The sabermetric revolution : assessing the growth of analytics in baseball / Benjamin Baumer and Andrew Zimbalist.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]Description: xii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780812245721 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0812245725 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV 877 .B38 2014
Contents:
Revisiting Moneyball -- The growth and application of baseball analytics today -- An overview of current sabermetric thought I: Offense -- An overview of current sabermetric thought II: Defense, WAR, and strategy -- The Moneyball diaspora -- Analytics and the business of baseball -- Estimating the impact of sabermetrics -- Appendix: The expected run matrix -- Modeling the effectiveness of sabermetric statistics -- Modeling the shifting inefficiencies in MLB labor markets.
Summary: Explores the history of statistical analysis in baseball, how it can best be used today, and how it must evolve for the future.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Revisiting Moneyball -- The growth and application of baseball analytics today -- An overview of current sabermetric thought I: Offense -- An overview of current sabermetric thought II: Defense, WAR, and strategy -- The Moneyball diaspora -- Analytics and the business of baseball -- Estimating the impact of sabermetrics -- Appendix: The expected run matrix -- Modeling the effectiveness of sabermetric statistics -- Modeling the shifting inefficiencies in MLB labor markets.

Explores the history of statistical analysis in baseball, how it can best be used today, and how it must evolve for the future.

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