Player Win Averages: A Computer Guide to Winning Baseball Players, 1970 Edition

Eldon G Mills; Harlan D Mills

Published by A. S. Barnes, 1970

About this Item

First edition. Clean, bright, and unmarked copy in minimally rubbed original wraps. Scarce early baseball statistics title. "After the 1970 season, two brothers, Eldon and Harlan Mills, unveiled a new approach to baseball statistics: Player Win Averages. Eldon was a retired Air Force colonel and an expert in computer programming and data processing, while Harlan was a professor and mathematics consultant to IBM. What they did was develop a model for calculating win probability as a function of inning, score, and base-out situation and then measure the change for each at-bat during 1969 season for every batter and pitcher. They paid Elias Sports Bureau to enter the data on punch cards and then tallied the results." (SABR).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Player Win Averages: A Computer Guide to Winning Baseball Players, 1970 Edition
• Publisher: A. S. Barnes
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition