The Sabermetric Revolution: Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball - Hardcover

Baumer, Benjamin; Zimbalist, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812245725 ISBN 13: 9780812245721

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014

Synopsis

Title: The Sabermetric Revolution( Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball) Binding: Hardcover Author: BenjaminBaumer Publisher: UniversityofPennsylvaniaPress

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From the Author

Daily Beast list of best baseball books 2014. "Former Mets sabermetrician Benjamin Baumer and sports economist Andrew Zimbalist's The Sabermetric Revolution: Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball takes an expert look at the statistical analysis craze, debunking misconceptions and evaluating the role of sabermetrics in the future--no doubt of great interest to future general managers, both real and fantasy league."

"Baumer and Zimbalist provide an interesting case study of the use of statistics by general managers and front office executives. For fans and fantasy leagues, the book is an accessible primer on the real math behind moneyball including new insights into the changing business of baseball."  David Low, The Wesleyan Connection.

sophia.smith.edu/~azimbali/TheSabermetricRevolution.htm

About the Author

Benjamin Baumer is Director of the Program in Statistical and Data Sciences at Smith College. He was formerly the statistical analyst for the baseball operations department of the New York Mets. Andrew Zimbalist is Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College, a frequent sports industry consultant and media commentator, and author of many books, including In the Best Interests of Baseball? Governing the National Pastime.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0812245725
• ISBN 13: 9780812245721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208