TY - BOOK AU - Baumer,Benjamin AU - Zimbalist,Andrew S. TI - The sabermetric revolution: assessing the growth of analytics in baseball SN - 9780812245721 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - GV 877 .B38 2014 PY - 2014///] CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Baseball KW - Statistical methods KW - Mathematical models N1 - 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 N2 - Explores the history of statistical analysis in baseball, how it can best be used today, and how it must evolve for the future ER -