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The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract by James, Bill

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Binding
Paperback
Weight
3 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
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ISBN
0743227220

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
0743227220
ISBN-13
9780743227223
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2276464

Product Key Features

Book Title
New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
Number of Pages
1024 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Baseball / History, General, Baseball / Statistics
Publication Year
2003
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Author
Bill James
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
51.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
796.357/0973
Synopsis
When Bill James published his originalHistorical Baseball Abstractin 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by theChicago Tribuneas 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 Abstractis really several books in one.The Gameprovides 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. InThe 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: theReferencesection 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 Abstractis 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, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is as essential, entertaining, and enlightening as the sport itself.

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