The Bill James Guide To Baseball Managers

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 1626812632
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers written by Bill James and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man Newsweek once called “the guru of baseball” offers profiles of top managers, sidebars, statistics, and snapshots of each decade. Widely considered to be one of the greatest minds in the history of the game, Bill James has changed the way we think about the sport of baseball. In this chronicle of field generals, strategists, and occasional cannon fodder, James writes with piercing insight about the men who hold what may be the most important spot in the dugout. For nearly forty years, James has led the vanguard of how we measure the game. From sabermetrics to his Baseball Abstracts, James has influenced even the casual fan all the way up to the top brass. Somewhere in the middle of that spectrum, however, is the manager, and Bill James has penned a guide on some of the most innovative and renowned men to ever hold that position. Some of the game’s greatest managers have been Hall of Fame players who put down a bat and picked up a lineup card: Frank Robinson, Mel Ott, Joe Cronin, Tris Speaker, and Rogers Hornsby. Others have achieved greatness from their ability to assemble legendary teams: Billy Martin, Tommy Lasorda, Connie Mack, Joseph McCarthy, Dick Williams, and Leo Durocher. Here, Bill James explores the history of the manager, and its evolution from 1870–1990, in a decade-by-decade chronicle, examining the successes, the failures, and what baseball fans can learn from both. The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers is a thought-provoking, entertaining, and seminal guide to a vital part of the national pastime, written by one of its most groundbreaking iconoclasts. “A delightful collection that will satisfy baseball fans of all ages.” —Library Journal

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780879463403
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Handbook written by Bill James and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most complete annual baseball references available, this updated guidebook includes informative introductions to its different sections and an extensive glossary that features explanations and a multitude of statistics.

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 0879460253
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Handbook 2019 written by Bill James and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill James and Baseball Info Solutions team of analysts continue to pack in new content, including a fresh look at the continues rise and effectiveness of The Shift and a new breakdown of home runs and long flyouts. And, as always, the book forecasts fresh hitter and pitcher projections for those looking to get an early jump on the next season.

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 0879463112
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Handbook 2007 written by Bill James and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual baseball reference guide includes pitcher projections, base running analysis, hitter projections, team efficiency summaries, player win-shares, manager's records, and more.

Author : Rob Neyer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743241746
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Lineups written by Rob Neyer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-06-02 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a series of lineups from each baseball franchise and explores the careers of baseball players both famous and obscure.

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 0879466561
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Handbook 2018 written by Bill James and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill James and Baseball Info Solutions team of analysts continue to pack in new content, including a fresh look at the continues rise and effectiveness of The Shift and a new breakdown of home runs and long flyouts. And, as always, the book forecasts fresh hitter and pitcher projections for those looking to get an early jump on the next season.

Author : Alan H. Levy
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786481137
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joe McCarthy written by Alan H. Levy and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe McCarthy was headed towards a career as a plumber--until the parish priest intervened, and convinced McCarthy's mother that he could make more of himself in baseball. She relented, and Joseph Vincent McCarthy embarked on a career that ranks him among the greatest managers ever. In 24 years his teams took nine pennants, seven World Series titles, and never finished lower than fourth. This biography of Joe McCarthy details the 90-year life of one of the greatest managers in baseball's history. Baseball was McCarthy's ticket out of a working-class existence in Germantown, Pennsylvania, taking him to college, the minor leagues, managerial stints in baseball's backwaters, and on to remarkable years with the Yankees, Cubs and Red Sox--years filled with triumph and heartbreak. Seven championships and the highest managerial winning percentage ever earned him entry to the Hall of Fame, but McCarthy will always be remembered for his deft handling of his players. McCarthy's ability to handle even "unmanageable" players won him the respect of all. His effect on the lives of his young charges was, in his mind, his greatest legacy.

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Touchstone
ISBN 13 : 9780743261586
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers written by Bill James and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 2004-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pitchers, the pitches they throw, and how they throw them -- these days it's the stuff of constant scrutiny, but there's never been anything like a comprehensive source for such information. That's what preeminent baseball analyst Bill James and ESPN.com baseball columnist Rob Neyer realized over lunch more than a dozen years ago. Since then, they've been compiling the centerpiece of this book, the "Pitcher Census," which lists specific information for nearly two thousand pitchers, ranging throughout the history of professional baseball. The Guide also offers: A "dictionary" describing virtually every known pitch The origins and development of baseball's most important pitches Top ten lists: best fastballs, best spitballs, and everything in between Biographies of some of the great pitchers who have been overlooked More knuckleballers and submariners than you ever thought existed An open debate concerning pitcher abuse and durability A formula for predicting the Cy Young Award winner Something fresh and new: Bill James' "Pitcher Codes" The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers is about understanding pitchers, and baseball's action always starts with the pitchers. It's also about entertaining debates and having a great deal of fun with the history of a game that obsesses so many.

Author : Dr Bill James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780879465902
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bill James Handbook 2018 written by Dr Bill James and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first, best, and longest-running baseball annual, containing all the annual and lifetime stats on every player in the major leagues, plus analysis by Bill James, John Dewan, and the team at Sports Info Solutions.

Author : Bill James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1018 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract written by Bill James and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the history of baseball that provides a decade-by-decade history of the sport from the 1870s through the 1990s and profiles of the top one hundred players at each position in major league baseball history.