Practicing Sabermetrics: Putting the Science of Baseball Statistics to Work

by Michael R. Huber, Gabriel B. Costa, John T. Saccoman, et al.

Book Overview

The past 30 years have seen an explosion in the number and variety of baseball books and articles. Following the lead of pioneers Bill James, John Thorn, and Pete Palmer, researchers have steadily challenged the ways we think about player and team performance--and along the way revised what we thought we knew of baseball history. This book by the authors of Understanding Sabermetrics (2008) goes beyond the explanation of new statistics to demonstrate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786441771
• ISBN13: 9780786441778
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher