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1. The Music of Sphere and Ash
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- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Foreword ix
- Preface xiii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
- 1. The Music of Sphere and Ash 1
- 2. What’s Wrong with Traditional Baseball Statistics 9
- 3. The New Statistics 37
- 4. The Linear Weights System 62
- 5. There’s No Place Like Home 82
- 6. The Theory of Relativity and Other Absolute Truths 102
- 7. The Good Old Days Are Now 122
- 8. The Book . . . and the Computer 150
- 9. Rising to the Occasion 169
- 10. 44 Percent of Baseball 177
- 11. Measuring the Unmeasurable 192
- 12. What Makes Teams Win 201
- 13. Great Single-Season Performances 221
- 14. The Ultimate Baseball Statistic 237
- 15. Rumblings in the Pantheon 249
- Key to Symbols Used in the Tables 262
- Tables 265
- Appendix: Top 500 Players of All Time (through 2013) 417
- Bibliography 429
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Foreword ix
- Preface xiii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
- 1. The Music of Sphere and Ash 1
- 2. What’s Wrong with Traditional Baseball Statistics 9
- 3. The New Statistics 37
- 4. The Linear Weights System 62
- 5. There’s No Place Like Home 82
- 6. The Theory of Relativity and Other Absolute Truths 102
- 7. The Good Old Days Are Now 122
- 8. The Book . . . and the Computer 150
- 9. Rising to the Occasion 169
- 10. 44 Percent of Baseball 177
- 11. Measuring the Unmeasurable 192
- 12. What Makes Teams Win 201
- 13. Great Single-Season Performances 221
- 14. The Ultimate Baseball Statistic 237
- 15. Rumblings in the Pantheon 249
- Key to Symbols Used in the Tables 262
- Tables 265
- Appendix: Top 500 Players of All Time (through 2013) 417
- Bibliography 429