The hidden game of baseball
Subtitle: a revolutionary approach to baseball and its statistics
By: by John Thorn and Pete Palmer with David Reuther ; foreword by Keith Law
Contributors: Palmer, Pete, author; Reuther, David, author; Law, Keith, 1973- writer of preface
Edition: [Third edition, enlarged].
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780226242484
Copyright date: 1985
Subjects: Miscellanea; Statistics; Baseball
Other titles: Revolutionary approach to baseball and its statistics
Notes: Date from publishers website.

"Originally published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. in 1984."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-432).
Table of contents: title: The music of sphere and ash; title: What's wrong with traditional baseball statistics; title: The new statistics; title: The linear weights system; title: There's no place like home; title: The theory of relativity and other absolute truths; title: The good old days are now; title: The book . . . and the computer; title: Rising to the occasion; title: 44 percent of baseball; title: Measuring the unmeasurable; title: What makes teams win; title: Great single-season performances; title: The ultimate baseball statistic; title: Rumblings in the pantheon.