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Visualize Sports Stats

18 points by RobbieStats 17y ago

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RobbieStats 17y ago
I'm interested in any feedback about StatPlot!
- Nekojoe 17y ago
  How about Sparklines? They're perfect for some sporting data.
  - RobbieStats 17y ago
    Could do it pretty easily, but how would you want to use them? For embedding in a website?
jimbokun 17y ago
Get this in front of Bill Simmons immediately. He keeps begging Dork Elvis (Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey) for all of the secret stats that they collect on just about everything that happens in an NBA game. Get the Sports Guy to blog, chat, tweet, or podcast about this, and you'll have more traffic than you know what to do with.
- RobbieStats 17y ago
  I've tweeted and emailed him. We'll see if he responds...
imp 17y ago
Really cool. Pretty easy to use overall. I plan to play around with it a lot. My feedback is geared towards fantasy football, but here are my thoughts and suggestions: 1. Some stats categories aren't clear. Which one do I select to graph rushing yards allowed per game for a specific team? 2. How do I create a motion chart? I couldn't see how to do that and I didn't find any to copy from. 3. I'll never want to put an image in the background of a graph. 4. Add a category for fantasy points. Just use a simple default scoring system. 5. Can I resize the image or flash graph? I don't like the thumbnail because you can't tell what it is, and I want to be able to embed a graph that's about half the size of the current embedable graphs, like 400 pixels wide. 6. Any thoughts on a simple API? I see that the embedded graphs don't have any parameters. They have to be saved graphs. It would be cool to be able to embed a graph on different player pages by just changing parameters to the graph. For example, I'd like to be able to embed a graph into this page that shows stats for Pierre Thomas last year. http://www.fantasyfootballchatter.com/pierre-thomas http://www.fantasyfootballchatter.com/pierre-thomas. Bonus points if it doesn't require knowing player IDs and is just something like http://statplot.com/graph/nfl/pierre-thomas?cat=rushing-yards http://statplot.com/graph/nfl/pierre-thomas?cat=rushing-yard.... There could be a lot of sites out there that would embed charts if it was easier and didn't require creating an account and saving each one individually.
- RobbieStats 17y ago
  Great feedback... 1. Pretty common feedback. I need a glossary, but there are so many stats (over a thousand and growing). For "rushing yards allowed per game", you'd want to select Game Offense -> Rushing Yards and Game Opp-Offense -> Rushing Yards. I created an example chart here: http://statplot.com/e/2821 http://statplot.com/e/2821 2. It is under the "Chart Options" section on the left hand side beside the graph. 3. Ok 4. Can you tell me more about what this would include? http://statsheet.com/contact http://statsheet.com/contact 5. Yes, this is also under the Chart Options section. You can set whatever height and width that you want. 6. StatPlot is the free version of a subscription site I'm working on now. I'm creating a service that will allow you to do just what you ask for, but there will be a fee (hopefully reasonable). If you are interested in learning more, let me know. I'm looking for beta testers now. There will be an API.
  - imp 17y ago
    Great, thanks for the response. It seems that I missed the entire Chart Options section. I guess my main UI feedback then would be to put those options directly beneath the graph and move the background image stuff somewhere else. Good to know there's more planned. I'll follow up with you on the fantasy points stuff.
fleaflicker 17y ago
it's a great concept but there's a lot there and it's overwhelming. there's definitely a demand for this but the real challenge is presenting sophisticated stats in an easy-to-use manner. i would suggest dumbing down (simplifying) the presentation but not the content. cool idea though.
- RobbieStats 17y ago
  This is the dumbed down version :-) I know what you mean though. It is a fine line between giving people simplicity and complete flexibility. I've thought about creating niche versions of StatPlot for specific teams. So you if you are a Dallas Cowboys fan, perhaps I could streamline the interface for a Dallas specific version of StatPlot. Or I could just create a dirt simple version of StatPlot. Then the current version becomes the "Advanced" option. Thoughts?

