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The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 1626812632
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (268 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

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439106932
Total Pages : 1026 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 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.

The Bill James Baseball Abstract 1987

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 9780345341808
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (418 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:

The Bill James Handbook

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780879463403
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (634 download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Handbook written by Bill James and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most complete annual baseball references available, this updated guidebook includes informative introductions to its different sections and an extensive glossary that features explanations and a multitude of statistics.

The Bill James Handbook 2019

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 0879460253
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Handbook 2019 written by Bill James and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2018-11-02 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.

The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439103771
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers written by Bill James and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preeminent baseball analyst Bill James and ESPN.com baseball columnist Rob Neyer compile information on pitches and their origins, nearly two thousand pitchers, and more in this comprehensive guide. Pitchers, the pitches they throw, and how they throw them—they’re the stuff of constant scrutiny, but there's never been anything like a comprehensive source for such information…until now. Bill James and Rob Neyer spent over a decade compiling the centerpiece of this book, the Pitcher Census, which lists specific information for nearly two thousand pitchers, ranging throughout the history of professional baseball. Their guide also includes a dictionary describing virtually every known pitch, biographies of great pitchers who have been overlooked, and top ten lists for fastballs, spitballs, and everything in between. James and Neyer also weigh in on the debate over pitcher abuse and durability, offer a formula for predicting the Cy Young Award winner, and reveal James’s Pitcher Codes. Learn about the origins and development of baseball’s most important pitches and more knuckleballers and submariners than you ever thought existed! Baseball’s action always starts with the pitchers. Begin to understand them and join in on entertaining debates while having a great deal of fun with the history of the game that captivates so many with this one-of-a-kind guide.

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

Author : Michael Lewis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393066231
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game written by Michael Lewis and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-03-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This delightfully written, lesson-laden book deserves a place of its own in the Baseball Hall of Fame." —Forbes Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis follows the low-budget Oakland A's, visionary general manager Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball theorists. They are all in search of new baseball knowledge—insights that will give the little guy who is willing to discard old wisdom the edge over big money.

Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439108374
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame written by Bill James and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1995-04-06 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing about the merits of players is the baseball fan's second favorite pastime and every year the Hall of Fame elections spark heated controversy. In a book that's sure to thrill--and infuriate--countless fans, Bill James takes a hard look at the Hall, probing its history, its politics and, most of all, its decisions.

The Bill James Handbook 2007

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 0879463112
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Handbook 2007 written by Bill James and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual baseball reference guide includes pitcher projections, base running analysis, hitter projections, team efficiency summaries, player win-shares, manager's records, and more.

Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders

Author : Rob Neyer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416592148
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders written by Rob Neyer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BLOOPER: BALL SQUIRTS THROUGH BILLY BUCKNER'S LEGS. BLUNDER: BILLY BUCKNER'S MANAGER LEFT HIM IN THE GAME. Baseball bloopers are fun; they're funny, even. A pitcher slips on the mound and his pitch sails over the backstop. An infielder camps under a pop-up...and the ball lands ten feet away. An outfielder tosses a souvenir to a fan...but that was just the second out, and runners are circling the bases (and laughing). Without these moments, the highlight reels wouldn't be nearly as entertaining. Baseball blunders, however, can be tragic, and they will leave diehard fans asking why...why...why? Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders does its best to answer all those whys, exploring the worst decisions and stupidest moments of managers, general managers, owners, and even commissioners. As he did in his Big Book of Baseball Lineups, Rob Neyer provides readers with a fascinating examination of baseball's rich history, this time through the lens of the game's sometimes hilarious, often depressing, and always perplexing blunders. · Which ill-fated move cost the Chicago White Sox a great hitter and the 1919 World Series? · What was Babe Ruth thinking when he became the first (and still the only) player to end a World Series by getting caught trying to steal? · Did playing one-armed Pete Gray in 1945 cost the Browns a pennant? · How did winning a coin toss lead to the Dodgers losing the National League pennant on Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'round the World"? · How damaging was the Frank Robinson-for-Milt Pappas deal, really? · Which of Red Sox manager Don Zimmer's mistakes in 1978 was the worst? · Which Yankees trade was even worse than swapping Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps? · What non-move cost Buck Showalter a job and gave Joe Torre the opportunity of a lifetime? · Game 7, 2003 ALCS: Pedro winds up to throw his 123rd pitch...what were you thinking? These are just a few of the legendary (and not-so-legendary) blunders that Neyer analyzes, always with an eye on what happened, why it happened, and how it changed the fickle course of history. And in separate chapters, Neyer also reviews some of the game's worst trades and draft picks and closely examines all the teams that fell just short of first place. Another in the series of Neyer's Big Books of baseball history, Baseball Blunders should win a place in every devoted fan's library.

Popular Crime

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 141655274X
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 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.

Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups

Author : Rob Neyer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743241746
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups written by Rob Neyer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-06-02 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a series of lineups from each baseball franchise and explores the careers of baseball players both famous and obscure.

The Book

Author :
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597973653
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book The Book written by and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball "by The Book."

The Bill James Handbook 2018

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 0879466561
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (794 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.

Joe McCarthy

Author : Alan H. Levy
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786481137
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Joe McCarthy written by Alan H. Levy and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe McCarthy was headed towards a career as a plumber--until the parish priest intervened, and convinced McCarthy's mother that he could make more of himself in baseball. She relented, and Joseph Vincent McCarthy embarked on a career that ranks him among the greatest managers ever. In 24 years his teams took nine pennants, seven World Series titles, and never finished lower than fourth. This biography of Joe McCarthy details the 90-year life of one of the greatest managers in baseball's history. Baseball was McCarthy's ticket out of a working-class existence in Germantown, Pennsylvania, taking him to college, the minor leagues, managerial stints in baseball's backwaters, and on to remarkable years with the Yankees, Cubs and Red Sox--years filled with triumph and heartbreak. Seven championships and the highest managerial winning percentage ever earned him entry to the Hall of Fame, but McCarthy will always be remembered for his deft handling of his players. McCarthy's ability to handle even "unmanageable" players won him the respect of all. His effect on the lives of his young charges was, in his mind, his greatest legacy.

The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Touchstone
ISBN 13 : 9780743261586
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers written by Bill James and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 2004-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pitchers, the pitches they throw, and how they throw them -- these days it's the stuff of constant scrutiny, but there's never been anything like a comprehensive source for such information. That's what preeminent baseball analyst Bill James and ESPN.com baseball columnist Rob Neyer realized over lunch more than a dozen years ago. Since then, they've been compiling the centerpiece of this book, the "Pitcher Census," which lists specific information for nearly two thousand pitchers, ranging throughout the history of professional baseball. The Guide also offers: A "dictionary" describing virtually every known pitch The origins and development of baseball's most important pitches Top ten lists: best fastballs, best spitballs, and everything in between Biographies of some of the great pitchers who have been overlooked More knuckleballers and submariners than you ever thought existed An open debate concerning pitcher abuse and durability A formula for predicting the Cy Young Award winner Something fresh and new: Bill James' "Pitcher Codes" The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers is about understanding pitchers, and baseball's action always starts with the pitchers. It's also about entertaining debates and having a great deal of fun with the history of a game that obsesses so many.

Bill James Handbook 2018

Author : Dr Bill James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780879465902
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (659 download)

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Download or read book Bill James Handbook 2018 written by Dr Bill James and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first, best, and longest-running baseball annual, containing all the annual and lifetime stats on every player in the major leagues, plus analysis by Bill James, John Dewan, and the team at Sports Info Solutions.