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

Keri, Jonah; Baseball Prospectus

ISBN 10: 0465005969 / ISBN 13: 9780465005963

Published by Basic Books, 2006

Seller Inventory # 0465005969-2-21780769

Synopsis:

This is the ultimate guide to the new statistical thinking that's revolutionizing the game of baseball. 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 could employ better strategies, put more effective players on the field, and win more games. The 1970s saw a revolution in baseball statistics, and it's a controversial subject that professionals and fans alike argue over without end. Despite this fundamental change in the way the sport is watched and understood, no-one has ever written the book that reveals, across every area of strategy and management, how the best practitioners of statistical analysis in baseball think about the game. "Baseball Between the Numbers" is that book. In separate chapters covering every aspect of the game - such as hitting, pitching and fielding - the experts at Baseball Prospectus examine the subtle, hidden aspects of the game, bring them out into the open, and show us how various teams could win more games.

About the Author: Baseball Prospectus is the top statistical website in baseball, and is used extensively, in print and on air, by every major broadcaster, magazine and daily newspaper that covers Major League Baseball.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything...
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good