Anyone know the formula Yahoo uses to rank players?

[Maris09]

dude give it up already. Your personal vendetta is easily the most annoying thing on the leftovers board right now...

Just makin a joke. You can go ahead and take it easy.


Also, not sure you'd be too happy if it kept happening to you.

[StlSluggers]

guys... both of you... calm down

[jake_twothousandfive]

You can get this awfully close for hitters with some minor modifications. Kind of interesting...

HR + (SB/1.65) + [(H-.280*AB)*.6]+ R/3 + RBI/3

.   Player       Formula Points    For. Rank	  Yahoo Rank
Miguel Cabrera		64.27		1		1
Josh Hamilton		64.13		2		2
Robinson Canó		63.37		3		3
Carl Crawford		58.53		4		4
Álex Ríos		58.42		5		5
V. Guerrero		57.55		6		6
Justin Morneau		56.94		7		7
Kevin Youkilis		54.12		8		8
Joey Votto		54.11		9		9
Albert Pujols		53.46		10		11
Evan Longoria		53.3		11		10
David Wright		52.43		12		13
Ryan Braun		51.73		13		12
Paul Konerko		50.86		14		15
Adrián González		50.85		15		16
Michael Young		49.79		16		14
Ryan Howard		48.5		17		19
Hanley Ramírez		48.47		18		18
Corey Hart		48.25		19		24
Chris Young		47.82		20		22
Brett Gardner		47.31		21		17
Torii Hunter		47.16		22		23
Adrián Béltre		46.68		23		31
Scott Rolen		46.55		24		32
Martín Prado		46.44		25		20
José Bautista		46.43		26		28
B. Phillips		46.07		27		21
Magglio Ordóñez		45.82		28		25
Carlos González		45.78		29		26
Vernon Wells		45.72		30		38
Shin-Soo Choo		45.37		31		27
Matt Holliday		45.32		32		34
Colby Rasmus		45.04		33		36
Justin Upton		44.74		34		33
Troy Glaus		44.73		35		40
A. McCutchen		44.66		36		30
Adam Dunn		44.35		37		43
Jayson Werth		44.22		38		41
José Reyes		44.07		39		29
Aubrey Huff		43.96		40		42
Troy Tulowitzki		43.96		41		37
Andre Ethier		43.96		42		47
Matt Kemp		43.91		43		35
Nick Swisher		43.83		44		39
Marlon Byrd		43.43		45		45
Shane Victorino		42.8		46		44
Ichiro Suzuki		42.53		47		50
Josh Willingham		41.94		48		52
Dustin Pedroia		41.9		49		46
James Loney		41.19		50		51
Ángel Pagán		41.18		51		48
José Guillén		41.17		52		55
Derek Jeter		41		53		49
Kelly Johnson		40.75		54		54
Dan Uggla		40.54		55		53
Ryan Zimmerman		40.47		56		58
Mark Reynolds		40.3		57		57
Delmon Young		39.9		58		61
Jason Heyward		39.6		59		59
Garrett Jones		39.59		60		63
Brennan Boesch		39.4		61		73
Bobby Abreu		39.27		62		56
Álex Rodríguez		39.21		63		62
David Ortiz		39.09		64		68
Billy Butler		39.06		65		64
Rickie Weeks		38.97		66		60
Casey McGehee		38.69		67		70
Scott Podsednik		38.06		68		65
Chase Utley		37.6		69		67
Howie Kendrick		37.59		70		71
Ryan Ludwick		37.35		71		74
Jonny Gomes		37.28		72		80
Juan Uribe		37.12		73		79
Hunter Pence		37.11		74		75
Ben Zobrist		37		75		76
Cody Ross		36.99		76		72
Nelson Cruz		36.89		77		89
David DeJesús		36.85		78		77
Jay Bruce		36.65		79		78
B.J. Upton		36.64		80		66
Alfonso Soriano		36.5		81		82
Adam LaRoche		36.31		82		81
Álex González		36.08		83		87
Víctor Martínez		35.96		84		84
Gaby Sánchez		35.65		85		86
Miguel Olivo		35.25		86		90
Elvis Andrus		35.16		87		69
Mark Teixeira		34.86		88		83
Jorge Cantú		34.85		89		91
Kendry Morales		34.84		90		94
Ty Wigginton		34.51		91		96
Rajai Davis		34.1		92		88
Denard Span		33.53		93		85
J.D. Drew		33.34		94		93
K. Kouzmanoff		33.26		95		98
Prince Fielder		32.96		96		97
Jason Bay		32.56		97		92
Jeff Francoeur		32.06		98		101
Carlos Peña		31.79		99		104
Plácido Polanco		31.78		100		102
Chris Coghlan		31.62		101		95
Austin Kearns		31.47		102		103
Drew Stubbs		31.44		103		100
Joe Mauer		31.42		104		99
John Buck		31.27		105		111
A. Callaspo		31.17		106		105
Manny Ramírez		30.88		107		107
Michael Cuddyer		30.53		108		106
Carlos Quentin		30.04		109		108
Seth Smith		29.95		110		115
F. Gutiérrez		29.67		111		112
Ike Davis		29.29		112		114
Luke Scott		29.17		113		125
Adam Jones		29.11		114		120
Ian Stewart		28.82		115		118
Pablo Sandoval		28.59		116		117
Chase Headley		28.55		117		109
Austin Jackson		28.52		118		110
David Freese		28.44		119		122
Brian McCann		28.35		120		124
Juan Rivera		28.28		121		123
Andrés Torres		27.79		122		119
Will Venable		27.79		123		121
Marco Scutaro		27.58		124		116
Mike Napoli		26.91		125		134
Michael Bourn		26.89		126		113
Stephen Drew		26.85		127		128
Orlando Hudson		26.54		128		126
Julio Borbón		26.44		129		132
Ryan Theriot		26.42		130		127
Fred Lewis		26.3		131		131
Hideki Matsui		26.24		132		137
Jason Kubel		26.14		133		139
Tyler Colvin		25.88		134		143
Rod Barajas		25.78		135		141
Johnny Damon		25.74		136		130
Jorge Posada		25.57		137		144
Juan Pierre		25.53		138		129
Derrek Lee		25.33		139		135
Rafael Furcal		24.66		140		136
Kosuke Fukudome		24.52		141		148
Carlos Lee		24.52		142		146
Y. Betancourt		24.44		143		138
Erick Aybar		24.42		144		133
Russell Branyan		24.15		145		152
Nick Markakis		24.02		146		147
Kurt Suzuki		24.02		147		154
Eric Hinske		24.02		148		149
Ryan Sweeney		23.83		149		142
Ronny Paulino		23.8		150		150
Cristian Guzmán		23.56		151		145
C. Granderson		23.18		152		153
Ian Kinsler		23.16		153		140
Alexei Ramírez		23.12		154		151
Daric Barton		22.28		155		155
Chipper Jones		22.24		156		156
Travis Hafner		21.73		157		162
Justin Smoak		21.56		158		161
Ian Desmond		21.42		159		159
Sean Rodriguez		21.35		160		160
Jhonny Peralta		21.34		161		158
Casey Blake		21.24		162		164
Andruw Jones		21.24		163		169
Orlando Cabrera		21.11		164		157
Geovany Soto		20.75		165		170
Lyle Overbay		20.24		166		163
John Jaso		20.03		167		171
Raúl Ibañez		19.97		168		166
Lance Berkman		19.84		169		172
Nick Hundley		19.81		170		175
D. McDonald		19.63		171		179
Jeff Keppinger		19.54		172		165
Brandon Inge		19.5		173		180
Cameron Maybin		19.33		174		167
Roger Bernadina		19.31		175		185
Mike Aviles		19.15		176		173
Miguel Tejada		19.13		177		177
Carlos Guillén		19.11		178		184
Brad Hawpe		19.1		179		188
Russell Martin		18.91		180		168
C. Pennington		18.67		181		174
Chris Snyder		18.38		182		193
Iván Rodríguez		18.19		183		190
Reid Brignac		18.16		184		183
Alcides Escobar		18.05		185		178
Carlos Gómez		18.02		186		182
Omar Infante		17.95		187		186
Chone Figgins		17.72		188		176
David Eckstein		17.7		189		187
Melky Cabrera		17.5		190		189
Ryan Doumit		17.3		191		200
J. Hairston Jr.		17.22		192		194
Scott Hairston		17.12		193		197
Nyjer Morgan		17.07		194		181
David Murphy		17.04		195		192
Milton Bradley		16.76		196		199
Aaron Hill		16.67		197		196
Adam Lind		16.65		198		195
Trevor Crowe		16.29		199		198
Skip Schumaker		15.54		200		191

