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Baseball does not need a form score. A form score in football is a quick attempt at trying to stretch a uniform rating over several different jobs out on the pitch.
You have very limited stats and some posistions have almost no statistical data at all to carry from the game. Thus form is a way of measuring how well a player did at his job in the context of how the team did overall.
It has its uses but they are limited by the fact that there is no quanative measure to some of the things a player does on the field.
There is also no comparisons against other form scores.
You may have one team dominate another and the losing team will have scores in the 6-7 ranges while the winning team has scores int he 8-9 ranges.
What makes up the game between a 7 and an 8?
What about a 6 and a 9?
I watch alot of football and I could not really tell you by reading a box score.
In baseball you do not need these things. Every player carries away from the game a quanative statisic that can be directly compared to other players.
Also given enough of a sample size you will see that players and teams dominate in certain statisical areas or who have combinations of certain stats are worth more runs and wins to their teams than others.
Also in baseball you only have two jobs.
To produce runs
To prevent runs
Add to this that there is not much of a team dependent component, most of the time it is one player trying to produce runs against one player trying to prevent runs (first the pitcher then usualy one fielder)
Thus it is very easy to derive the data you need from raw statistics and does away with the need for a few simple measurements of ability.
So to boil it down, I just said a very long version of what treedom said.
You can get what you need from a simple game line.
The more you watch and follow the game the better you get at analyizing statisical data and being able to tell you had a good week, good month, good year and good career.
From there you can compare players and see which players are more valuable than others and predict which players are more likely to be more valuable than others.
And there my friend is the bare base of what you do in this game.
All you do is constantly compare players against one another until you assemble a team that you think will win more than any other.
Tied to that is better using your resources to get better players cheaper than lesser players who cost more.
And by cost I do not just mean money. If you can get them younger that is always a good thing, and you when you can draft them later in the draft you expand your draft options by drafting smarter.
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