Bill James Handbook 2016

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 0879466391
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bill James Handbook 2016 written by Bill James and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first-to-market, most comprehensive, and most fun annual reference guide to the complete lifetime stats on every player in the majors in 2015. New sections include “On the Black” analysis of how often specific pitchers hit the corners of the plate and “Times to First Base” on how fast specific batters get to first on balls in play. And, of course, there will be first projections on what players can be expected to do next season in every facet of the game.

Author : Bill James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780879465452
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Author : Bill James
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 1626812632
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers written by Bill James and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man Newsweek once called “the guru of baseball” offers profiles of top managers, sidebars, statistics, and snapshots of each decade. Widely considered to be one of the greatest minds in the history of the game, Bill James has changed the way we think about the sport of baseball. In this chronicle of field generals, strategists, and occasional cannon fodder, James writes with piercing insight about the men who hold what may be the most important spot in the dugout. For nearly forty years, James has led the vanguard of how we measure the game. From sabermetrics to his Baseball Abstracts, James has influenced even the casual fan all the way up to the top brass. Somewhere in the middle of that spectrum, however, is the manager, and Bill James has penned a guide on some of the most innovative and renowned men to ever hold that position. Some of the game’s greatest managers have been Hall of Fame players who put down a bat and picked up a lineup card: Frank Robinson, Mel Ott, Joe Cronin, Tris Speaker, and Rogers Hornsby. Others have achieved greatness from their ability to assemble legendary teams: Billy Martin, Tommy Lasorda, Connie Mack, Joseph McCarthy, Dick Williams, and Leo Durocher. Here, Bill James explores the history of the manager, and its evolution from 1870–1990, in a decade-by-decade chronicle, examining the successes, the failures, and what baseball fans can learn from both. The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers is a thought-provoking, entertaining, and seminal guide to a vital part of the national pastime, written by one of its most groundbreaking iconoclasts. “A delightful collection that will satisfy baseball fans of all ages.” —Library Journal

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439106932
Total Pages : 1026 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract written by Bill James and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bill James published his original Historical Baseball Abstract in 1985, he produced an immediate classic, hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the “holy book of baseball.” Now, baseball's beloved “Sultan of Stats” (The Boston Globe) is back with a fully revised and updated edition for the new millennium. Like the original, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is really several books in one. The Game provides a century's worth of American baseball history, told one decade at a time, with energetic facts and figures about How, Where, and by Whom the game was played. In The Players, you'll find listings of the top 100 players at each position in the major leagues, along with James's signature stats-based ratings method called “Win Shares,” a way of quantifying individual performance and calculating the offensive and defensive contributions of catchers, pitchers, infielders, and outfielders. And there's more: the Reference section covers Win Shares for each season and each player, and even offers a Win Share team comparison. A must-have for baseball fans and historians alike, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract is as essential, entertaining, and enlightening as the sport itself.

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 141655274X
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Popular Crime written by Bill James and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: 2011. With new addendum.

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 9780345341808
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Baseball Abstract 1987 written by Bill James and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1987-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sam Miller
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1681622661
Total Pages : 2471 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball Prospectus 2016 written by Sam Miller and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 2471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2016 edition of the New York Times Bestselling Guide Welcome to The Show! After 20 All-Star seasons, the creators of this, the 21st edition of the industry-leading Baseball Prospectus annual, could have been content to rest on their laurels. Instead, Baseball Prospectus 2016 contains significant improvements along with the usual key stat categories, player predictions and insider-level commentary that readers expect from Baseball Prospectus’ annual guide. Baseball Prospectus 2016 once again provides fantasy players and insiders alike with prescient PECOTA projections, which Sports Illustrated has called “perhaps the game’s most accurate projection model.” Still, stats are just numbers if you don’t see the larger context, and Baseball Prospectus brings together an elite team of analysts to provide the definitive look at all thirty teams—their players, their prospects and their managers—to explain away flukes, hot streaks, injury-tainted numbers and park effects. Nearly every major-league team has sought the advice of current or former Prospectus analysts, and readers of Baseball Prospectus 2016 will understand what all those insiders have been raving about. In a book that sports personality Ken Tremendous calls “The tip of the nerd spear,” the team at Baseball Prospectus is proud to bring the following improvements to the 2016 Annual: Two full years of projections—PECOTA lines for 2016 and 2017 Historical Peak MPH added for major-league pitchers Deserved Run Average (DRA) added for major-league pitchers cFIP added for major-league and minor-league pitchers Pitcher WARP redesigned, utilizing DRA and cFIP for all pitchers Revised cFIP-driven PECOTA pitching projections Catcher-specific defensive stats for all catchers Double-A and above Outfield assists and catcher defense integrated in FRAA and WARP Ballpark schematic and wall height study for every stadium Hit List, finance, and farm system ranking graphs for each team Every organization’s key front office personnel and Baseball Prospectus alumni identified

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 0879466480
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Handbook 2017 written by Bill James and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill James and the Baseball Info Solutions team of analysts continue to pack in new content, including a fresh look at the continued rise and effectiveness of The Shift and a new breakdown of home runs and long flyouts. And, as always, the book forecasts fresh hitter and pitcher projections for those looking to get an early jump on the next season.

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 0879466561
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Handbook 2018 written by Bill James and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill James and Baseball Info Solutions team of analysts continue to pack in new content, including a fresh look at the continues rise and effectiveness of The Shift and a new breakdown of home runs and long flyouts. And, as always, the book forecasts fresh hitter and pitcher projections for those looking to get an early jump on the next season.

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 0879460261
Total Pages : 1130 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Handbook 2020 written by Bill James and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 1130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-to-market, most comprehensive, insightful, and groundbreaking annual baseball book on the market. A must-have book or gift for every true fan, with lifetime statistics and leader boards for every player in the major leagues and projections for how they might do in the future.