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Law Keith - Smart Baseball The Story Behind The Old Stats That Are Ruining The Game The New Ones That Are Running It And The Right Way To Think About Baseball - Paperback
Law Keith - Smart Baseball The Story Behind The Old Stats That Are Ruining The Game The New Ones That Are Running It And The Right Way To Think About Baseball - Paperback
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Description: Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law's iconoclastic look at the numbers game of baseball proving why some of the most trusted stats are surprisingly wrong explaining what numbers actually work and exploring what the rise of Big Data means for the future of the sport. For decades statistics such as batting average saves recorded and pitching won - lost records have been used to measure individual players and teams potential and success. But in the past fifteen years a revolutionary new standard of measurement sabermetrics has been embraced by front offices in Major League Baseball and among fantasy baseball enthusiasts. But while sabermetrics is recognized as being smarter and more accurate traditionalists including journalists fans and managers stubbornly believe that the "old" way a combination of outdated numbers and "gut" instinct is still the best way. Baseball they argue should be run by people not by numbers.? In this informative and provocative book teh renowned ESPN analyst and senior baseball writer demolishes a century's worth of accepted wisdom making the definitive case against the long - established view. Armed with concrete examples from different eras of baseball history logic a little math and lively commentary he shows how the allegiance to these numbers dating back to the beginning of the professional game is firmly rooted not in accuracy or success but in baseball's irrational adherence to tradition. While Law gores sacred cows from clutch performers to RB Is to the infamous save rule he also demystifies sabermetrics explaining what these "new" numbers really are and why they re vital. He also considers the game's future examining how teams are using Data from Ph Ds to sophisticated statistical databases to build future rosters; changes that will transform baseball and all of professional sports.
Title: Smart Baseball The Story Behind The Old Stats That Are Ruining The Game The New Ones That Are Running It And The Right Way To Think About Baseball
Author(s): Law Keith
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062490230
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/13/2018
Description: Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law's iconoclastic look at the numbers game of baseball proving why some of the most trusted stats are surprisingly wrong explaining what numbers actually work and exploring what the rise of Big Data means for the future of the sport. For decades statistics such as batting average saves recorded and pitching won - lost records have been used to measure individual players and teams potential and success. But in the past fifteen years a revolutionary new standard of measurement sabermetrics has been embraced by front offices in Major League Baseball and among fantasy baseball enthusiasts. But while sabermetrics is recognized as being smarter and more accurate traditionalists including journalists fans and managers stubbornly believe that the "old" way a combination of outdated numbers and "gut" instinct is still the best way. Baseball they argue should be run by people not by numbers.? In this informative and provocative book teh renowned ESPN analyst and senior baseball writer demolishes a century's worth of accepted wisdom making the definitive case against the long - established view. Armed with concrete examples from different eras of baseball history logic a little math and lively commentary he shows how the allegiance to these numbers dating back to the beginning of the professional game is firmly rooted not in accuracy or success but in baseball's irrational adherence to tradition. While Law gores sacred cows from clutch performers to RB Is to the infamous save rule he also demystifies sabermetrics explaining what these "new" numbers really are and why they re vital. He also considers the game's future examining how teams are using Data from Ph Ds to sophisticated statistical databases to build future rosters; changes that will transform baseball and all of professional sports.
Title: Smart Baseball The Story Behind The Old Stats That Are Ruining The Game The New Ones That Are Running It And The Right Way To Think About Baseball
Author(s): Law Keith
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062490230
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/13/2018