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The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Everything Eagles: Math professor, alumnus pitch in with Quality of Pitch metric

Before MLB relief pitcher Blake Treinen turned his career around and became an All-Star with the Oakland Athletics, his QOPA score, based on a formula devised by mathematics professor Jason Wilson and alumnus Jarvis Greiner, rated him on an elite level.
The Quality of Pitch database has brought a new perspective to the study of the national pastime.
Austin Green, Managing Editor • April 1, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Mar. 28, 2019). Associate professor of mathematics Jason Wilson never cared deeply for baseball. When I discussed the career achievements of some famous Major League Baseball pitchers with Wilson recently, he knew little about them without consulting...