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The Bill James Handbook 2007 | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill James
Publisher: ACTA Sports
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 366353
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 467
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7 x 1.1
ISBN: 0879463112
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780879463113
ASIN: 0879463112
Publication Date: November 2006
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Product Description
Simply put, The Bill James Handbook 2007 is the best and most complete annual baseball reference guide available today. It includes informative introductions to the different sections and an extensive glossary that includes explanations and even mathematical formulae for the multitude of statistics now used in baseball--many of them developed by Bill James himself. This book contains a myriad of stats on every hit, pitch and catch in Major League Baseball's 2006 season.
New and key features include:
Fielding Bible Defensive Awards - NEW
Manufactured Runs Analysis - NEW
Manager's Record - IMPROVED & EXPANDED
Baserunning Analysis - IMPROVED
Career data for every 2006 major leaguer
Pitcher Projections
Hitter Projections
Team Efficiency Summary
Player Win Shares
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 Bill James Handbook 2007 April 10, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the second year in a row that I purchased the Bill James Handbook (which should say something about what I thought of the 2006 edition). If you're looking for some interesting baseball stats, the Bill James Baseball Handbook offers a number of them. From career statistics to performance vs left/right pitchers to ballpark factors to managerial tendencies, the handbook has a lot to offer. And there is much. much more included in the book.
If baseball is your game, and statistics are something you enjoy, I highly recommend the Bill James Handbook 2007.
 Pre-Season Preparation April 10, 2007
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Keep this handbook next to you while you're watching baseball games. These statistics will get you ready for the season.
More Words from the Guru April 5, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
A useful reference tool which never leaves my side when watching baseball games. Don't know what Bill James gets paid to contribute his name to the book , but it would be nice if he'd consider at least one essay on the state of the game or his current statistical question and answer.
 Don't Disrespect Ty March 25, 2007
9 out of 39 found this review helpful
This book should be entitled "The Bill James Steroid-Era Handbook." The projections he makes are meaningless, because they are for players whose careers are steroid-driven and enhanced by jackrabbit baseballs. The baseball encyclopedias of the future should separate the Steroid Era from regular, normal baseball; thus, two separate historical record books:(1)19th century to circa 1990, and (2)a separate book that chronicles players post-1990. Consequently, in the pre-1990 book you'll see under "Career Home Run Leaders" the name "Henry Aaron" and the number 755 atop the list, whereas under the same heading in the "Great Steroid Era Encyclopedia" you'll see the name "Joe Blow" and 3,481, or whatever it will eventually be.
Another problem with Bill James (often seen in his all-time player ratings) is that he is too subjective and continually demeans the performances of those he dislikes - Ty Cobb, Joe Dimaggio, Rogers Hornsby, Joe Jackson - while overrating his personal favorites. A more realistic ranking, in order, of the all-time greatest position players would be as follows:
!) Ty Cobb
2) Babe Ruth
3) Willie Mays
4) Ted Williams
5) Joe Dimaggio
6) Honus Wagner
7) Rogers Hornsby
8) Lou Gehrig
9) Henry Aaron
10) Stan Musial
11) Mickey Mantle
12) George Sisler
13) Jimmy Foxx
14) Frank Robinson
15) Tris Speaker
16) Roberto Clemente
17) Nap Lajoie
18) Joe Jackson
I stop at eighteen simply because these players are the best - the very best - of the Pre-Steroid Era, and anyone else is a slight step down from these men. Thus, great as were Yaz, Al Simmons, Mel Ott, Pete Rose, Ernie Banks, Hank Greenberg, Jackie Robinson, Charlie Gehringer, Willie McCovey, Al Kaline, and Johnny Bench, they are not quite at the same level as the first eighteen.
It would be difficult to so assess the greatest players of the Great Steroid Era simply because they've not finished their careers, but whatever their final legacy, it should be circumscribed by the new age of enhancers in which they played and their records segregated from those of the Pre-Steroid Era.
Bill James is the Best but... January 9, 2007
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
The Handbook is great and comes out before the holidays which makes it available for gifting so also great. There is plenty of terrific stuff here: All the player's career records, excellent fielding evaluations thanks to Info Solutions which monitors every play. (-- that's right every play. These diligent and pale people sacrifice their lives so you don't have to.) There are also James' innovative Win Shares (although I wish they would include them with the career records) and his speculations on final career numbers--3000 hits, 500 homeruns etc. There is a ton of information on 2006 batting and pitching leaders , career data on the managers, evaluations of each ballpark and much more. There are hours of enjoyable perusing for those of us who find this stuff fascinating.
The but, and it is a considerable one, is that because the book comes out at such an early date that it does not include playoff or World Series records. Nor does it include these stats in the career records of the players. This is a pretty major omission for such an inclusive book. To have this information you must get The Sporting News version of the same book. I prefer the James book because of the James stuff but The Sporting News version also has trade and free agent histories as well as complete minor league records. For this reason I alternate season to season purchasing one of the books. This year I purchased the James and I'm loving it.
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