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The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in Franklin, TN
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The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in Franklin, TN
Current price: $40.00
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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 “holy book of baseball.” Now, baseball's beloved “Sultan of Stats”
(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 “Win Shares,” 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,
is as essential, entertaining, and enlightening as the sport itself.
Historical Baseball Abstract
in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the
Chicago Tribune
as the “holy book of baseball.” Now, baseball's beloved “Sultan of Stats”
(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 “Win Shares,” 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,
is as essential, entertaining, and enlightening as the sport itself.
When Bill James published his original
Historical Baseball Abstract
in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the
Chicago Tribune
as the “holy book of baseball.” Now, baseball's beloved “Sultan of Stats”
(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 “Win Shares,” 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,
is as essential, entertaining, and enlightening as the sport itself.
Historical Baseball Abstract
in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the
Chicago Tribune
as the “holy book of baseball.” Now, baseball's beloved “Sultan of Stats”
(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 “Win Shares,” 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,
is as essential, entertaining, and enlightening as the sport itself.
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