18 points by RobbieStats 17y ago

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RobbieStats 17y ago

I'm interested in any feedback about StatPlot!

Nekojoe 17y ago
How about Sparklines? They're perfect for some sporting data.
- RobbieStats 17y ago
  Could do it pretty easily, but how would you want to use them? For embedding in a website?

jimbokun 17y ago

Get this in front of Bill Simmons immediately. He keeps begging Dork Elvis (Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey) for all of the secret stats that they collect on just about everything that happens in an NBA game. Get the Sports Guy to blog, chat, tweet, or podcast about this, and you'll have more traffic than you know what to do with.

RobbieStats 17y ago
I've tweeted and emailed him. We'll see if he responds...

imp 17y ago

Really cool. Pretty easy to use overall. I plan to play around with it a lot. My feedback is geared towards fantasy football, but here are my thoughts and suggestions: 1. Some stats categories aren't clear. Which one do I select to graph rushing yards allowed per game for a specific team? 2. How do I create a motion chart? I couldn't see how to do that and I didn't find any to copy from. 3. I'll never want to put an image in the background of a graph. 4. Add a category for fantasy points. Just use a simple default scoring system. 5. Can I resize the image or flash graph? I don't like the thumbnail because you can't tell what it is, and I want to be able to embed a graph that's about half the size of the current embedable graphs, like 400 pixels wide. 6. Any thoughts on a simple API? I see that the embedded graphs don't have any parameters. They have to be saved graphs. It would be cool to be able to embed a graph on different player pages by just changing parameters to the graph. For example, I'd like to be able to embed a graph into this page that shows stats for Pierre Thomas last year. http://www.fantasyfootballchatter.com/pierre-thomas http://www.fantasyfootballchatter.com/pierre-thomas. Bonus points if it doesn't require knowing player IDs and is just something like http://statplot.com/graph/nfl/pierre-thomas?cat=rushing-yards http://statplot.com/graph/nfl/pierre-thomas?cat=rushing-yard.... There could be a lot of sites out there that would embed charts if it was easier and didn't require creating an account and saving each one individually.

RobbieStats 17y ago
Great feedback... 1. Pretty common feedback. I need a glossary, but there are so many stats (over a thousand and growing). For "rushing yards allowed per game", you'd want to select Game Offense -> Rushing Yards and Game Opp-Offense -> Rushing Yards. I created an example chart here: http://statplot.com/e/2821 http://statplot.com/e/2821 2. It is under the "Chart Options" section on the left hand side beside the graph. 3. Ok 4. Can you tell me more about what this would include? http://statsheet.com/contact http://statsheet.com/contact 5. Yes, this is also under the Chart Options section. You can set whatever height and width that you want. 6. StatPlot is the free version of a subscription site I'm working on now. I'm creating a service that will allow you to do just what you ask for, but there will be a fee (hopefully reasonable). If you are interested in learning more, let me know. I'm looking for beta testers now. There will be an API.
- imp 17y ago
  Great, thanks for the response. It seems that I missed the entire Chart Options section. I guess my main UI feedback then would be to put those options directly beneath the graph and move the background image stuff somewhere else. Good to know there's more planned. I'll follow up with you on the fantasy points stuff.

fleaflicker 17y ago

it's a great concept but there's a lot there and it's overwhelming. there's definitely a demand for this but the real challenge is presenting sophisticated stats in an easy-to-use manner. i would suggest dumbing down (simplifying) the presentation but not the content. cool idea though.

RobbieStats 17y ago
This is the dumbed down version :-) I know what you mean though. It is a fine line between giving people simplicity and complete flexibility. I've thought about creating niche versions of StatPlot for specific teams. So you if you are a Dallas Cowboys fan, perhaps I could streamline the interface for a Dallas specific version of StatPlot. Or I could just create a dirt simple version of StatPlot. Then the current version becomes the "Advanced" option. Thoughts?