Baseball Detective: Unraveling the Mystery of the Batting Order

Can a baseball manager construct a perfect lineup that maximizes each batter’s skills, minimizes their deficiencies, and squeezes every last ounce of offense out of his batting order?

That's the question examined in "Baseball Detective: Unraveling the Mystery of the Batting Order." Written by David H. Martinez, SABR member and author of the critically praised "The Book of Baseball Literacy" (now in its third edition and available as an ebook), this 5,000-word ebook surveys the latest research on this fascinating topic, including computer simulations from academic researchers and real-life examples from the past two decades.

If you've ever wondered whether you could do better than your local team's manager, you must read this book.