Conversation so far:
When were the Bill James Baseball Abstracts written?
self-publishing an annual book titled The Bill James Baseball Abstract beginning in 1977.
What was in the abstract?
18 categories of statistical information that you just can't find anywhere else, presented 68 pages of in-depth statistics.
Who read it?
Seventy-five people purchased the booklet.
What was an example of the statistical information in the abstract?
CANNOTANSWER.
When was the last abstract published?
James wrote an annual preview of the baseball season for Esquire, and continued to do so through 1984.

Question: Were they popular?
Self-contained rewrite: Were the annual Bill James Baseball Abstract books popular?