Dave Cameron (baseball analyst)
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Dave Cameron is the managing editor and a senior writer of FanGraphs
and owner-operator of USS Mariner.
. 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..
In 1999 he began writing for Baseball Prospectus. 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". In March 2009 Cameron began writing for the Wall Street Journal. In April 2010 Cameron became the full-time managing editor and operator of FanGraphs
On July 25, 2011, Cameron announced that he has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
, and, along with Derek Zumsteg, a founding member of U.S.S. Mariner He also writes for ESPN
, The Wall Street Journal
, and previously wrote for Baseball Prospectus
.
Among other topics he has contributed sabermetric research on HR/FB rate, correlations between velocity and strikeout rates, the general evaluation of pitcher talent, defense evaluation, and roster construction strategies.
Fangraphs
FanGraphs.com is a website run by Fangraphs Inc., located in Arlington, Virginia, and created and owned by David Appelman that provides statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history....
and owner-operator of USS Mariner.
Biography
Cameron grew up in Seattle. In 1994 he started writing about baseball in Usenet newsgroups and reading Rob NeyerRob Neyer
Rob Neyer is a baseball author and writer for SB Nation. He started his career working for Bill James and STATS, and then joined ESPN.com as a columnist from 1996 to January 2011 before becoming SB Nation's National Baseball Editor...
. 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..
In 1999 he began writing for Baseball Prospectus. 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". In March 2009 Cameron began writing for the Wall Street Journal. In April 2010 Cameron became the full-time managing editor and operator of FanGraphs
Fangraphs
FanGraphs.com is a website run by Fangraphs Inc., located in Arlington, Virginia, and created and owned by David Appelman that provides statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history....
On July 25, 2011, Cameron announced that he has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
An Open Letter
On June 27, 2007 Cameron wrote a post "An Open Letter To Rafael Chaves" 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.". This letter eventually was passed along by a fan and shown to Hernandez who changed his pitching approach the next game 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."Baseball writing
Cameron is the managing editor of FanGraphsFangraphs
FanGraphs.com is a website run by Fangraphs Inc., located in Arlington, Virginia, and created and owned by David Appelman that provides statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history....
, and, along with Derek Zumsteg, a founding member of U.S.S. Mariner He also writes for ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, and previously wrote for Baseball Prospectus
Baseball Prospectus
Baseball Prospectus is an organization that publishes a website, BaseballProspectus.com, devoted to the sabermetric analysis of baseball. BP has a staff of regular columnists and provides advanced statistics as well player and team performance projections on the site...
.
Among other topics he has contributed sabermetric research on HR/FB rate, correlations between velocity and strikeout rates, the general evaluation of pitcher talent, defense evaluation, and roster construction strategies.
External links
- USS Mariner
- Audio Interview - Dave Cameron interviewed by Carson CistulliCarson CistulliCarson Cistulli is an American poet, essayist and English professor. His works of poetry include Some Common Weaknesses Illustrated, Assorted Fictions, and A Century of Enthusiasm.- Early Years :...
- Audio Interview - Dave Cameron interviewed by Jonah KeriJonah KeriJonah Keri is a Canadian journalist, sportswriter and an editor. He is also a New York Times bestselling author.-Early life and education:...
- Interview Transcript - Dave Cameron interviewed by Bryan Smith
- Interview Transcript - Dave Cameron interviewed by SCULU