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Understanding Sabermetrics: An Introduction to the Science of Baseball Statistics | 
 enlarge | Authors: Gabriel B., Ph.d. Costa, Michael R. Huber, John T. Saccoman
Publisher: McFarland
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 370921
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 190
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0786433884
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357
EAN: 9780786433889
ASIN: 0786433884
Publication Date: December 4, 2007
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Product Description
Born in the 1970s as a radical challenge to traditional baseball statistics, sabermetrics has developed into a new way of understanding many aspects of the game. Its practitioners have created new statistical tools and revised our old ways of thinking about established measures such as the batting average, tactics such as the sacrifice bunt, and even who among the greats was truly great.
This introduction to the basics of sabermetric analysis explains concepts including normalization, peak versus career performance, linear weights and runs created, as well as popular calculations like OPS (On-Base plus Slugging), WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched), PF (Park Factor) and others increasingly used by baseball fans.
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It's great!!! March 16, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Out of all the Sabermetrics books I've read, this exceeds my expectations. I've learned more about the mathematics of baseball. Kudos!!
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