The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2006

The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2006
Author: ACTA Publications
Publisher:
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780879463083

The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2006 is a comprehensive analysis of the entire 2005 MLB season from the first pitch to the last out, including a breakdown of the playoffs and World Series.

The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2008

The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2008
Author: Bryan Tsao
Publisher: ACTA Publications
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2007-11
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780879463410

A comprehensive analysis of the entire 2007 baseball season from the first pitch to the last out, including a breakdown of the post season and the World Series. Key features include: ? Reviews of how 2005 played out in each of baseball's six divisions ? An in-depth look at the minor leagues ? Detailed team stats and graphs ? Team-by-team individual hitting and fielding numbers ? A postseason and World Series round up

Trading Bases

Trading Bases
Author: Joe Peta
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2014-03-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0451415175

An ex–Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics and beat the Vegas odds with his own betting methods. Here is the story of how Joe Peta turned fantasy baseball into a dream come true. Joe Peta turned his back on his Wall Street trading career to pursue an ingenious—and incredibly risky—dream. He would apply his risk-analysis skills to Major League Baseball, and treat the sport like the S&P 500. In Trading Bases, Peta takes us on his journey from the ballpark in San Francisco to the trading floors and baseball bars of New York and the sportsbooks of Las Vegas, telling the story of how he created a baseball “hedge fund” with an astounding 41 percent return in his first year. And he explains the unique methods he developed. Along the way, Peta provides insight into the Wall Street crisis he managed to escape: the fragility of the midnineties investment model; the disgraced former CEO of Lehman Brothers, who recruited Peta; and the high-adrenaline atmosphere where million-dollar sports-betting pools were common.

The Bill James Handbook 2007

The Bill James Handbook 2007
Author: Bill James
Publisher: ACTA Publications
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2006-11
Genre: Baseball
ISBN: 0879463112

This annual baseball reference guide includes pitcher projections, base running analysis, hitter projections, team efficiency summaries, player win-shares, manager's records, and more.

100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
Author: Triumph Books
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2021-06-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1641256567

The essential, trusted guide to the Los Angeles Dodgers, including the 2020 World Series! With traditions, records, and team lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Dodgers fan should know. This guide to all things Dodgers covers the team's history in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, the incredible legacy of Jackie Robinson, memories from Ebbets Field, Dodger Adult Baseball Camp, and why fans think the Dodgers invented the high-five. This World Series Edition also features new entries on the team's unforgettable 2020 championship season, including stars like Clayton Kershaw, Mookie Betts, and Corey Seager.Lifelong Dodgers fan and author Jon Weisman has collected every essential piece of Dodgers knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist for fans of all ages.

The Hardball Times Baseball Annual

The Hardball Times Baseball Annual
Author:
Publisher: ACTA Publications
Total Pages: 1
Release: 2006-11
Genre: Baseball
ISBN: 0879463120

A comprehensive analysis of the entire 2006 baseball season from the first pitch to the last out, including a breakdown of the post season and the World Series. Key features include: Reviews of how 2005 played out in each of baseball's six divisions, An in-depth look at the minor leagues, Detailed team stats and graphs, Team-by-team individual hitting and fielding numbers, A postseason and World Series round up.

Player Won-Lost Records in Baseball

Player Won-Lost Records in Baseball
Author: Tom Thress
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2017-08-23
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1476629234

Baseball analysts often criticize pitcher win-loss records as a poor measure of pitcher performance, as wins are the product of team performance. Fans criticize WAR (Wins Above Replacement) because it takes in theoretical rather than actual wins. Player won-lost records bridge the gap between these two schools of thought, giving credit to all players for what they do--without credit or blame for teammates' performance--and measuring contributions to actual team wins and losses. The result is a statistic of player value that quantifies all aspects of individual performance, allowing for robust comparisons between players across different positions and different seasons. Using play-by-play data, this book examines players' won-lost records in Major League Baseball from 1930 through 2015.

Evaluating Baseball's Managers

Evaluating Baseball's Managers
Author: Chris Jaffe
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2010-03-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786457430

This ambitious study of major league managers since the formation of the National League applies a sabermetric approach to gauging their performance and tendencies. Rather than focusing solely on in-game tactical decisions, it also analyzes broader, off-the-field management issues such as handling players, fans, and media, enforcing team rules, working with the front office, and balancing pressure versus performance.

Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame

Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame
Author: Steven R. Greenes
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1476672687

Since 1971, 35 Negro League baseball players and executives have been admitted to the Hall of Fame. The Negro League Hall of Fame admissions process, which has now been conducted in four phases over a 50-year period, can be characterized as idiosyncratic at best. Drawing on baseball analytics and surveys of both Negro League historians and veterans, this book presents an historical overview of NLHOF voting, with an evaluation of whether the 35 NL players selected were the best choices. Using modern metrics such as Wins Above Replacement (WAR), 24 additional Negro Leaguers are identified who have Hall of Fame qualifications. Brief biographies are included for HOF-quality players and executives who have been passed over, along with reasons why they may have been excluded. A proposal is set forth for a consistent and orderly HOF voting process for the Negro Leagues.

Handbook of Statistical Methods and Analyses in Sports

Handbook of Statistical Methods and Analyses in Sports
Author: Jim Albert
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2017-02-03
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1498737374

This handbook will provide both overviews of statistical methods in sports and in-depth treatment of critical problems and challenges confronting statistical research in sports. The material in the handbook will be organized by major sport (baseball, football, hockey, basketball, and soccer) followed by a section on other sports and general statistical design and analysis issues that are common to all sports. This handbook has the potential to become the standard reference for obtaining the necessary background to conduct serious statistical analyses for sports applications and to appreciate scholarly work in this expanding area.