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April 2019 graphics

90 matches

Small multiples line chart showing share of CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC coverage mentioning each Democratic presidential candidate by week from January to March 2019.

Charts 2019-04-01

Everybody got less attention last week

From Which 2020 Democrat Got The Most Cable News Attention Last Week? by Dhrumil Mehta

Scatter plot comparing MLB opening day lineups from 1950 to 2019 by average player previous-season Speed Score and Base Running rating, highlighting the 2019 Royals, 2009 Phillies, and 1986 Cardinals.

Charts 2019-04-01

The Royals look really fast on paper

From The Royals Are MLB’s Fastest Team In Years by Neil Paine

Line chart showing share of Democrats, Republicans, and overall respondents supporting a constitutional amendment to eliminate the Electoral College from 2000 to 2018.

Charts 2019-04-02

The popular vote has (barely) popular support

From Abolishing The Electoral College Used To Be A Bipartisan Position. Not Anymore. by Geoffrey Skelley

Dot-and-arrow chart from The Economist showing change in US adults agreeing men who sexually harassed women 20 years ago should keep jobs, by age, sex, and 2016 vote.

Charts 2019-04-03

Hey ladies: Views on sexual harassment and jobs, by age and vote (Nov 2017–Sep 2018)

From Is There Still Room In The Democratic Primary For Biden?

AOPO 2016 map of the United States showing organ procurement organization donation service areas by region, color-coded with abbreviation codes for each DSA.

Maps 2019-04-03

Donation Service Areas - 2016 (AOPO)

From Our Organ Donation System Is Unfair. The Solution Might Be Too. by Maggie Koerth

Bar chart showing the number of poll questions in the FiveThirtyEight database by how many 2020 Democratic presidential candidates were asked about, as of April 3, 2019.

Charts 2019-04-04

Most polls are asking about more than a dozen Democrats

From How The Giant Democratic Primary Field Messes With Polls by Nathaniel Rakich

Scatter plot showing effective field goal percentage vs. assist rate for NCAA men's basketball players at high-major schools in 2018-19, with Cassius Winston highlighted as an outlier.

Charts 2019-04-04

Winston is in a class by himself

From Can Anything Stop Cassius Winston? by Jake Lourim

Scatter plot comparing total win shares vs. average win shares per 48 minutes for the top five picks in each NBA rookie class from 1979 to 2018, with notable years labeled.

Charts 2019-04-04

The 2018 NBA draft class is the best in years

From Why This NBA Rookie Class May Be The Best Of The Century by Jared Dubin

Three calibration scatter plots comparing FiveThirtyEight forecasted probabilities versus actual outcomes for All politics, All sports, and Everything categories.

Charts 2019-04-04

FiveThirtyEight Forecast Calibration: Politics, Sports, Everything

From When We Say 70 Percent, It Really Means 70 Percent by Nate Silver

Scatter plot calibration chart comparing FiveThirtyEight's NBA game win probability forecasts versus actual outcomes for 2015-16 through 2017-18 seasons.

Charts 2019-04-04

NBA games calibration

From When We Say 70 Percent, It Really Means 70 Percent by Nate Silver

A Trump investigations cheatsheet as of April 5, 2019, showing seven investigations with columns for focus, jurisdiction, type, preliminary investigation, charges filed, and lawsuits filed.

Tables 2019-04-05

A Trump Investigations Cheatsheet

From The Mueller Investigation Is Over, But Trump’s Legal Problems Are Not by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

Scatter plot showing favorability ratings for Robert Mueller by party (Democrat blue, Republican red) from mid-2017 to April 2019, highlighting a post-report jump in GOP favorability after March 24, 2019.

Charts 2019-04-05

More Republicans like Mueller now

From What Do Americans Think About The Mueller Investigation Now That It’s Over? by Dhrumil Mehta

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2023 to March 2023 (Day 805), with disapproval at 52.6% and approval at 42.1%.

Charts 2019-04-05

Presidential Approval Ratings: 52.6% Disapprove, 42.1% Approve

From What Do Americans Think About The Mueller Investigation Now That It’s Over? by Dhrumil Mehta

Scatter plot showing 538 Spelling Bee expected win percentages for players ranked 90 to 99, comparing best player first vs best player last strategies.

