When the NBA lockout was resolved last weekend, it was time for players who went overseas to return stateside and prepare for the 2012 season. Well, except for these guys, who failed to secure opt-out clauses when signing with foreign clubs:

Year-by-Year Top-Tens Leaders & Records for Wins Above Replacement - Baseball-Reference.com

We've added a new type of leaderboard to the site. The board is a ten-column grid with the years down the site and top ten across the row. It can give you a quick view of who has dominated a particular category over time.

A couple of features:

1. Mousing over the name shows the player's full name and team played for.
2. Selecting a name from the dropdown just above the player list highlights the players and moves you to the last season the player appears on a top ten.
3. This dropdown will stick to the top of the page as you scroll down, so it is always in easy reach.
4. The dropdown lists the total number of appearances in the top ten.
5. The bottom of the page lists the most common players to appear in each slot. For instance, Ruth led the majors in WAR 9 times and was second 5 more times.

Enjoy.

Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving from the Sports Reference Crew!

1955 American League Season Summary - Baseball-Reference.com

We rolled out a change to the yearly league and team pages that adds a navigation bar to the top of the page as you scroll down.

Here is a screenshot of it in action.

This puts the abundance of options available for teams and leagues always within reach.

Basketball Reference Mobile

We are pleased to announce the launch of Basketball Reference Mobile. There aren't any games going on, but that doesn't mean you won't argue about Kemp or Stoudamire at a bar, or want to find LeBron's best game as a Cav. All that and much, much more is available via our new mobile site. For a full rundown of features, please check out our tutorial.

We've updated the template for our Olympics site and it includes a few improvements. One change is that you can now like and +1 all of the athlete and event pages on the site. This and more will be launching early next week.

PFR Mobile

Use the site in a format specifically designed for use on your iPhone, Android or Blackberry. You can even add a link to your homescreen, just like with an app.

Vote for the GoAT

Join other fans in voting for the best players of all-time.

PFR News & Features

Just because we aren't producing editorial content anymore doesn't mean we aren't adding a lot of new features to the website. We'll be posting all of the updates to the site here and then pushing it out to the main site, our twitter feed, our facebook page and to our old rss feed, so you can keep up on the many improvements we have planned.

MLB Manager of the Year Award Winners

All of the past winners of the Manager of the Year award along with links to their vote totals.