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The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

by Bill James, Rush, Otis, Guy, Buddy, Reed, Jimmy, King, Freddy, Wells, Junior, Bland, Bobby, King, Earl, Kid Thomas, James, Elmore, James, Betty, Parker, Junior, Dr. Feelgood, Hooker, John Lee, Parker, Bobby, Cobbs, Willie, Allen, Ricky, Frost, Frank, Bo Diddley, Kittrell, Christine, Williamson, Sonny Boy, Fortune, Jesse, Taylor, Little Johnny, Howlin' Wolf, Davis, James Thunderbird, Tucker, Tommy, Lee, Frankie, King, B. B., Shaw, Timmy, Desanto, Sugar Pie, Thomas, Rufus, Harpo, Slim, Taylor, Koko, Little Milton, Taylor, Johnnie, Pickett, Wilson, King, Albert, James, Etta, Carter, Clarence, Rhodes, Sonny, Davis, Tyrone, Magic Sam, Leavy, Calvin, Hawkins, Ronnie, Mack, Lonnie, Winter, Johnny, Bloomfield, Michael, Hammond, John, Taj Mahal, (musician), Animals (musical Group), Manfred Mann (musical Group), Pretty Things (musical Group), Yardbirds (musical Group), Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bluesbreakers (musical Group), South Side Band, Spencer Davis Group, Ten Years After (musical Group), Savoy Brown (musical Group), Canned Heat (musical Group), Big Brother & The Holding Co. (musical Group), Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (musical Group), Jeff Beck Group, Bear Family Records

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756 pages2010Simon and SchusterISBN 9781439106938
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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.

Publication Details

Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published
2010
Pages
756
ISBN
9781439106938
Language
en

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