Charts 2019-04-05

538 Spelling Bee Expected Results

From Does Your Gift Card Still Have Free Drinks On It? by Oliver Roeder

Horizontal bar chart showing gains in isolated power (ISO) over the previous season by average contact rate for MLB batter seasons with at least 100 plate appearances, 2016-18.

Charts 2019-04-05

In today's MLB, contact ability often leads to power gains

From Willians Astudillo Is A Baseball Enigma by Travis Sawchik

Three bar charts showing Willians Astudillo's minor league slugging percentage, batting average, and isolated power from 2009 to 2018, with a note that he sat out 2013 with a knee injury.

Charts 2019-04-05

The most interesting man in baseball is more interesting

From Willians Astudillo Is A Baseball Enigma by Travis Sawchik

Scatter plot of pitch locations for Willians Astudillo as a right-handed batter, color-coded by pitch outcome including balls, strikes, fouls, and hits.

Charts 2019-04-05

Willians Astudillo Pitch Location Chart

From Willians Astudillo Is A Baseball Enigma by Travis Sawchik

Scatter plot showing strikeout rate vs. walk rate for Double-A and Triple-A minor leaguers 2016-18, highlighting Willians Astudillo as an outlier with near-zero strikeout and walk rates.

Charts 2019-04-05

Willians Astudillo is an outlier

From Willians Astudillo Is A Baseball Enigma by Travis Sawchik

Dot density map of Cleveland metro area showing population by race and ethnicity per census tract, with bar charts comparing Shaker Heights and Parma racial composition.

Maps 2019-04-08

Shaker Heights and Parma are demographically distant

From A Tale Of Two Suburbs by Clare Malone

Two maps of Cleveland's metropolitan area showing two-party vote margin by precinct in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections, with bar charts comparing results for Parma and Shaker Heights suburbs.

Maps 2019-04-08

Two suburbs diverged in 2016 — Cleveland metro precinct vote margins

From A Tale Of Two Suburbs by Clare Malone

Small multiples line chart showing share of CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC coverage mentioning each Democratic presidential candidate by week, with Sanders leading at 551 mentions.

Charts 2019-04-08

Cable news talked most about Sanders last week

From Bernie Sanders And Pete Buttigieg Had A Good Week On Cable News by Oliver Roeder, Dhrumil Mehta

Scatter plot comparing expected goals per shot vs. shots per 90 minutes for high-volume shooters in top leagues during the 2018-19 season, highlighting Messi, Ronaldo, and Ziyech.

Charts 2019-04-09

Ziyech isn't afraid of failure

From The JR Smith Of Soccer Is Coming For Cristiano Ronaldo by Ryan O’Hanlon

Scatter plot showing MLB streaks of 40 or more consecutive hitless at-bats among nonpitchers from 1908 to 2019, with Chris Davis highlighted at 46 at-bats.

Charts 2019-04-09

Chris Davis just set a new milestone in futility

From For One Former All-Star, The Hits Stopped Coming by Neil Paine

Scatter plot comparing NHL teams' goals scored and saved per game relative to league average since 2005-06, highlighting the 2019 Lightning as an outlier in the top-right quadrant.

Charts 2019-04-10

Are the Lightning the NHL's best post-lockout team?

From The Lightning’s Historic Dominance Won’t Matter Without A Cup by Terrence Doyle, Neil Paine

Line chart showing share of total news coverage mentioning Bernie Sanders on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC by week from 2015 to 2019, with annotations for key events.

Charts 2019-04-11

Cable news jumped on Sanders's second announcement

From Sanders 2020 Is Off To A Faster Start Than Sanders 2016 by Oliver Roeder

Scatter plot comparing Bernie Sanders' poll numbers versus other Democratic candidates in the 2016 and 2020 primary cycles, with Iowa caucus and nomination markers.