[GoodOl'Days]

they have a formula?

They certainly do.

- It's 2 parts correct stats from Monday thru Saturday.
- Mixed with 1 part uncorrectable stats from Sunday.
- Shaken over ice and served in a chilled sorry we don't have the "tool" to fix anything that happens on a Sunday.

It's delicious.

dude give it up already. Your personal vendetta is easily the most annoying thing on the leftovers board right now...

I thought it was quite funny. I'd rather see it that what you wrote. I know the formula Yahoo! uses, it's very similar to the baseballmonster link posted above, using STD DEVP and eliminating some outliers. Rate stats are calculated this way(adjust for baseball): http://www.fantasybasketballcafe.com/fo ... 01#p272701

[Neato Torpedo]

You can get this awfully close for hitters with some minor modifications. Kind of interesting...

HR + (SB/1.65) + [(H-.280*AB)*.6]+ R/3 + RBI/3

Great job, that's pretty good. One thing though, I see speedsters consistently ranked higher in Yahoo than by this formula. Looking at guys like Gardner, BJUp, Andrus, Reyes, Nyjer, Figgins, etc. Then again, that might also be because Yahoo puts more value to AVG (and the number of ABs used to derive that value) than the formula you're using, because Cruz and Boesch have fewer AB while speedy leadoff hitters have more.

What would HR + (SB/1.67) + [(H-.2725*AB)*.6]+ R/3 + RBI/3 look like?

[jake_twothousandfive]

You can get this awfully close for hitters with some minor modifications. Kind of interesting...

HR + (SB/1.65) + [(H-.280*AB)*.6]+ R/3 + RBI/3

Great job, that's pretty good. One thing though, I see speedsters consistently ranked higher in Yahoo than by this formula. Looking at guys like Gardner, BJUp, Andrus, Reyes, Nyjer, Figgins, etc. Then again, that might also be because Yahoo puts more value to AVG (and the number of ABs used to derive that value) than the formula you're using, because Cruz and Boesch have fewer AB while speedy leadoff hitters have more.

What would HR + (SB/1.67) + [(H-.2725*AB)*.6]+ R/3 + RBI/3 look like?

I think you meant something like (SB/1.63). Dividing SB by a higher number will decrease it's weight in the formula further.

[Neato Torpedo]

Er, yeah, my bad.

[swyck]

they have a formula?

[brock middlebrook]

What would taking the total z-Score from those 5 categories look like?

[kevinbaseballer]

I think its:

Phase 1: Collect underpants

Phase 2: ? ? ? ?

Phase 3: Profits