Description
Over
the past few decades, a multitude of advanced hitting, pitching,
fielding and base running measures have been introduced to the baseball
world. This comprehensive sabermetrics primer will introduce you to
these new statistics with easy to understand explanations and examples.
It will illustrate the evolution of statistics from simple traditional
measures to the more complex metrics of today. You will learn how all
the statistics are connected to winning and losing games, how to
interpret them, and how to apply them to performance on the field. By
the end of this book, you will be able to evaluate players and teams
through statistics more thoroughly and accurately than you could before.