Charts 2019-04-11

Sanders isn't starting from the bottom this time

From Sanders 2020 Is Off To A Faster Start Than Sanders 2016 by Oliver Roeder

Bump chart showing projected playoff seeds for NBA Eastern Conference teams by week from preseason to today, highlighting the Raptors at 1st and Bucks at 2nd.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds according to FiveThirtyEight's NBA projections for Eastern Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing projected playoff seeds for NBA Eastern Conference teams by week from preseason through April 11, with Bucks finishing 1st and Raptors 2nd.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds according to FiveThirtyEight's NBA projections for Eastern Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing projected NBA playoff seeds for Eastern Conference teams by week from preseason to today, highlighting the Hornets, Heat, and Magic near the playoff cutline.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds according to FiveThirtyEight's NBA projections for Eastern Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing projected playoff seeds for NBA Western Conference teams by week from preseason to today, with the Denver Nuggets highlighted at seed 2.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds according to FiveThirtyEight's NBA projections for Western Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing projected playoff seeds for NBA Western Conference teams by week throughout the season, with the Nuggets highlighted ending at seed 2.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds according to FiveThirtyEight's NBA projections for Western Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Bump chart showing projected NBA playoff seeds for Western Conference teams by week from preseason to today, with Warriors highlighted as the 1 seed.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds according to FiveThirtyEight's NBA projections for Western Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Bump chart showing projected playoff seeds for NBA Western Conference teams by week, with the Sacramento Kings highlighted moving from seed 15 to seed 9.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds according to FiveThirtyEight's NBA projections for Western Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing the Washington Wizards' projected playoff seed over the NBA season by week, highlighted among all Eastern Conference teams from preseason to today, ending at seed 4.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds for Eastern Conference teams by week — Wizards highlighted

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing projected playoff seeds for Eastern Conference NBA teams by week, with the Washington Wizards highlighted dropping from 4th to 11th seed over the season.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds for Eastern Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing projected NBA playoff seeds for Eastern Conference teams by week, highlighting the Magic (7th), Hornets (9th), and Heat (10th) relative to the playoff cutline.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds for Eastern Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing the New Orleans Pelicans' projected NBA playoff seed over the season by week, compared to other Western Conference teams, per FiveThirtyEight projections.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds for Western Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing FiveThirtyEight's projected NBA playoff seeds for Western Conference teams by week throughout the season, with the Clippers highlighted in red ending at seed 8.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds for Western Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing projected playoff seeds for Western Conference NBA teams by week, with the Sacramento Kings highlighted rising from 15th to 9th seed over the season.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds for Western Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing projected NBA playoff seeds for Western Conference teams by week, with the New Orleans Pelicans highlighted dropping from 8th to 13th seed over the season.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds for Western Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing the LA Clippers' projected playoff seed by week from preseason to today, per FiveThirtyEight NBA projections for Western Conference teams.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds for Western Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing projected playoff seeds for NBA Western Conference teams by week from preseason through April 11, with Warriors holding the top seed throughout.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds for Western Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing the Lakers' projected NBA playoff seed by week throughout the season, tracking their position from preseason to today among Western Conference teams.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds for Western Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing projected playoff seeds for Western Conference NBA teams by week, with the Lakers highlighted in purple ending at seed 10.

Charts 2019-04-11

Projected playoff seeds for Western Conference teams, by week

From The Story Of The NBA Regular Season In 9 Charts by Ella Koeze, Neil Paine

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2023 to March 2023 Day 812, with disapprove at 52.8% and approve at 41.9%.

Charts 2019-04-12

Presidential Approval Ratings: 52.8% Disapprove, 41.9% Approve

From What Happens If Biden Doesn’t Run — Or Flops? by Perry Bacon Jr

Dot plot showing the probability of exactly k drinks remaining out of 50 on the other card, with probability on y-axis and k on x-axis, showing a declining distribution.

Charts 2019-04-12

Prob(exactly k drinks out of 50 left on the other card)

From How Many Times A Day Is A Broken Clock Right? by Oliver Roeder

Dual bar chart showing MLB contract extensions in total years and billions of dollars per month from 2008 to April 2019, highlighting a spike in March 2019.

Charts 2019-04-12

Everyone got a contract extension this spring

From What’s Behind MLB’s Bizarre Spike In Contract Extensions? by Travis Sawchik

Line chart showing Tiger Woods's Official World Golf Ranking by career week from 1994 to 2019, illustrating his rise to 1st, decline to 700s, and return to 12th.

Charts 2019-04-14

Tiger's return from the depths is complete

From Tiger Woods Completes His Staggering Career Comeback by Josh Planos, Neil Paine

Small multiples line chart showing share of CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC coverage mentioning each Democratic presidential candidate by week, with Sanders leading at 664 mentions.

