Deconstructing Major League Baseball, 1991-2004: How Statistics Illuminate Individual and Team Performances

by William Darby and William Darby

Baseball is a readily quantifiable sport, and baseball historians, journalists and front office personnel often use sabermetric statistics to rank the performance of a particular player or team. To many, these statistics can be intimidating and unwieldy, and the reliance on numerical data to explain a cherished pastime often meets with skepticism and confusion. For researchers and for serious fans, however, the truth is in the numbers, and statistical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786425377
• ISBN13: 9780786425372
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.8" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher