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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Costa, Gabriel B. Practicing sabermetrics. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2009 (DLC) 2009027463 (OCoLC)368031972 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gabriel B Costa; Michael R Huber; John T Saccoman |
ISBN: | 9780786454464 0786454466 0786441771 9780786441778 |
OCLC Number: | 489284601 |
Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. What Is Sabermetrics and What Does It Do? -- 2. Traditional Offensive Statistics -- 3. Traditional Defensive Statistics -- 4. Relativity and Normalization -- 5. Park Factors -- 6. Runs Created -- 7. Win Shares -- 8. Linear Weights Batting Runs -- 9. Linear Weights Pitching Runs -- 10. Linear Weights Fielding and Base-Stealing Runs -- 11. WHIP and Similar Statistics -- 12. Weighted Pitcher's Rating -- 13. Base-Out Percentage and Total Average -- 14. OPS, POP and the SLOB -- 15. Total Power Quotient -- 16. Isolated Power, Power Factor and Power Average -- 17. Power-Speed Number -- 18. Range Factor -- 19. Hoban Effectiveness Quotient -- 20. Equivalence Coefficient -- 21. Predicting with the Use of Regression -- 22. Higher Mathematics Used in Sabermetrics -- 23. Potpourri -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Sources -- About the Authors -- Index. |
Responsibility: | Gabriel B. Costa, Michael R. Huber, and John T. Saccoman. |
Abstract:
Baseball fans are often passionate about statistics, but true numbers fanatics want to go beyond the 'baseball card' stats and make comparisons through other objective means. This book uses algebra to expand on statistics and measure a player's value to his team and how he ranks among players of different eras.
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