Charts 2019-04-15

Cable news talked most about Sanders last week

From Buttigieg Was The Second-Most-Mentioned Candidate On Cable Last Week. Sanders Was The First. by Oliver Roeder, Dhrumil Mehta

Dot plot showing the partisan divide between Democrats and Republicans on five statements about women in society, comparing 2016 and 2018 survey responses.

Charts 2019-04-16

The partisan divide on women in society has grown

From Are Americans More Divided On #MeToo Issues? by Meredith Conroy

Table showing 2020 Democratic presidential candidates ranked by campaign burn rate, with columns for total raised, total spent, cash on hand, and burn rate percentage with bar indicators.

Tables 2019-04-17

2020 Democratic Candidates Ranked by Campaign Burn Rate

From Who Is Winning The Fundraising Primary So Far?

Bubble chart showing Bernie Sanders raised $20,688,027 with 73.9% from small donors, illustrated with proportional circles and his portrait.

Other 2019-04-17

Bernie Sanders Fundraising Breakdown by Donor

From Who Is Winning The Fundraising Primary So Far?

Bubble chart showing Pete Buttigieg's $7,091,224 in campaign donations broken down by donor size: 64% small donors and 36% big donors.

Other 2019-04-17

Pete Buttigieg Donor Breakdown – $7,091,224

From Who Is Winning The Fundraising Primary So Far?

UEFA Champions League 2018-19 season table showing team ratings and round-by-round probabilities for Liverpool, Barcelona, Ajax, and Tottenham, updated April 17, 2019.

Tables 2019-04-17

UEFA Champions League 2018-19 Round-by-Round Probabilities

From With Manchester City Out, The New Champions League Favorite Is … by Terrence Doyle

Line chart showing daily itemized contributions to Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign spiking sharply after CNN's town hall in late March 2019.

Charts 2019-04-18

Buttigieg fundraising boom began after CNN's town hall

From Silver Bulletpoints: We’ve Got Your Backlash To The Buttigieg Backlash by Nate Silver

Line chart comparing relative cable news coverage and Google search traffic for Pete Buttigieg from January through April, showing media coverage lagged public interest.

Charts 2019-04-18

The Buttigieg media coverage lagged public interest

From Silver Bulletpoints: We’ve Got Your Backlash To The Buttigieg Backlash by Nate Silver

Dot-and-line chart showing how many years after charges pardons occurred across special and independent counsel investigations since 1979, including Iran-Contra, Whitewater, Mike Espy, and others.

Charts 2019-04-18

Pardons happen, but they usually come much later

From Is The Mueller Report A BFD?

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2023 to March 2023 day 819, with disapprove at 53.0% and approve at 42.0%.

Charts 2019-04-19

Presidential Approval Ratings: 53.0% Disapprove, 42.0% Approve (Day 819)

From Roy Moore Leads A New Poll In Alabama, But His Advantage May Not Last by Nathaniel Rakich

Small multiples histogram chart showing degrees of separation from Virginia for 2018-19 transitive national champions, broken down by college basketball conference.

Charts 2019-04-19

Degrees of Separation from Virginia — 2018-19 Transitive National Champions

From What Comes After 840? The Answer May Surprise You. by Oliver Roeder

Two bar charts showing transitive champions by level for men (blue, levels 1-8) and women (green, levels 1-25) in tennis or similar sport.

Charts 2019-04-19

Men's and Women's Transitive Champions by Level

From What Comes After 840? The Answer May Surprise You. by Oliver Roeder

Partial table showing NBA player statistics including minutes and plus/minus values for players like Mike Scott, Boban Marjanovic, and others.

Tables 2019-04-19

Philadelphia 76ers Player Stats Table (partial)

From The Biggest Surprises From The First Week Of The NBA Playoffs

Horizontal bar chart showing the share of early-state Democratic activists who said they would not consider supporting each 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate, with Gabbard and Sanders highest.

Charts 2019-04-22

Many early-state activists don't want Gabbard or Sanders

From We Asked Democratic Activists Who They’re Backing — And Who They’d Hate To See Win by Seth Masket

Histogram showing share of House Democrats in the 115th Congress by DW-Nominate ideology score, with Seth Moulton's bin highlighted as moderate.

Charts 2019-04-22

Seth Moulton has a moderate voting record

From How Seth Moulton Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary by Nathaniel Rakich

Shot chart showing Russell Westbrook's field goal attempts during the 2018-19 NBA Playoffs, with dots colored by FG% vs league average and sized by frequency.

Charts 2019-04-22

FGA for Westbrook, Russell during the 2018-19 Playoffs

From It’s Time To Talk About Russell Westbrook by Chris Herring

Scatter plot showing fastball velocity vs. release extension for every MLB pitcher in 2017-18, with Tyler Glasnow highlighted as an outlier at high velocity and high extension.

Charts 2019-04-22

Tyler Glasnow's fastball looks even faster

From How The Rays Are Surprising Baseball Again by Travis Sawchik

Spray chart of Yandy Diaz's batted ball locations on a baseball field diagram, with colored dots indicating hit types including doubles, field outs, home runs, singles, and more.

Charts 2019-04-22

Yandy Diaz Spray Chart

From How The Rays Are Surprising Baseball Again by Travis Sawchik

Scatter plot showing average exit velocity by average launch angle for every MLB batter in 2017-18, with Yandy Diaz highlighted as having high exit velocity but very low launch angle.

Charts 2019-04-22

Yandy Diaz's power was getting buried

From How The Rays Are Surprising Baseball Again by Travis Sawchik

Small multiples line chart showing share of CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC coverage mentioning each Democratic presidential candidate by week from January to April 2019, with Sanders leading at 969 mentions.

Charts 2019-04-22

Sanders remains on top, thanks in part to Fox News

From Fox News Can’t Stop Talking About Bernie Sanders by Dhrumil Mehta

Scatter plot showing candidates' average poll support the year before presidential primaries versus their share of the national primary vote from 1972-2016, with trend lines for first and second half of year polls.

Charts 2019-04-24

Early polls are good indicators of how primaries will go

From We Analyzed 40 Years Of Primary Polls. Even Early On, They’re Fairly Predictive. by Geoffrey Skelley

S-curve chart showing how candidates' average poll support the year before primaries correlates with their chance of winning the nomination, 1972-2016, for first and second half of year polls.

Charts 2019-04-24

Even the earliest polls tell us a lot about who might win

From We Analyzed 40 Years Of Primary Polls. Even Early On, They’re Fairly Predictive. by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart showing the average dollar amount wagered on Jeopardy Daily Double questions from 2001 to 2018, with a trend line rising from about $2.25k to $2.45k.

Charts 2019-04-24

Contestants are doubling down on Daily Double wagers

From The Man Who Solved ‘Jeopardy!’ by Oliver Roeder

Line chart showing the average pick order position when a Daily Double is selected in Jeopardy rounds from 2001 to 2018, with a declining trend from 17th to around 16th.

Charts 2019-04-24

Daily Doubles are uncovered earlier in rounds

From The Man Who Solved ‘Jeopardy!’ by Oliver Roeder

Heat map grid showing frequency of Daily Double locations on a Jeopardy board, based on games from Nov. 26, 2001 through June 6, 2018, with counts displayed in gold numbers on blue cells.

Charts 2019-04-24

Where are Daily Doubles located?

From The Man Who Solved ‘Jeopardy!’ by Oliver Roeder

Scatter plot showing implied win probabilities for first-round NHL playoff winners since 1989, highlighting the 2018-19 season including the Columbus Blue Jackets as an upset.

Charts 2019-04-24

This year's NHL playoffs are more chaotic than usual

From Apparently The Regular Season Is Irrelevant In The NHL by Josh Planos

Line chart showing chance of winning presidential nomination vs. average poll support for well-known and not-well-known candidates, with Biden and Sanders marked.

Charts 2019-04-25

Biden's early polls suggest a decent shot of winning

From How Joe Biden Could Win The 2020 Democratic Primary by Nate Silver

Scatter plot with trend lines showing mock draft pick positions for D.K. Metcalf and A.J. Brown from April 2018 through April 2019, illustrating Brown's falling draft stock.

Charts 2019-04-25

A.J. Brown's draft stock has fallen

From We Looked At Almost 2,000 Mock NFL Drafts. Here’s What We Learned. by Josh Hermsmeyer

Scatter plot with trend lines showing NFL mock draft pick positions for Noah Fant and TJ Hockenson from April 2018 through April 2019, with Hockenson surging and Fant holding steady.

