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Baseball's all-time best hitters : how statistics can level the playing field /

Tony Gwynn is the greatest hitter in the history of baseball. That's the conclusion of this engaging and provocative analysis of baseball's all-time best hitters. Michael Schell challenges the traditional list of all-time hitters, which places Ty Cobb first, Gwynn 16th, and includes just 8...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schell, Michael J., 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey ; West Sussex, England : Princeton University Press, 1999.
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  • Cover; BASEBALL'S ALL-TIME BEST HITTERS; Title; Copyright ; Dedication ; CONTENTS; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Technical Notes; Preface ; Introduction: In the Dugout ; PART I The Method ; 1 On Deck with the Qualifying Players; 2 First Base
  • Adjusting for Late Career Declines; 3 Second Base -Adjusting for Hitting Feasts and Famines; 4 Third Base
  • Adjusting for League Batting Talent; 5 Home -Adjusting for Ballpark; PART II The Findings; 6 The Adjusted Top 100 Hitters; 7 Top Hitters by Position; 8 Best Single-Season Batting Averages; 9 The Ballparks; 10 On Base Percentage.
  • 11 The Hall of Fame12 Where Would the Current Stars Rank?; Afterword: Post-Game Wrap-Up; Appendix I Abbreviations and Glossary; Appendix II Right- vs. Left-Handed Hitting; Appendix III League Batting Averages; Appendix IV Ballpark Effect Batting Averages; Appendix V League Base on Balls Averages; References; Index.