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The New Ballgame: Understanding Baseball Statistics for the Casual Fan

Author Glenn Guzzo
Publisher ACTA Sports
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Author(s)Glenn Guzzo
PublisherACTA Sports
ISBN / ASIN087946318X
ISBN-139780879463182
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,643,118
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

Description

As the use of statistics becomes ever more popular, and essential, in baseball, The New Ballgame provides a user-friendly explanation of the increasingly complex statistics used in the game.

Written by Glenn Guzzo, author of the award-winning Strat-O-Matic Fanatics, this book is perfect for fans just getting into baseball stats, veteran statheads trying to explain to their significant others why they care about stats, and as a gift for kids just becoming interested in baseball statistics.

Key features include:

  • Definitions for all the stats currently used in baseball
  • A historical breakdown of statistics in the game
  • Keeping score during a game
  • Reading a box score
  • Fantasy/simulation baseball games
  • The future of statistics in baseball