Baseball GPA: A New Statistical Approach to Performance and Strategy

By David P. Gerard

Gross Productivity Average, or GPA, is a new baseball statistic that measures performance. Accounting for the effect that each plate appearance or baserunning play has on scoring opportunities, it is reported on a scale similar to that for batting average, making it easy for the average fan to understand.

Beginning with a detailed explanation of the statistic and its derivation, the book identifies, in Part II, historical patterns in league-average GPA (even the steroids effect is quantified). Practical applications are then explored, as GPA is used in Part III to settle long-running arguments about strategy and in Part IV to reassess players and awards voting from 1952 to 2012.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786472561
• ISBN13: 9780786472567
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher