Baseball Register

Bys: Sporting News and STATS INC

With a new, expanded size, this volume provides career stats for every 2004 major and minor league player plus biographical information, transactions, and career notes. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892047453
• ISBN13: 9780892047451
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Sporting News Publishing Co.
• Length: 575 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Baseball Statistics Reference

The Sporting News publishes several outstanding sports statistics books including this one for baseball, and at a very reasonable price. Any information including when and where the player has been in the past, what college he attended, where he was born, and on and on. I follow all professional sports editions, each year, including baseball, football, hockey and basketball.

GREAT BOOK

THIS A PERFECT BOOK FOR THE AVID BASEBALL FAN. TONS OF INFORMATION. WE BUY THE NEW ONE EVERY YEAR. NEVER DISAPPOINTED!

Just what you'd expect

If you're looking for a quick, handy reference guide to current players, this is a pretty good source. Included are the regular season and postseason stats for anyone who appeared in the majors in 2004. Don't expect to see advanced stats like VORP or EqERA, but there are items like lefty-righty batting and pitching breakdowns. For a traditional stats publication, TSN has done a decent job. If you need something with more Sabermetric info, I'd suggest waiting for Prospectus, or using the BP site.

Indispensible!

The plot is lousy but the cast of characters is tremendous! This is the standard reference work used by announcers for those endless trivia games they play with each other and the audience while filling the time taken up by intentional walks and visits to the mound. The Sporting News has sponsored this book for the past umpteen years--I have kept every copy I bought right next to my TV chair for easy reference during the season. Great for finding past players without searching through the hardbound, 5-pound encyclopedia. My copies are well-thumbed.

A very thorough book.

For stat lovers, this is a must. Gives stats on all players plus prospects. Also year end league leading stats. They could improve on a few things - like showing a players slugging average and on-base average, which are much more important than showing how many times a guy turned a double play in the minors.