Rany Jazayerli (born June 14, 1975) is a Chicago-area dermatologist and co-founder of and writer for Baseball Prospectus.
He developed the statistical concept of Pitcher Abuse Points (PAP), which relates to high pitch counts in baseball.
In 2001, Keith Woolner came up with an alternative measure, termed PAP3, which has served as the basic pitcher use statistic reported on the BP website since then.
[4] Jazayerli has written political opinion pieces, especially on topics of interest to American Muslims, for The Washington Post, The Ringer and his own website, Rany on the Royals.
[5][6][7] Shortly after the September 11 attacks, the murder of Balbir Singh Sodhi, Mark Anthony Stroman's shooting spree in Dallas and several other hate crimes against Muslims in the United States, Jazayerli wrote a “plea for tolerance” on ESPN.com’s "Page 2.