Baseball players' rating system

A baseball players' ratings system to predict the outcome of a team match up comprising:

• a computer device;
• an application having a plurality of performance parameters for compiling baseball players' ratings;
• a plurality of weighting factors for weighting said plurality of performance parameters, wherein said computer device having a processing unit, a memory, a communication interface, an input device, an output device, and a display;
• a ranking database coupled to a ranking processing engine configured for receiving and storing said plurality of performance parameters and said baseball players' ratings;
• wherein said plurality of performance parameters comprise a Batting Average (AVG), On-base Percentage (OBP), Slugging Percentage (SLG), On-base plus Slugging (OPS), Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP), Wins Above Replacement (WAR), and Earned Run Average (ERA);
• wherein said plurality of weighting factors comprise a body of work, a results for performance, a game situation, and a geographical location;
• wherein at least two of said plurality of weighting factors are applied to each of said plurality of performance parameters;
• wherein each of said plurality of performance parameters is normalized using an average of each respective said plurality of performance parameters of a baseball player divided by an average of a multitude of other players' respective said plurality of performance parameters;
• and
• wherein said baseball players' ratings based on the plurality of performance parameters and the plurality of weighting factors is generated by the ranking processing engine in real-time;
• wherein said display displays said plurality of performance parameters and said baseball players' ratings;
• and
• wherein said ranking database stores real time said baseball players' ratings and are provided to the users on said application to predict the outcome of a team match up comprising ranking opposing players using their respective said baseball players' ratings.

A method of rating baseball players to predict the outcome of a team match up, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a computer device and an application having a plurality of performance parameters for compiling a baseball players' ratings, wherein said computer device having a processing unit, a memory, a communication interface, an input device, an output device, and a display;
• receiving and storing said plurality of performance parameters and said baseball players' ratings in a ranking database coupled to a ranking processing engine, wherein said plurality of performance parameters comprise a Batting Average (AVG), On-base Percentage (OBP), Slugging Percentage (SLG), On-base plus Slugging (OPS), Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP), Wins Above Replacement (WAR), and Earned Run Average (ERA);
• weighting said plurality of performance parameters with a plurality of weighting factors, wherein said plurality of weighting factors comprise a body of work, a results for performance, a game situation, and a geographical location;
• applying at least two of said plurality of weighting factors to each of said plurality of performance parameters, wherein a weight of said body of work is from 0.20 to 0.40, a weight of said results for performance is from 0.20 to 0.40, a weight of said game situation is from 0.20 to 0.35, and a weight of said geographical location is from 0.10 to 0.20;
• generating said baseball players' ratings based on the plurality of performance parameters and the plurality of weighting factors in real-time;
• wherein said display displays said plurality of performance parameters and said baseball players' ratings;
• and
• wherein said ranking database stores real time said baseball players' ratings and are provided to the users on said application to predict the outcome of a team match up comprising ranking opposing players using their respective said baseball players' ratings.