The New Ballgame: Understanding Baseball Statistics for the Casual Fan

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