin Troy With -0.37
Kevin Derek With -0.34
Dan Derek With -0.33
Kevin Aaron Against 0.33
Jeff Travis With -0.29
Troy Derek With -0.27
Kevin YoungChris Against 0.26
Aaron Troy With -0.25
WiseChris Travis With -0.25
Jeff Derek With -0.22
Jeff Aaron With -0.21
WiseChris Troy Against 0.2
WiseChris Derek With -0.19
Tim YoungChris With -0.19
Dan Tim With -0.19
Aaron Derek With -0.18
Jeff Troy With -0.18
Tim Travis Against 0.17
Tim Aaron With -0.16
Travis Troy With -0.15
Aaron YoungChris With -0.14
Dan Troy Against 0.12
Dan YoungChris Against 0.11
Travis Derek Against 0.09
Troy YoungChris With -0.08
Tim Derek With -0.06