Dave Cameron (baseball analyst)

Dave Cameron (baseball analyst)
Dave Cameron
Born 1980
Residence Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Nationality American
Occupation Sportswriter
Years active 1994—present
Employer FanGraphs

Dave Cameron is the managing editor and a senior writer of FanGraphs and owner-operator of USS Mariner.

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Biography

Cameron grew up in Seattle. In 1994 he started writing about baseball in Usenet newsgroups and reading Rob Neyer.[1] He also played baseball. Cameron was a catcher and while he admitted to not being the most talented athlete on his team, he led his league in walks and made the all-star team his senior year.[2].

In 1999 he began writing for Baseball Prospectus.[3] In 2002 he created U.S.S. Mariner with Derek Zumsteig and Jason Barker, named after "the U.S.S. Mariner" which was a ship that would "fire its cannon after Mariner home runs and wins back in the 1980s".[4] In March 2009 Cameron began writing for the Wall Street Journal.[5] In April 2010 Cameron became the full-time managing editor and operator of FanGraphs[6]

On July 25, 2011, Cameron announced that he has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.[7]

An Open Letter

On June 27, 2007 Cameron wrote a post "An Open Letter To Rafael Chaves"[8] asking Rafael Chaves, the pitching coach, to make Mariner's pitcher Felix Hernandez throw fewer fastballs: "Take over control of the pitch selection to start the game. Make Felix throw a change-up or a curve ball to the first batter. Throw a first pitch slider in the first inning.".[8] This letter eventually was passed along by a fan and shown to Hernandez who changed his pitching approach the next game[9] saying: "On the internet, they say when I throw a lot of fastballs in the first inning, they score a lot of runs. I tried to mix all my pitches in the first inning."[10]

Baseball writing

Cameron is the managing editor of FanGraphs,[6] and, along with Derek Zumsteg, a founding member of U.S.S. Mariner[11] He also writes for ESPN,[12] The Wall Street Journal,[13] and previously wrote for Baseball Prospectus.

Among other topics he has contributed sabermetric research on HR/FB rate,[14][15] correlations between velocity and strikeout rates,[16] the general evaluation of pitcher talent,[17] defense evaluation,[18] and roster construction strategies.[19][20]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Interview with Dave Cameron". SCULU. http://www.sculu.com/interview-with-dave-cameron-the-mariners-blogger-and-fangraphs-columnist-who-ranked-the-braves-8-1968. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  2. ^ "FanGraphs Audio: The Dave Cameron Story". FanGraphs. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/fangraphs-audio-the-dave-cameron-story/. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  3. ^ "The Prospectus Projections Project". Baseball Prospectus. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=229. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  4. ^ "USS Mariner". Archived from the original on 2003-09-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20030922062620/http://ussmariner.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 2011-05-29. 
  5. ^ "Dave Cameron meets WSJ". Inside The Book. http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/dave_cameron_meets_wsj/. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  6. ^ a b "Dave Cameron Joins Fangraphs Full Time". FanGraphs. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/dave-cameron-joins-fangraphs-full-time. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  7. ^ http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/when-probability-is-not-helpful/
  8. ^ a b "An Open Letter To Rafael Chaves". USS Mariner. http://www.ussmariner.com/2007/06/27/an-open-letter-to-rafael-chaves/. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  9. ^ "Blog Gets Through To Felix Hernandez". MLB Trade Rumors. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2007/07/blog-gets-throu.html. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  10. ^ "Hernandez reads internet letter; hear clips". Seattle Times. http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/mariners/2007/07/hernandez_keys_40_win.html. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  11. ^ "Some Changes at USSM". USS Mariner. http://www.ussmariner.com/2010/04/19/some-changes-at-ussm/. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  12. ^ "ESPN - Dave Cameron". ESPN. http://search.espn.go.com/dave-cameron/. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  13. ^ "Is Michigan State Good or Just Really Lucky?". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123682160522003523.html. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  14. ^ "Can Matt Cain Sustain His Low HR/FB Rate?". FanGraphs. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/can-matt-cain-sustain-his-low-hrfb-rate/. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
  15. ^ "The HR per FB skill". Inside The Book. http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/the_hr_per_fb_skill/. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 
  16. ^ "Velocity and K9". FanGraphs. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/velocity-and-k9/. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 
  17. ^ "Evaluating Pitcher Talent". USS Mariner. http://www.ussmariner.com/2006/08/29/evaluating-pitcher-talent/. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 
  18. ^ "Evaluating Defense". USS Mariner. http://www.ussmariner.com/2006/01/24/evaluating-defense/. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 
  19. ^ "Mortgaging Years When Is it Okay". FanGraphs. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/mortgaging-years-when-is-it-okay/. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 
  20. ^ "The Two Markets". FanGraphs. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-two-markets/. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 



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