BT-Bill James STATS

by Bill James

Book Overview

The Great American Baseball Stat Book This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345345703
• ISBN13: 9780345345707
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 598 Pages
• Weight: 2.42 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Bill James Presents the Great American Stat Book, 1988

In depth essays on more than half the players on every team's roster for the 1987 season, plus stat splits (home/road, left/right etc) for every player in the league. Meanwhile there's some nifty essays at the back of the book on subjects like quality starts and computers in the dugout. Now 13 years later, the book still reads freshly, and the player essays and splits are a great research tool for Sabrmetricians or baseball essayists of any sort looking for a little extra info on their subject. And, of course, the writing--as in any B James publication--is exciting, uncanny, and appropirately controversial. And did I mention humorous? You'll find good yourself reliving the 1987 season in detail while seeing just how different the game is now from then. And just how similar.