Deconstructing Major League Baseball, 1991-2004 How Statistics Illuminate Individual and Team Performances

Name: Deconstructing Major League Baseball, 1991-2004 How Statistics Illuminate Individual and Team Performances
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ISBN: 9780786425372

ISBN-10: 0786425377

ISBN-13: 9780786425372

Edition: 2006

Authors: William Darby

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Baseball is a readily quantifiable sport, and baseball historians, journalists and front office personnel often use sabermetric statistics to rank the performance of a particular player or team. The reliance on numerical data to explain a cherished pastime often meets with skepticism and confusion. For researchers and for serious fans, however, the truth is in the numbers. Covering almost a decade and a half, this work scrutinizes statistics from both leagues and proves just how useful and straightforward numerical rankings can be. It examines pitching, offense, defense, and competition based on the information reflected in various stats. Many of these figures are explained, simplifying…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 9/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 516
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.002
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Measuring the Majors



Pitching



Offense



Defense



Longevity and Patterns of Competition



Appendices: Performance Records and Statistics



Starting Pitchers' Adjusted Won-Loss Records



Relievers' Shutout Performances vs. Run-Yielding Performances



Leading Closers' Saves and Blown Saves, 1991-2004



Total Offensive Averages



Team Total Offensive Efficiencies



Winning and Losing Teams, Winning Percentages, Average Won-Loss Levels and Runs-Per-Game for Seasonal Offensive Efficiency Levels



Starters' Fielding Averages and Percentages



Double Plays



Errors



Team Fielding Efficiency Percentages



Quarterly Standings in Divisional Races



Won-Lost Records by Run Differentials


Bibliography


Index