The numbers game
Subtitle: baseball's lifelong fascination with statistics
By: Alan Schwarz
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: T. Dunne Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780312322229
Subjects: Statistics; Baseball; Baseball statisticians; History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Bless Them, Father -- 1 -- 2; title: The Second Generation -- 22 -- 3; title: The Sultans of Stats -- 43 -- 4; title: Darwins of the Diamond -- 67 -- 5; title: Big Mac -- 92 -- 6; title: Bill James -- 111 -- 7; title: From Field to Front Office -- 133 -- 8; title: All the Record Books Are Wrong -- 155 -- 9; title: The Arms Dealer Goes to War -- 173 -- 10; title: Luck and Where to Find It -- 195 -- 11; title: The March of On-Base Percentage -- 215 -- 12; title: In God We Trust; All Others Must Have Data-- 234.