The best of "By the Numbers"
By: edited by Phil B. Birnbaum.
Contributors: Birnbaum, Phil B.
Publisher: Society for American Baseball Research
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cleveland, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Baseball.; Baseball -- Statistics.
Other titles: Collection of thought-provoking essays on baseball by SABR's Statistical Analysis Committee
Table of contents: title: Catchers: Better as veterans / Tom Hanrahan; title: Stolen base strategies / Tom Ruane; title: The run value of a ball and strike / Phil Birnbaum; title: Average run equivalent method / Clem Comly; title: Do faster runners induce more fielding errors? Two studies; title: Speed and opposition errors / Dan Levitt; title: Reaching base on errors / Clifford Blau; title: Clutch hitting one more time / Pete Palmer; title: Does good hitting beat good pitching? / Tom Hanrahan; title: Offensive replacement values / Clifford Blau; title: Finding better batting orders / Mark Pankin; title: What drives MVP voting / Rob Wood; title: The recipe for a stolen base / Sig Mejdal; title: Playing every day and September performance / Harold Brooks; title: How often does the best team win the pennant? / Rob Wood; title: Winning streaks, losing streaks, and predicting team performance / Keith Karcher; title: A new way of platooning: ground ball/fly ball / Tom Hanrahan; title: Does a pitcher's stuff vary from game to game? / Phil Birnbaum.