Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong

Jonah Keri, Editor and The Baseball Prospectus Team of Experts

ISBN 10: 0465005969 / ISBN 13: 9780465005963

Published by Basic Books, 2006

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A fascinating look at baseball in a nontraditional methodology. Chapters include: What do Statistics Tell Us About Steroids? How Much Does Coors Field Really Matter? Is There Such a Thing as a Quadruple-A Player? Do Players Perform Better in a Contract Year? Was Joe Torre a Hall of Fame Manger? Was Barry Bonds Better Than Babe Ruth? Did Derek Jeter Deserve a Gold Glove? Both the non price clipped Dust Jacket and the book are in very good plus condition. I have hundreds of books on baseball reference in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465005969
• ISBN 13: 9780465005963
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • baseball reference

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Synopsis

In the numbers-obsessed sport of baseball, statistics don't merely record what players, managers, and owners have done. Properly understood, they can tell us how the teams we root for could employ better strategies, put more effective players on the field, and win more games. The revolution in baseball statistics that began in the 1970s is a controversial subject that professionals and fans alike argue over without end. Despite this fundamental change in the way we watch and understand the sport, no one has written the book that reveals, across every area of strategy and management, how the best practitioners of statistical analysis in baseball-people like Bill James, Billy Beane, and Theo Epstein-think about numbers and the game. Baseball Between the Numbers is that book. In separate chapters covering every aspect of the game, from hitting, pitching, and fielding to roster construction and the scouting and drafting of players, the experts at Baseball Prospectus examine the subtle, hidden aspects of the game, bring them out into the open, and show us how our favorite teams could win more games. This is a book that every fan, every follower of sports radio, every fantasy player, every coach, and every player, at every level, can learn from and enjoy.

About the Author

Baseball Prospectus is the top statistical web site in baseball and is extensively used, in print and on air, by a wide range of major broadcasters, magazines, and daily newspapers that cover Major League Baseball.