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Title: Bill James Presents... Stats All-Time Major League Handbook by Bill James, Stats Publishing ISBN: 1-884064-52-3 Publisher: STATS Inc. Pub. Date: April, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $79.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: An awesome collection of baseball numbers
Comment: This book is stunning. It weighs in at around 9 pounds and none of the weight is wasted on essays, articles, summaries, etc. There are actually some great pieces on statistics at the beginning of the book, but the focus is on the numbers. A lot of weight is put on the Runs Created stat, so some understanding of that is helpful. The book has some very useful numbers for each player: for pitchers, the League ERA (either for the year you are looking at or over the pitcher's career; for hitters the league Runs Created per 27 outs (again by year or career); for fielders, the league Fielding Percentage (year or career). These are great comparison numbers.

This book does not replace Total Baseball (which is a must have for its great essays, leader charts, etc.) but its a must for the hard-core fan. I can't wait to see the All-Time Major League SourceBook!!!

Rating: 5
Summary: Must have for stat freaks
Comment: If you're the type to pour over baseball statistics, for any reason, this is the best book available. I've owned every edition of Total Baseball, MacMillan's Baseball Encyclopedia, The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball, and this one. And this is the one.

Not only is every batting and pitching stat in here, but fielding is here, by position, and by year as well. Better yet, this edition estimates innings in the field, so that range factors for defensive susbstitutes are now graded properly (sadly, though, the defensive innings are not published).

This book is particularly good for those who play baseball simulations and enjoy creating their own ratings for players (charts, computer files, whatever). For roughly the cost of one Red Sox ticket, you can have this book and enjoy it for years to come (or at least until the 3rd edition is released).

Rating: 5
Summary: Tremendous reference guide!
Comment: Alphabetical lists of every player who performed in major league baseball. Contains standard stats- hits, hr, avg, era, etc. plus harder to find GIDP, HBP, SF, SH, IBB as well as unique stats like park effects and runs created. Pitcher batting stats and comprehensive fielding stats are included. A must have for serious baseball statisticians, although much of the information can be found for free on the internet. Print is very small.

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