The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
of Bill James
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When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the âholy book of baseball.â Now, baseball's beloved âSultan of Statsâ (The Boston Globe) is back with a fully revised and updated edition for the new millennium.Like the original, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is really several books in one. The Game provides a century's worth of American baseball history, told one decade at a time, with energetic facts and figures about How, Where, and by Whom the game was played. In The Players, you'll find listings of the top 100 players at each position in the major leagues, along with James's signature stats-based ratings method called âWin Shares,â a way of quantifying individual performance and calculating the offensive and defensive contributions of catchers, pitchers, infielders, and outfielders. And there's more: the Reference section covers Win Shares for each season and each player, and even offers a Win Share team comparison. A must-have for baseball fans and historians alike, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is as essential, entertaining, and enlightening as the sport itself.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 1024 pages
- Publisher Free Press
- Publication Date June 13th 2003
- First Publication 10/28/85
- Language English
- ISBN 9780743227223
- Edition Not informed
- Category Special Interests
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