Charts 2019-04-25

Hockenson is surging while Fant is holding on

From We Looked At Almost 2,000 Mock NFL Drafts. Here’s What We Learned. by Josh Hermsmeyer

Scatter plot with trend lines showing mock NFL draft pick positions for Quinnen Williams and Josh Allen from April 2018 through April 2019, both converging near the top 10.

Charts 2019-04-25

Williams and Allen seem to be locks for the top 10

From We Looked At Almost 2,000 Mock NFL Drafts. Here’s What We Learned. by Josh Hermsmeyer

Line chart showing presidential approval and disapproval ratings over time from January 2023 to March 2023 day 826, with disapprove at 53.1% and approve at 41.5%.

Charts 2019-04-26

Presidential Approval Ratings: 53.1% Disapprove, 41.5% Approve

From 16 Candidates Now Qualify For The First Democratic Primary Debates by Geoffrey Skelley

S-curve chart showing chance of winning presidential nomination vs average poll support for well-known and not-well-known candidates, with Biden and Warren marked.

Charts 2019-04-26

Biden's early polls suggest a decent shot of winning

From Silver Bulletpoints: I’m Revising My 2020 Tiers To Better Match The Polling by Nate Silver

Scatter plot showing wRC+ by age for hitters in Double-A and Triple-A from 2010-18, highlighting Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s exceptional Double-A performance at age 19 in 2018.

Charts 2019-04-26

No teenage hitter has dominated recently like Vlad Jr. did

From Vlad Jr. Is Here. It’s About Time. by Travis Sawchik

Scatter plot showing usage rate vs. minutes per game for NBA players in 2018-19, highlighting James Harden as highest usage and PJ Tucker as most-used unused player.

Charts 2019-04-29

Tucker is the most-used unused player

From P.J. Tucker Does More For The Rockets By Doing Less. A Lot Less. by Owen Phillips

Line chart showing the share of Americans who say immigrants strengthen the country versus those who say immigrants are a burden from 1994 to 2019.

Charts 2019-04-30

More Americans say immigrants strengthen society

From Can Democrats Win On Immigration Policy In 2020? by Geoffrey Skelley

Line chart comparing cumulative Jeopardy winnings by game number for James Holzhauer (April–April 2019) and Ken Jennings (June–November 2004), showing Holzhauer outpacing Jennings's record pace.

Charts 2019-04-30

Holzhauer is outpacing Jennings

From The Battle For ‘Jeopardy!’ Supremacy by Oliver Roeder

Scatter plot comparing Daily Double wager vs. cash in hand for Jeopardy players James Holzhauer and Ken Jennings, showing Holzhauer consistently bets more boldly.

Charts 2019-04-30

Holzhauer makes bolder bets

From The Battle For ‘Jeopardy!’ Supremacy by Oliver Roeder

Soccer pitch diagram showing change in share of Messi's pass receptions by pitch area from 2014-16 seasons to 2017-18, with color-coded percentage point changes.

Other 2019-04-30

Messi is receiving in deeper and more central areas

From Messi Is More Dominant Than Ever — And Barcelona Is More Dependent by Michael Caley

Two scatter plot diagrams showing Messi's shot attempts outside the penalty area in La Liga and Champions League matches comparing 2015-17 seasons to 2017-19 seasons, with orange dots for goals and teal for misses.

Charts 2019-04-30

Messi is taking more shots outside the box

From Messi Is More Dominant Than Ever — And Barcelona Is More Dependent by Michael Caley

Bubble chart showing AL East MLB team pitchers plotted by a metric around 40-60, with blue and pink bubbles representing different pitcher types, and Snell labeled for the Rays.

Charts 2019-04-30

AL East Pitcher Distribution Chart

From See How Our Pitcher Ratings Have Changed Since Opening Day by Neil Paine

Bubble chart showing AL West MLB teams' pitcher performance, with each bubble representing a pitcher and Verlander labeled as an outlier for the Astros.

Charts 2019-04-30

AL West Pitcher Performance Chart

From See How Our Pitcher Ratings Have Changed Since Opening Day by Neil Paine

Scatter plot showing Cleveland Indians players positioned by score, with division average and team score reference lines marked by dotted vertical lines.

Charts 2019-04-30

Cleveland Indians Player Scores vs. Division Average

From See How Our Pitcher Ratings Have Changed Since Opening Day by Neil Paine