The hidden game of baseball : a revolutionary approach to baseball and its statistics / John Thorn and Pete Palmer with David Reuther ; foreword by Keith Law.
"Originally published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. in 1984."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The music of sphere and ash -- What's wrong with traditional baseball statistics -- The new statistics -- The linear weights system -- There's no place like home -- The theory of relativity and other absolute truths -- The good old days are now -- The book . . . and the computer -- Rising to the occasion -- 44 percent of baseball -- Measuring the unmeasurable -- What makes teams win -- Great single-season performances -- The ultimate baseball statistic -- Rumblings in the pantheon.
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