The Hidden Game of Baseball : A Revolutionary Approach to Baseball and Its Statistics /

Long before Moneyball became a sensation or Nate Silver turned the knowledge he'd honed on baseball into electoral gold, John Thorn and Pete Palmer were using statistics to shake the foundations of the game. First published in 1984, The Hidden Game of Baseball ushered in the sabermetric revolut...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Thorn, John (Autor, Contribuidor), Palmer, Pete (Autor), Reuther, David (Autor)
Otros Autores: Law, Keith (Contribuidor), Palmer, Peter (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2021]
Temas:
Baseball - Statistics.
Baseball > Miscellanea.
Baseball > Statistics.
Baseball.
SPORTS & RECREATION / General.
baseball, statistics, sports, pro athlete, sabermetrics, probability, strategy, management, bunt, stolen base, babe ruth, hall of fame, greatest, records, wins, rbi, linear weights, pennant, world series, pitching, batting, gloves, bats, ash, win loss percentages, earned run averages, analytics, barry bonds, nonfiction, biography, professional, coach, team, season.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1. The Music of Sphere and Ash
  • 2. What's Wrong with Traditional Baseball Statistics
  • 3. The New Statistics
  • 4. The Linear Weights System
  • 5. There's No Place Like Home
  • 6. The Theory of Relativity and Other Absolute Truths
  • 7. The Good Old Days Are Now
  • 8. The Book . . . and the Computer
  • 9. Rising to the Occasion
  • 10. 44 Percent of Baseball
  • 11. Measuring the Unmeasurable
  • 12. What Makes Teams Win
  • 13. Great Single-Season Performances
  • 14. The Ultimate Baseball Statistic
  • 15. Rumblings in the Pantheon
  • Key to Symbols Used in the Tables
  • Tables
  • Appendix: Top 500 Players of All Time (through 2013)
  • Bibliography

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