NESSIS Registration: Baseball Musings’ David Pinto points out that NESSIS (the New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports) has opened registration for the 2011 conference.

Batting Average Percentage: Carlos Santana’s low BA and monster Secondary Average (6th in AL) prompted Baseball Musings’ David Pinto to dig up an old Bill James concept that measures what percentage of a player’s offense is based on his batting average alone.

RISP and Runs: At Baseball Musings, David Pinto examined the relationship between RISP plate appearances and scoring.

David Pinto’s Saber Seminar Liveblog: Check out BaseballMusings.com and David Pinto’s Twitter feed for his many updates from this weekend’s Saber Seminar.

Starter and Reliever BABIP: David Pinto of Baseball Musings graphs the average BABIPs for starters vs. relievers since 1974.

Even More on Falling BABIP: Baseball Musings’ David Pinto follows up on his recent research into BABIP trends.

BABIP Update: Yesterday, David Pinto looked at 2011 BABIP relative to full-season historical BABIP averages. Today he updates that by looking at historical seasons through April only.

Hard Throwers: Harder-throwing pitchers isn’t a good explanation for decreased scoring, writes David Pinto at Baseball Musings.

Falling BABIP: Major League BABIP has dropped significantly so far this season, writes David Pinto at Baseball Musings.

An update from David Pinto and Baseball Musings. Link

More from David Pinto of Baseball Musings on the offensive environment in 2011. Link

A historical look at scoring trends (including 2011) from Baseball Musings’ David Pinto. Link

After Josh Beckett’s dominating performance Sunday night, Baseball Musings’ David Pinto takes a look at the pitch data from his decidedly-inferior first start of 2011. Link